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Francis Albert Sinatra, great tune, rarely heard today by Bob Mellon.

That's not his real name.

Tell you more about Bob later.

Wrote some nice tunes, never had a hit.

Oh, his songs are remembered, but we'll get back to that, too.

I'm gonna talk about a couple of superstar ladies.

and the queen of country music, J.P.

Morgan.

J.P.

she was a hit maker.

Had her own TV variety

program.

And she'd be on as a guest by old Johnny Carson.

That's her night show, but her.

Best-remembered television appearances seem to be on the gong show.

Pretty wild television moments with her.

Celebrity panelists and Dolly Parton.

Legendary country music singer-songwriter.

Record shattering number of lits with...

Nine to five, remember

that?

But, beyond that music and her acting career, she was a massive cultural philanthropist.

Dolly Parton, a universally beloved prized figure.

Generations across her optimism, her business savvy, her amusement park.

The music of the stars.

when he was singer.

famous more than once.

First, she was a successful recording artist whose voice carried her into the upper reaches of the American pop charts during the 1950s.

Later, she reinvented herself for television, becoming one of the most recognizable personalities on the gong show.

Between those two eras was a long career filled with music, variety television, acting, nightclub performances and appearances alongside some of the biggest names in American entertainment.

Her death in August 2026 brought renewed attention to a performer whose career was considerably broader than the outrageous television moments for which many viewers remember her.

J.P.

Morgan was born Mary Margaret Morgan on December 3, 1931, in Mancos, Colorado, in the southwestern part of the state.

number six 1956 the music of the

died at 37.

Five days before Christmas, 73.

Francis Albert Sinatra.

The music of the star.

Is still inside of me There's a few more Pretty women That I'd like to know A bridge or two I'd like to cross A few more oats to sow

to see one or two more lonesome cities that I've yet to see.

on the music of the stars, Dinah Shore.

he was, and Dinah right there with a tune by Walter Schumann.

He wrote the dragnet theme among

others.

For...

Walt Francis Webster.

And then you'll need nothing more, you see, to make a summer

symphony.

symphony fishing in a stream and waiting in a brook and picking apples off of a tree this to me is summer's symphony

it's no use to run away cause she'll use the moon above to make you fall in love all the tricks that summer plays she'll have you singing like a bird a song

capture you as she captured me.

You'll succumb to summer's symphony.

Though you may not be aware, there's magic in the air.

It's no use.

just for Arthur Godfrey, who introduced that, from his calendar album.

And Julius LaRosa, with quite a history behind him, too, if you don't remember what happened, Arthur fired him right on the air, to everybody's shock.

And that was the end of Arthur's career on TV.

Well, the beginning of the end.

Anyway, Ken Nordin and the Music of the Stars.

Civic Media Radio Network.

Now her gentle madness comes.

See her in the games.

Games that crazy summer plays.

Wearing funny names.

She rules on high with giggles.

Out of tune, gaffaws.

Tipping over reasoning.

to break the laws.

Every loyal subject kneels, worshipping the now.

Yeah, what's there to believe in?

How about holding a cow?

You goody gumdrop lovers.

is forever.

All is just a myth.

Old love you is eternal.

Look at who you're with.

So sing a song of gee whiz.

What a guy he was.

Had it all together, man.

Did it just because?

Who's the one to say no use?

the

soul

These things that happen are all really true.

When in my heart I know the magic is my love for you.

You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I...

The stars desert the skies and rush the nestle In your eyes, it's magic Without a golden wand Or mystic charm Fantastic things begin When I

These things that I

This is lube off on the music of the

star.

If you just join us, we have our guest tonight, Sam Blotner, who's our Costa Rican correspondent.

We have Peter Isaacson, who works with Rickles on CPO Sharky, Pat Henry, and this gal who is making her first appearance on The Tonight Show.

And why I don't know, because she is a first-rate singer and songwriter.

She's already won this year's Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year Award.

She's nominated for a Grammy, American Music Award, the People's Choice Award as the best female country vocalist.

Would you welcome this?

