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Alfred Gallodoro, renowned musician, dies at 95
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comEven at 5, Alfred J. Gallodoro was persistent, if not impatient. He so yearned to play the clarinet that he dragged his father's instrument out of the closet and begged to be allowed to play. Two years later, perhaps impishly, he did it again. His...Tags: Les Paul, Leonard Bernstein, Music Industry, Mario Lanza, Islip
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Letter from the Editor
Wow. A big thank you. The response to the September issue was phenomenal—truly, beyond expectation. It is so gratifying to know we hit the note you wanted to hear, a magazine that told stories that made you laugh, cry and put the magazine aside...Tags: How I Met Your Mother, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Orson Welles, Architecture
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The Hollywood Palladium gets a second wind
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSIXTY-EIGHT years ago this month, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and its new singer, a skinny 24-year-old New Jersey crooner named Frank Sinatra, welcomed a cheering crowd to opening night at the Hollywood Palladium. Dorothy Lamour was there to snip the...Tags: Popular Music, Lana Turner, Jay-Z, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy
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TV ratings for Tour Championship aren't a pretty picture
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThey weren't going to punt, but going up against the NFL on Sunday wasn't the best set of circumstances for the PGA Tour, its Tour Championship and the final act in the FedEx Cup. With no drama ( Vijay Singh had already clinched it) and no Tiger (he's...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Johnnie Walker, Yogi Berra, Phil Mickelson, Clubs and Associations
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Singer brought zing to big band swing
New York Times News ServiceConnie Haines, a peppy, petite, big-voiced singer with a zippy, rhythmic style who most famously teamed up with Frank Sinatra as lead vocalists with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, then went on to a prolific career of her own, died Monday in Clearwater Beach,...Tags: Harry James, Bing Crosby, Dancing, Perry Como, Eddie Cantor
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Guide to the ballroom dances on Dancing With the Stars
South Florida Sun-SentinelTuesday's dances: MAMBO Fast Facts: A fusion of Swing and Cuban music, its invention has been attributed to Perez Prado, a Cuban musician who introduced it at La Tropicana nightclub in Havana in 1943. Being incredibly complicated and athletic in its...Tags: Music Industry, Dancing, Dancing With the Stars, Dance
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Burbank Cab Drivers, Skeptical at First, Find Hybrid Taxis Much to Their Liking
Edmunds.comNew York City taxi drivers are fighting a law requiring that all new cabs entering service in Manhattan beginning Oct. 1 be hybrid vehicles. Among their complaints: Partitions mandated by the city to prevent drivers from being assaulted prevent side-... -
For Olympian, a new life
Los Angeles TimesHe has walked down the red carpet with Kid Rock, been a presenter at the MTV Video Music Awards, filmed a skit with Jimmy Kimmel, been asked for autographs by celebrities, been a guest on Jay Leno's show, served as honorary bell ringer at the New York...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Awards and Prizes, Swimming, Saturday Night Live, Michael Phelps
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Walter A. Fuller, 54, Simi Valley
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWalter A. Fuller was in an unusually cheerful mood Friday, picking up the tab when the guys sent out for lunch at the air traffic control tower he ran at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. "He was a good boss, very fair, very sensitive to his employees,"...Tags: Railway Transportation, Pacoima, Transportation, Employees, Air Transportation
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Ike's Economic Damage Might Be Less Than Feared
Associated PressA small change in Hurricane Ike's course just before it crashed into the Texas coast Saturday might have spared the state and the nation from significantly worse economic damage. The center of the storm appeared to miss the vital concentration of oil and...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hurricane Ike, Employees, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Frank Sinatra
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Aye, me hearties, set sail for Philly and pirate fun
Of The Morning CallDrop anchor at Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum Friday and Saturday and you'll find yourself in the midst of a pirate extravaganza that's like opening a treasure chest. The museum is staging Talk Like A Pirate Days, but there's much more to...Tags: Delaware River
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Death toll likely to rise
The storm, which killed more than 80 in the Caribbean before reaching the U.S., was blamed for at least four deaths, two each in Texas and Louisiana. A woman was killed when a tree fell on her home near Pinehurst, Texas. A 19-year-old man slipped off a...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Hurricane Ike, Natural Disasters, Tropical Weather, Frank Sinatra
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