RETRO ICON RUSTY WARREN – THE ‘KNOCKERS UP’ GAL!
Longtime singer, bawdy comedian, and retro icon Rusty Warren talks about her career, the Pomp Room in Phoenix,...
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‘WHERE’S THE BAG, MR. KARDASHIAN?’: OR, HOW I EXPOSED O.J. SIMPSON’S ACCOMPLICE AND SET THE STAGE FOR A TV EMPIRE
Four weeks after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a tabloid news producer made a...
THE MURDER OF ALFALFA
Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer was the most popular star of the classic Our Gang comedies. But the facts of...
THE BALLAD OF CATHY WAYNE: KILLED ON STAGE IN THE VIETNAM WAR
The teenage pop star from Australia ignored the warnings and embarked on a tour of military bases in...
CHRIS MONTEZ & BRIAN WILSON: A 50-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
While making his documentary about Chris Montez, the rock ‘n’ roller known for hits “Let’s Dance” and “Call...
PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS
The faces of these three actors were familiar to Baby Boomers raised on TV situation comedies. Their private...
JERRY LEWIS, J.D. SALINGER & THE JEWISH HOLDEN CAULFIELD
There were once two men named Jerry: Salinger and Lewis. And one of them wrote a famous novel,...
SIDEWINDER: THE MURDER OF LEE MORGAN
The jazz trumpeter extraordinaire was a prodigy who inherited the musical mantle of Clifford Brown, as well as...
THE TOP TEN MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF ROCK & ROLL DRUMMERS ONSTAGE
One of the key jokes in Spinal Tap is the long line of drummers who met unfortunate ends,...
DAVID BOX: THE OTHER ROCK & ROLL GENIUS FROM LUBBOCK
He joined the Crickets after Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, befriended Roy Orbison, toured with Dusty...
SHA NA NA & THE ESCAPED BABY-KILLER
How guitarist ‘Vinnie Taylor’ came back to life 20 years after dying of a heroin overdose and fooled...
ZEKI MÜREN, THE DAVID BOWIE OF TURKEY
Never denying his homosexuality, the Turkish showman broke down barriers in his conservative nation, played Vegas, tutored Mick...
THE WIFE & DEATH OF SPADE COOLEY, HOLLYWOOD’S KING OF WESTERN SWING
“Spade” Cooley was a virtuoso fiddler and Roy Rogers’ movie stand-in, who had six consecutive Top 10 hits and...
THE LONESOME DEATH OF DANNY RAPP: THE FRONT MAN FOR DANNY & THE JUNIORS
Danny Rapp, the man who first sang “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay” and “At The Hop”...