And this February in March, you're gonna be touring in concert with Mac Davis.

Would you welcome Dolly Parton?

Dolly!

You've really got loyal fans.

Well, I think it's all because of the Johnny Carson show.

You have a great audience, and I look forward all the time to doing this show.

I've been excited for a month, because people think me and your great friends, and I feel like we are.

Yeah.

Even though I only know you from the panel, and you came by the dressing room to say hello a lot ago, and I was in the

back

putting on a

petticoat.

Just knock on the door and say

hi, and hear this voice coming from

somewhere.

I can't talk now.

The crowd's always great, and they're no different to not.

Yeah, you're looking sensational.

I had a telegram for that.

I think I got it.

I was going to have my secretary drew answers, but since I can save some money, that's why I'll answer it

over here.

He's from the city officials, Carl Hatcher, Vice Mayor, Alderman Luther Gilbert, a whole bunch of people, and Gary Wade, the mayor of Severeville,

I believe.

Severe.

Severeville, Tennessee,

I believe.

Yeah, my hometown.

This is Dear Johnny, on behalf of the city of Severeville.

We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the dedication of the Dolly Parton Parkway.

Now you know you've made it.

You say on October the 6th at 4 p.m.

Your interest in the Dolly Parton Parkway has not gone unnoticed and we would be remiss as representatives if we did not include an invitation to you.

I can't be

there.

Well, I know you can't be there, but that's nice.

They'd send out an idea to at least want to be.

I was real flattered.

I'd like to see that parkway.

Any second you may suddenly appear.

People stop and stare.

They don't bother me.

For there's no.

Stan Kent.

What a band.

Remember that time in Kenosha?

Stanket was in Kenosha at Carthage College.

Somebody ran a bootleg tape.

With warnings, don't record.

Somebody recorded anyway.

Grab your coat and get your hat.

Leave your worries on the doorstep.

Just direct.

That pit of paths and that happy tune is your step.

Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.

I used to walk in the shade.

I'll be rich as Rockefeller.

Go dust at my feet on the sunny side.

A stove?

Next up, Mr. Harry Connick Jr.

at the keyboard and mic on the music of the star.

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Back all the way till noon.

Tribute to Dolly and JP.

And everybody else they deserve.

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The music of the stars, every so often, this music seems to be really appropriate.

Stuff that makes you think, like the end of August.

Thoughts about time.

Albert Einstein said the only reason for time is for that everything doesn't happen at once.

August.

We're moving to Labor Day.

There's a show on that.

And most notably the 11th of September.

But time is kind of democratic when you think about it.

Everybody gets the exact

Same 24 hours a day.

John Berry wrote that.

For Somewhere in Time, Francis

Albert.

show you've kept my

I see years will show you've kept

The music of the stars, Randall High Noon Central, and all over the world at WRJN.com.

Song's about time.

For a bit anyway, and then we'll talk about Dolly and about JP, and all the other greats that made our hours memorable.

What good is time if we don't spend it?

I'm a little rust downed.

I'll hum it for you.

Sing it,

Sam.

as time goes by.

And when two lovers woo, they still say I

Just remember this The kiss is still a kiss The

sigh is just

a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by And when two lovers move They still say

on that.

the same old story.

A fight for love and glory.

A case of new or die.

Here's a story.

By the way, Dooley couldn't play the piano.

That was Eliot Carpenter about five feet away.

The music of the stars.

Max Steiner was asked to write the songs and the score for Costa Blanca.

He said, you have to use time goes by.

But he hated that song.

He said, I'll write my own

song.

Like he did for Summer Place, 1959.

But they said you can't write your own song.

It's too late.

We'd have to reshoot Ilsa's scenes.

And they lied to Max.

They said, oh, Ingrid already changed her hairstyle.

Well, he was stuck with the song.

Great song flashbacks and all.

17 years earlier by Herman

Hoppeld.

Herman Hoppeld of Montclair, New Jersey.

The first recording of As Time Goes By was by a kid from Cuddehy named Rudy Vallee, 1931.

