‘Twilight’ tour harks back to golden age of movie promotion Nov 18, 2009
Such teen idols as Pat Boone, Tommy Sands, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, and Bobby Rydell were dispatched to greet their fans, and sell records in the process. Then TV came along, Sklar said. (Boston Globe)
Looking Back Oct 22, 2009
Female Singer - Connie Francis Male Singer - Pat Boone Song - Fools Hall of Fame TV Program - Pat Boone Movie - Bernadine Eighth Grade The eighth grade officers are: President, Kirk Bailey; Vice-President, Gregory Brenneman; Secretary-Treasurer, Beverly Yoder; Student Council, Ricky Fry. We also interviewed our president, Kirk. (Kalona News, IA)
Fogerty's 'one-man band' calls for backup on new album Oct 19, 2009
Moody River: "The cool police love to slam Pat Boone, but this is just a great song," Fogerty says. "I'm not a huge fan of April Love, and I might have been one of those cool police myself, but I didn't think twice about this. It's a wonderful murder ballad, and Pat sang it really great.". (USA Today -- Life)
Music Review: John Fogerty returns as Blue Ridge Rangers with album of twangy covers Sep 2, 2009
"The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" is Fogerty's return to the classics, covering favorites such as "Moody River," made popular in 1961 by Pat Boone, to tunes by John Prine and John Denver. Fogerty's voice is twangy and countryish in all the right places, aided by a backing band playing lap steel, fiddle and mandolin. (FOX61, CT)
'Taking Woodstock' explores the road to Max's Farm Aug 28, 2009
Instead of honoring musical gods, the film seems to think Pat Boone was headlining. To be fair, intensity of any kind was the farthest thing from the minds of Lee and his producing partner James Schamus, who wrote the screenplay based on Elliot Tiber's memoir "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life." The book's title sounds like a movie anyone would like to see. (Fresno Bee)
Gillette has a jazz scene? Check it out Aug 9, 2009
The Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson and Pat Boone all have been a part of Bill Plummers musical background. In his 56 years working as a jazz artist, hes become a master of the string bass, upright bass, contra bass, double bass, electric bass and East Indian Sitar. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
"Friendly Persuasion" Aug 1, 2009
Pat Boone has some thoughts about waterboardingother than to admit that being locked in a room and forced to listen to his greatest hits would drive even the most hardened terrorist to volunteer for it ... The part you leave out, of course, is that most conservatives that have known Pat Boone (through the media) for the last 50 years, tend to consider him politically a joke, albeit well-meaning , most times. (The American Conservative)
Celebrity Birthdays For The Week Of May 31-June 6 May 29, 2009
Actress Lea Thompson ("Caroline in the City," ''Back to the Future") is 48. Singer Corey Hart is 47. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 45. Actress Brooke Shields is 44. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 42. Actor Colin Farrell is 33. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 32. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 29. June 1: Actor Andy Griffith is 83. Actor Edward Woodward ("The Equalizer") is 79. Singer Pat Boone is 75. Actor Morgan Freeman is 72. Actor Rene Auberjonois... (KIRO TV, WA)
Music of Your Life Launches Hit Parade Radio™ May 21, 2009
Known as the network "Where the Stars Play the Stars ", the on-air personalities include one of the top recording stars of all time, Pat Boone; singer and former host of the hit TV show, "Hollywood Squares", Peter Marshall; singer, and son of the legendary Mel Torme, Steve March-Torme; Telarc recording star, Tony DeSare; Gold Label recording artist, Ryan DeHues; singer and daughter of Music of Your Life's founder Al Ham, Lorri Hafer; legendary radio announcer Johnny Magnus; one of Australia's... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Mystic Crystal Revelations About "Hair" Apr 6, 2009
Groups like The Fifth Dimension who recorded songs from Hair were no different than Pat Boone recording Little Richard tunes of a few years earlier. The real thing was too freaking scary for middle-America and too potentially profitable for the entertainment moguls so a watered down and politically sanitized version was foisted on the public. (CBS News)
Meeting Zimbabwe's 'Uncle Bob' Feb 25, 2009
Sometimes we would sing along to Pat Boone and Jim Reeves and so on. He does have a funny side. (BBC News -- Africa)
'Fairness Doctrine' Is Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Feb 24, 2009
com - rness Doctrine Wolf in Sheeplothing. On a Handheld Device. (Newsmax)
Music spun in reverse in Oregon Cabaret Theater's 'History' (15) Feb 15, 2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:18 PM PDT Early rock and roll singers, from Elvis Presley and Pat Boone to the Beatles and Rolling Stones, took songs originally done by black performers and created cover hits. In some cases the often provocative lyrics and rhythms were sanitized, or whitinized of sexual references. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Power 98.3 won't ban Feb 15, 2009
Power 98, Bruce St. James says "I don't play that game, If we started making musical decisions based on the moral and personal lives of the artists, we'd probably be down to Pat Boone records. We'd run out of songs. If you look through the Top 10 right now, it reads like a felony rap sheet.". He points to R. Kelly and T.I. as recent examples of artists whose hopes of Top 40 rotation and public support were unaffected by their run-ins with the law. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
White knots worn to support marriage equality Feb 10, 2009
Perhaps it is fitting that Grohl appeared in the red carpet at the MusicCares event on Saturday wearing the white ribbon and posing for pictures with Pat Boone, one of the entertainment industry's few public proponents of Proposition 8. Most famously, in December,Boone Prop 8 protesters to the terrorists in Mumbai. (Variety)
