Original Publication: Newsweek – May 27, 1977 When he was 4 years old, George Benson heard his first live band. It was playing for a Fourth of July amateur contest…
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Original Publication – Newsweek, April 25, 1977 “Our goal is to conglomeratize the world. We try to maximize everything vertically and horizontally. It’s a natural flow of men reaping the…
Read moreOriginal Publication: Newsweek – March 7, 1977. TV producers Norman Lear (“All in the Family”) and Grant Tinker (“Mary Tyler Moore”) have ruled the airwaves as the Kings of Sitcom…
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Maureen Orth went to Hollywood to report on “The Gong Show” and to her amazement was asked if she wanted to perform. She said yes, went on the show – and here is here report.
Read moreOriginal Publication: Newsweek — January 31, 1977 If Woody Allen is the archetypal East Coast neurotic, Steve Martin is the ultimate West Coast wacko. What other comedian spent much of…
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Original Publication Newsweek: December 20, 1976. John Denver is perched guru-like on a chaise lounge at his luxurious borrowed beach house in Malibu, California. The end of the swimming pool is…
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