Still a kiss.

The sigh is just a sigh.

The thunder, little things apply as time goes by.

And when two lovers move, they still say I know.

As time goes

by.

Moonlight and love songs, never out of date.

Hearts full of passion, jealous.

Those are the singers unlimited and great talent out of Milwaukee right there.

Arranged by Gene Pureling.

The brains behind the high lows.

By the way, the high lows have a street name for them near Watertown.

Rightfully so.

Remember these four words, Al was utterly useless.

Al was utterly useless.

I'm nothing but a burden on my family, he once told his sister in the letter.

Really, it would have been better if I had never been born.

Al had hit bottom by the age of 22.

His parents impoverished were no longer able to support him.

He needed a job, but nobody would hire him.

In desperation, Al appealed to an old school friend.

A fellow whose class notes he used to copy.

The friend's father had government connections.

And a few days later, Al was being interviewed for a position at the federal patent office.

Fred Haller was then director of the agency.

He would conduct the interview personally.

Haller informed the young man that he needed personnel capable of judging whether a request for a patent had any justification.

What do you know about patents the director asked and Al replied nothing Nothing at all the director blinked a couple of times Ordinarily he would have terminated the interview then and there and yet there was something intriguing in the young man's frankness Tell me a bit about yourself the director asked and Al forced to smile But was there to tell he'd been thrown out of high school at 15 With no high school diploma college was out of the question

So he applied at a technical school, but then he flunked his first entrance exam So he went back to high school a different high school Actually because his old high school refused to read met him now this time he graduated He was even accepted thereafter at technical school, but when prospective employers Subsequently discovered that he had cut classes chronically

and that he had passed exams only narrowly and had treated professors irreverently.

Well, nobody would hire him.

Nobody would hire him.

And now here he was in the federal patent office asking for a job for which he was not qualified.

What kind of a loser could summon up that kind of nerve?

But Director Haller was not so certain.

Yes, he had heard all of the reasons why he should not hire Al.

But what he wanted to hear now were all the reasons why he should.

You know what?

That interview continued for most of two hours, and by the time it was over, the director had come to this conclusion.

Al was not stupid.

He was simply a failure.

If he were ever to stop failing and make something of himself, he would first require a large dose of self-confidence.

So director Hallard decided to give Al a break, a probationary job as technical expert third class.

You see though posterity's impression of Al is larger than life, he was not destined to guide lesser minds through space and time.

In fact in 22 he stood at the brink of utter obscurity and then he got that job at the Swiss Federal Patent Office and inspired by his very first unequivocal

Equivocal success, he eventually learned to live up to his best, his very best.

Time to become the groundbreaking genius the world now knows as Albert Einstein.

As we Bonnie Baker with her hubby Orrin Tucker in the orchestra, forgotten art is not so much Orrin, but Bonnie, let's do some insight into her life and styles.

And bad news from Hollywood.

JP Morgan, the beloved singer, actress and television personality, has sadly passed away at the age of 94.

Born Mary Margaret Morgan, she became a familiar face to American audiences through her successful music career and her appearances on television.

She was especially remembered as a longtime panelist on the popular show The Gong Show, or her unique personality made her a fan favorite.

J.P.

Morgan also had a successful recording career and remained a recognizable figure in American entertainment for decades.

According to an obituary record, J.P.

Morgan passed away on August 24, 2026, at the age of 94.

While details about the cause of her death have not been publicly confirmed,

fans are now remembering her remarkable career and lasting contribution to entertainment.

JP Morgan may be gone, but her performances and memories will continue to live on.

That's from, how to succeed in business without really trying.

Great song for Labor Day.

Labor Day, we got a show for that.

Right here on the Music of the Stars.

And here's Jamie Farr.

So I came back to LA afterwards.

I guess it was a big seller.

And we kept saying, what was that?

And I remember as a kid, I told you, I listened to radio.

And there was a show called Major Bose and the Talent Hour.

And Major Bose used to have a little gong on his desk.

And people would be performing.

And if he didn't particularly care for him, he'd hit that little gong.

