WHO IS THIS

sandman55 · Guru

RE: WHO IS THIS

Radar · Guru

sandman55 wrote:
Eddie McGuire doesn't he look different to his long hair days but then I have gone from long hair to no hair

I like to relax at times at the end of the day and watch his program and I google him after hearing some small piece of information, yes I had trouble picking him at first.

Big Gorilla · Guru

Michael Charlton

ballast2 · Guru

G'day BG. That's him. Who do you have for us?

Cheers.

Michael Charlton is an Australian-born journalist and broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for many years. Wikipedia

Born: 1 May 1927 (age 92 years), Sydney

TV shows: Four Corners

Books: The price of victory, Many reasons why, MORE

Siblings: Tony Charlton

Awards: Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Big Gorilla · Guru

Thank you Jack. Try this one:

Tony Bev · Guru

Would that be a young Arthur Calwell, by any chance Ken

An Australian politician

Big Gorilla · Guru

No Tony, not him..Clues tomorrow !!!

Big Gorilla · Guru

An American entertainer. Very popular in 1940s and 50s !!

Big Gorilla · Guru

No starters: !!!! He was a very funny man. Active for around 70 years. Died in April 25, 2015 in Santa Monica, CA.

sandman55 · Guru

Took some looking. I was on the wrong track I was chasing another old guy who I cant name who always had a cigar. Anyway it's Stan Freberg

Big Gorilla · Guru

Stan Freberg it is Sandy. Over to you:

Stan Freberg

American author

Stan Freberg was an American author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1943. He remained active in the industry into his late 80s, more than 70 years after entering it.

Born: 7 August 1926, Pasadena, California, United States

Died: 7 April 2015, Santa Monica, California, United States

Movies: Lady and the Tramp, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,

Spouse: Betty Freberg (m. 20012015), Donna Freberg (m. 19592000)

sandman55 · Guru

Thanks BG now who is this.

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Sheba · Guru

Johnny Ray.

sandman55 · Guru

That was a quick one over to you Sheba.

John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage personality.^[1]Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll,"^[2] and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.^[3]

Raised in Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age fifteen on Portland radio stations. He would later gain a local following singing at small, predominantly African-American nightclubs in Detroit, where he was discovered in 1951 and subsequently signed to Columbia Records. He rose quickly from obscurity in the United States with the release of his debut album, Johnnie Ray (1952), as well as with a 78 rpm single, both of whose sides reached the Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1952: "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried".^[4]

In 1954, Ray made his first and only major motion picture, There's No Business Like Show Business, in which he, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe and others were part of an ensemble cast. His career in his native United States began to decline in 1957, and his American record label dropped him in 1960.^[5] He never regained a strong following there and rarely appeared on American television after 1973.^[6] His fanbases in the United Kingdom and Australia, however, remained strong until his death in 1990 of complications from liver failure.^[7]

British Hit Singles & Albums noted that Ray was "a sensation in the 1950s, the heart-wrenching vocal delivery of 'Cry' ... influenced many acts including Elvis and was the prime target for teen hysteria in the pre-Presley days."^[8] Ray's dramatic stage performances and melancholic songs have been credited by music historians as precursory to later performers, ranging from Leonard Cohen to Morrissey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Ray

sandman55 · Guru

It looks like Sheba is not available at the moment so to keep the game going would someone else like to post a picture. That would include anyone who is watching who hasn't participated in the game and if you need help don't be afraid to ask.

Big Gorilla · Guru

OK, I'll make a move: Who is this lady ?

sandman55 · Guru

Nope she doesn't ring any bells confuse confuse confuse

Big Gorilla · Guru

Was born in South America !!

sandman55 · Guru

Is it Eva Peron?

-- Edited by sandman55 on Friday 7th of June 2019 10:34:34 AM

Big Gorilla · Guru

It is Eva Peron Sandy. Over to you..

Eva Perón

Argentine film actress

María Eva Duarte de Perón was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón or Evita. She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children.

Born: 7 May 1919, Los Toldos, Argentina

Died: 26 July 1952, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nicknames: Santa Evita, Evita

Books: Evita by Evita, Mi Mensaje, In My Own Words, Discursos completos, Historia del Peronismo

sandman55 · Guru

Thanks BG when you mentioned South America and looking at the blond hair that gelled it for me. Now who is this Guy.

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Big Gorilla · Guru

Haven't heard from Sheba for over a week. Hope she is OK. Does anyone know how to contact her to inquire. Maybe she is on the road with no Internet...

sandman55 · Guru

I hope she is OK.

Re my photo in this guy's popular song he sings about Birds,Bears, a mountain and his love.

Radar · Guru

I needed the clue and that song Wolverton Mtn have heard it many times over the years and would have it on at least 30 compilations.

Claude King. Americain country music singer

sandman55 · Guru

You've got him Radar over to you. Sheba is still not around I hope she is OK.

Claude King (February 5, 1923 March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain".^[1]

King was born in Keithville in southern Caddo Parish south of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. At a young age, he was interested in music but also in athletics and the outdoors. He purchased a guitar at the age of twelve, and although he learned to play, most of his time was devoted to sports. He received a baseball scholarship to the University of Idaho at Moscow, Idaho.

From 1942 to 1945, he served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Music career

King formed a band with his friends Buddy Attaway and Tillman Franks called the Rainbow Boys. The trio played around Shreveport in their spare time while working an assortment of other jobs.^[2] He joined the Louisiana Hayride, a television and radio show produced at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium and broadcast throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. King was frequently on the same programs with Elvis Presley, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Slim Whitman, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones, Tommy Tomlinson, and Lefty Frizzell.

King recorded a few songs for Gotham Records though none were successful. In 1961, he became more serious about a musical career and signed with the Nashville division of Columbia Records. He struck immediately, cutting "Big River, Big Man," both a country top 10 and a small pop crossover success. He soon followed with "The Comancheros" inspired by the John Wayne film of the same name It was a top 10 country hit in late 1961 and crossed over into the popular chart.

King released his best-known recording in the spring of 1962. "Wolverton Mountain," written with Nashville veteran Merle Kilgore, is based on a real character, Clifton Clowers, an uncle of Kilgore's who lived on Wolverton Mountain north of Morrilton, Arkansas. King and Kilgore agree that the original composition of the song lacked polish and that King eventually shaped the song into the hit that it became. According to long-time King guitarist, Robin Vosbury, Merle Kilgore came to numerous shows and asked everybody to call him "Uncle Clifton." The song became an immediate hit. For nine weeks beginning on June 30, 1962, it ranked No. 1 the on Billboard country chart, on which it remained for a total of twenty-six weeks. It was also a Top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100. Having sold more than one million copies, it was awarded gold disc status

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_King

Radar · Guru

Thank you Sandman55

I am at present reading a book about this Australian.

sandman55 · Guru

She looks like a normal happy little girl but by her dark hair and the fact you are reading about her I will take a stab and say Nancy Wake, nicknamed 'the white mouse'

Radar · Guru

No not Nancy, she was born in New Zealand and that is another book I must read.

The lady in the photo is born and bred Australian icon, Scottish migrant father, Australian mother.

Sheba · Guru

Sorry I held the game up guys. I'm still here, but haven't been well for a couple of weeks. Thanks for your concern. {Don't you know only the good die young ? biggrin biggrin biggrin }

And I do know that face, just not the name yet. Very frustrating !!!

Cheers,

Sheba.

Radar · Guru

Here is a photo of this lady at her eldest sisters wedding in Balmain Sydney near where she schooled and trained.