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- ELVIS SINGS WITH FRANK SINATRA 1960
- COLLECTIBLE ROCKETS TEE SHIRTS!!! WHILE THEY LAST
- IGGY POP DRUMMER ALEX KIRST KILLED IN HIT AND RUN!
- BRINGING DOWN THE MOB: FBI BUSTS 110 CRIME SUSPECTS!
| ELVIS SINGS WITH FRANK SINATRA 1960 Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:53 PM PST  Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley 1960 Elvis appeared with Frank Sinatra on his TV show after he left the Army in 1960. The show was billed as Called Welcome Home Elvis. Frank and Elvis sang a duet which featured Elvis singing Witchcraft and Frank singing Love Me Tender. This was radical for a couple of reasons. One, that Frank was thought as not "cool" enough to sing an Elvis tune. Two that Elvis most likely couldn't croon a tune like Witchcraft. Elvis ran away with Witchcraft and Frank... well he will be forever cool no matter what he sang...  Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley 1960 Found this fantastic video of two Elvis songs and then the duet. The audience waited a long time for this show to begin and naturally completely freaked when Elvis kind of wandered onstage while Frank was still talking to the audience. You really feel the energy of Elvis in his prime. Welcome Home Elvis was a 1960 television special on ABC starring Frank Sinatra and featuring Elvis Presley in his first televised appearance since coming home from his military service in Germany. The special was officially titled It's Nice to Go Traveling, but is more commonly known as Welcome Home Elvis having featured Elvis on his first TV appearance in three years. This was also Frank Sinatra's fourth and final television special that he did for sponsor Timex. The special also featured Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and Nancy Sinatra, who later starred with Elvis in his 1968 film Speedway. Elvis performed Fame and Fortune and Stuck on You, which were the two sides of his first post-Army single. He also performed a duet with Sinatra. Elvis performed Sinatra's classic Witchcraft while Frank performed the Elvis classic "Love Me Tender". None of these performances were released on record until the 1980s. Presley also sang a verse during the opening production number, "It's Nice to Go Traveling", which has yet to be commercially released. The remainder of the special consisted of performances by the additional guest stars. The show was a great success grabbing 41.5 percent of the ratings.  |
| COLLECTIBLE ROCKETS TEE SHIRTS!!! WHILE THEY LAST Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PST  Click on the photo to print it Hey Rocket Rollers, We've got a limited number of t-shirts left from our nearly sold out show at the Fillmore, Detroit. If you already got yours, feel free to forward this to your friends. Help us create a Detroit Rock and Roll shock wave.  Click on the photo to print it Print this story out and post at the water cooler, grocery store, next to the wanted posters at the post office. Spread the word far and wide. We thank you from the bottom of our Rocket Rollin' hearts! The Rockets  |
| IGGY POP DRUMMER ALEX KIRST KILLED IN HIT AND RUN! Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:18 PM PST  Alex Kirst, member of The Nymphs and later Iggy Pop's The Trolls, has died at the age of 47 after dying in a hit-and-run accident. Read more: Alex Kirst, a former drummer for Iggy Pop, has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in Cathedral City, California, according to The Desert Sun newspaper. Kirst was 47. Reports indicate that the drummer was hit by a white truck while he was out walking on January 13. Kirst's brother Wiley, who played guitar for Pop, said Alex "just went to the store to get a pack of cigarettes," before he was killed. Kirst played on two of Pop's recent solo albums, 2001's Beat 'Em Up and 2003's Skull Ring. He was also a member of alt-rockers The Nymphs from 1985-92. Sad news indeed... RIP Alex  |
| BRINGING DOWN THE MOB: FBI BUSTS 110 CRIME SUSPECTS! Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:05 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Authorities arrested 110 organized crime suspects in the northeastern United States and one in Italy on Thursday in what the FBI called the largest single-day operation against the Mafia in history. 20 Best Mafia Nicknames in the Bust Read the Indictments The roundup, conducted with the helped of former mobsters turned informants, demonstrates not only that the Mafia remains a threat despite decades of crackdowns that have sent its hierarchies to prison, but also that its famed "omerta" code of silence is now largely a myth, officials said. Full Story HERE  Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents arrest more than 100 organized crime suspects in New York, in this still image taken from WNBC-TV video footage from early January 20, 2011. REUTERS/WNBC-TV More than 500 members of the FBI, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers, State Police, U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies worked to carry out the raids, said Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. "Some believe organized crime is a thing of the past; unfortunately, there are still people who extort, intimidate, and victimize innocent Americans. The costs legitimate businesses are forced to pay are ultimately borne by American consumers nationwide," said FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. Read More on RK Sam Giancana and Phyllis McGuire Hit on Joey Gallo Mob Museum in Las Vegas  |
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