And I'm saying, oh, no, I get the idea.

where the gong came from for the gong show.

So, I'm watching the show.

It's on at night time.

And Gary Owens, I believe, is the host.

And I see what they're doing.

And I get this phone call.

They said, Jamie, NBC wants to do the gong show as a daytime, cross-the-board show.

And they'd like you to be one of the first guests on it.

You, Joanne Worley, and Jack Cassidy.

and the host of the show is John Barber.

So I said, yeah, okay, I know, it's a talent show and yeah.

So we go meet at Chuck Barris as the producer of the show, welcomes us there.

And they have C.V.

Alberg, who's the model, and they have Milton Delug and the band, and the guys in the band, they're kind of dressed like...

Carnival outfits, you know with the big white stripes and the thing and the panel Jack Cassidy and Joanne and I are just just like we are now and so forth and John Barber comes out and they welcomes everybody and he brings on the first talent and of course some of the talent that we're seeing now is these awful acts that we're

doing

The Gansho fables and today's fable is a boy and his doggy that's today

on the

Gansho Ladies and gentlemen here comes a group that are so good So good and their names are yeah,

yeah

I

said, and then obviously you're bringing on acts that are terrible.

I mean, what can we do?

So he said, well, what do you do?

I said, why don't we make it like a party?

You know, like, let us have fun.

If they're doing something like, why can't we do the same thing?

Or let's say if Joanne goes to gong the person and I like the person, what if I fight Joanne off?

Or he says, oh yeah, yeah, that's it.

And I says,

take the band out of the carny outfits.

I said, why don't we do this?

Put the band in tuxedos.

Put C.V.

Alberg, who's the model in a beautiful evening gown.

Have your female guests on the show, beautiful evening gown and your celebrities in tuxedos to watch a guy crack eggs on his head.

He goes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I said, let's have some

fun.

Our first guest grew up on a sheep ranch.

The only drawback is that sometimes he gets his overwhelming desire to guzzle woolite.

Here is Jamie Farr.

Yes.

All

right.

Hot dogs.

I love junk food.

Oh, good.

Here is a terrific lady.

A terrific lady who after today show leaves for a breeding farm where she'll be teaching stud horses how to arch their backs.

The wonderful.

So

he

says

great yeah so now he tried to get John Barber to do that but John Barber never got it.

He thought he was looking for the next Mario Lanza or the next Barbara Streisand or whatever it was.

So finally they convinced Chuck to take over.

And that's when they took over.

Everybody got into the tuxedos.

If you notice that, they even had the little person, the midget Jerry.

He was in the top hat at the tuxedo.

See, he was in the band, was at the tuxedo.

And all these ridiculous acts, you know, a guy hanging upside down by his feet playing a banjo and all these other silly things that went on.

And of course, then, remember I said chemistry.

Again, always

works.

Got that little mixed up.

Here come, here come, here come two people who are really good.

Ha, ha, Hailey and Veeam Veeam!

were absolutely silly.

And the show took off.

I mean, it was like the most popular show.

We did a show one time.

John Dorsey was the director of the show.

And as you know, some of the things that Chuck used to do, he used to come out, clap his hands and point and read the cue cards and everything else.

So one show, we decided on our own.

This is JP and already in myself.

We said, you know what?

I'm sick of him doing that.

Let's take over the show.

Let's not even tell we said hey to props you got some duct tape and some rope.

They said yeah, so So get started like that Chuck starts doing whatever it is now He doesn't know what's happening the camera people don't know what's happening the producer doesn't know what's happening We run out there.

We grab Chuck on on camera and we drag him off and the camera follows us around stage and we tie him up backstage and put the duct tape on him and we take over the show

I need chances to start doing

this.

Thank you and welcome to the Brown Show.

It's High Low Week and we're going to devote today's show to some of our high-scoring acts from previous weeks.

Now all of our acts have scored perfect scores, 30 points when they performed on our past GONG shows, and we're happy to have them back.

Today's winner will receive an incredible amount of cash and a trip to New York for a professional night club appearance.

