Mother and Son Mother and Son is an Australian television sitcom that was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris. It featured many Australian actors of the time in guest roles. It was created and …
Viola Smith Viola Smith (née Schmitz; born November 29, 1912) She is an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers. Died aged 107, just weeks before her 108th birthday. Born Viola Schmitz on November …
Rising Sons (band) Rising Sons was an American, Los Angeles, California-based band, which was founded in 1965. Their initial career was short-lived, but the group found retrospective fame for launching the careers of singer Taj Mahal and guitarist Ry Cooder. The original lineup was a 17-year-old Ry Cooder (vocals, six- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide …
Steve Priest Stephen Norman Priest Born (23 February 1948 – 4 June 2020) was a British bass player known as the lead and backing vocalist of the glam rock band The Sweet. Died (4 June 2020) Priest was born in Hayes, Middlesex. He made his own bass guitar and began playing in local bands as …
Spinal Tap (band)
Siegfried and Roy Siegfried and Roy were a duo of German-American magicians and entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. It was composed of Siegfried Fischbacher (born June 13, 1939) and Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn; October 3, 1944 – May 8, 2020). From February 1, 1990, until Horn’s …
Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent, regularly reporting on trials throughout the country. After …
The Surfaries (bans) The Surfaris were an American surf rock band formed in Glendora, California, United States, in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles area, and nationally by May 1963: “Surfer Joe” and “Wipe Out”, which were the A-side and B-side of the same 45 …
Johnny and The Strangers (band) Johnny and the Strangers were formed in 1963 in Perth Western Australia. Johnny Young was lead vocalist of the Nomads, and later known as the Strangers (not the Melbourne group called the Strangers) The band were a spring board to fame for the young Johnny Young. The band disbanded in …
Show Boat (1936 film) Show Boat is a 1936 romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.Universal Pictures had filmed the part-talkie Show Boat which was released …