Remember, if after 30 seconds one of our celebrities feel the act is not worthy of continuing, he or she will hit that old GONG like this.

Bam!

a really super ladies of song, Ms.

JP Morgan, with that old black

magic.

I'm very pleased indeed to have with us this afternoon one of the most charming young ladies in the record business in the entertainment world today.

Say hello to J.P.

Morgan.

Hi.

Hi.

What do people call you?

J.P.?

J or J.P., it doesn't really matter.

How did the name come about?

Well, I got that in junior high school when I was elected class treasurer.

My real name is Morgan, Mary Morgan, and so my classmates...

I thought it was very funny to call me JP.

And when I went with Frank DeVall's band out in California, he heard my mother call me to the phone one day.

And she called me JP.

And he liked the idea so much and asked me to keep it professionally.

But no actual relation to the famous financier.

Unfortunately, no.

But you'd like to

be.

Very much.

Wouldn't we all?

I could sit home and count my money.

What's the biggest selling record you've ever had, Jay?

That's all I want from you.

As a matter of fact, I just got a gold record about two months ago for

it.

Well, we're very glad that you took a little time to spend with us here in the Sunshine City of Miami.

Who's your idol in the business?

Anyone that you look up to?

I really don't pattern my life after anyone.

I do have favorites.

Singers, I think Ella Fitzgerald is fantastic.

You know, I think if they took a vote among the singers

in the country.

The Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

Yeah, I think unanimously, no question

answered.

And could I play about eight bars of the last one we just finished?

I wish you

would.

I don't play too

well.

J.P.

Morgan at the keyboard, Charles

Collingwood.

to Lula Bankhead, Betty Davis, and Tina, a

monkey.

She's a great musician and

a great comedian.

JP Morgan, the husky voiced 1950s pop star who later became one of television's most fearlessly unfiltered personalities as a judge on the gong show, died on Monday, August 24, 2026 in Longview, Washington.

She was 94.

Since...

Shelly Fabre, the television fixture for decades, is died at the age of 82.

Her first big break came when she was cast as Mary Stone on the Donna Reed show.

Shelly Fabre spent decades looking healthy, successful, and quietly strong in the public eye.

But behind that familiar smile was a life shaped by serious illness, a life-saving liver transplant, and a marriage that lasted more than four decades.

When Fabre died in Los Angeles on August 22, 2026, her family confirmed the loss, but not the cause.

Then Mike Farrell began speaking about the woman he had loved for 42 years.

His words reveal a very different final chapter than Hollywood ever saw.

Shelley Fabre spent most of her life being watched.

Millions knew her as Mary Stone on the Donna Reed show, as Elvis Presley's leading lady,

and later as Christine Armstrong on coach.

But the final years were different.

She lived mostly away from the spotlight, after surviving a life-threatening liver disease and a transplant in 2000.

On August 22, 2026, Fabre died in Los Angeles at 82, surrounded by family.

Her cause of death was not publicly disclosed.

What Mike Ferrell revealed afterward was not a secret diagnosis.

It was something more personal, a glimpse into the woman behind the fame.

For decades, Shelly Fabre seemed almost untouched by the passage of time.

She had been famous since childhood.

She had recorded a number one song.

She had appeared opposite Elvis Presley.

She had built a second major television career decades after her first.

And somehow, through all of it, she remained a familiar face to several generations.

But fame can create a strange illusion.

People remember the face long after they stopped knowing the person.

That distinction matters now.

Because on August 22nd, 2026, Shelly Fabre died in Los Angeles at the age of 82.

Her family said she was surrounded by those who loved her.

The statement remembered her not simply as an actress, but as a wife, stepmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend.

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of the stars if there's one theme for Labor Day at CIS.

1955, Maury's Stola theme from Picnic.

celebrity deaths always seem to come in groups.

I don't, I don't know if that's true, but it seems to come in groups.

across stage and screen.

Steve Allen.

Cole Porter.

Nelson Riddle's Orchestra, Nat Cole at the keyboard, and Cole Porter here's Dolly Parton.

If you'd just join us, we have Ray Johnson and Jose Molina.

Charlie Callis tonight.

And this gal was here a few weeks ago.

She's just delightful.

She has millions and millions of fans.

And this album, where is the album?

Somebody stole the album.

Well, that's

how I... Don't look at

the Kleenex bar.

What?

Just give you a feeling like you had an

album.

It's a lot thinner than this.

But at the end of the album, it's called The New Harvest First Gathering.

And it's released today, which is possibly maybe the reason we don't have it.

as you'll be appearing on February the 27th with Mac Davis at the Anaheim Convention Center as part of their three-week tour that they're starting together.

Would you welcome Dolly Parton.

Dolly?

Thank you.

This is one of the songs out of the new album.

It's one I've written.

I hope you like.

Now

when you say that, do you really mean that you've missed

me?

I miss you, I love working with you.

You know what I was thinking about that Dollywood thing, 25 years of Dollywood.

Now what was it like 25 years ago when you said to people, you know what, I'd like to build a little thing down here in the Smoky Mountains.

Is it on the edge of the Smoky Mountains, right in the

middle?

It's right at the foothills

of the

Smokies, right before you go up into Gatlinburg and the mountain

park.

And an amusement park and a thing to kind of commemorate the life of the people who lived and worked in that area.

What did people say to you when you said you want to do

that?

I had a set of business people at that time that

told me that I was making a big mistake and that I was going to lose my butt.

And I did lose some of it, as you'll notice, from 25 years

ago.

What's the song you said

you made up?

Well, I wrote this song because it's been real good for me ever since I started on your show.

And

you

said one time, once I got to be real famous, I probably wouldn't come back on the show.

But

I

always will.

I'm here as bad as much as you are.

Your friends can say that.

Yeah, well, that's where I mean.

We can say anything.

But I was on a kid because everybody kids you about it.

Yeah.

I

only like the show.

Well, I think

other people do a good job, but I only really like to watch it when

you're on it.

Oh,

thank

you.

And I don't call it the Tonight Show.

To

me, it's the Johnny

Carson Show.

Oh, you're saying already.

So,

no, I'm serious.

You want me to build that for

you?

No, I want to kick it a little.

As good as I can with this now.

But it's all in the words, and it's, you know.

It's supposed to

be too serious, sir.

Dolly Parton wrote

songs that captured the times and became massive

hits.

As

one of the most famous voices in country music, her career spanned genres and endured for decades, but it began in humble settings.

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in 1946, the fourth of 12 children in rural Tennessee.

I got my music from my mother's side of the family.

I got my work ethic from my dad.

I got my music from my mama.

Her song, Coat of Many Colours, was inspired by her modest upbringing.

She started

writing songs from the age of six, moving to Nashville at 18 in search of a record deal.

On her first day there, she met Karl Dean, her future husband of 60 years.

He famously avoided the spotlight.

You know there are people.

to this day who do not believe your husband Carl Dean actually exists.

I know that.

They do.

They think that I just made him

up.

Within just a few years, Dolly Parton became a household name, starring on the Porter Wagner show.

But she wanted to become a solo artist and wrote one of her most famous songs to help Wagner understand why she was quitting their musical partnership.

Remarkably, that song was penned on the same day as one of her other biggest hits.

In 1972, I think I wrote it.

At the

same time I wrote Jolene, that was a good writing day.

Jolene was inspired by a bank teller flirting with her

husband.

As Dolly Parton's career thrived, she made the jump to acting.

Look, I got a gun out there in my purse.

After being recruited by Jane Fonda to star as Dorelly Rhodes in the film Nine to Five.

You've got to have acrylic nails to make that real percussive sound.

But I thought it sounded like a typewriter.

Can you hear that?

Dolly

Parton collaborated

with other artists throughout her career.

Some like the bop type reframe I'm sure that if I heard even one riff Twit the ball me to riff thickly too Yet I get a kick out of you I get a kick every time

I get no kick in a plane Flying too high with some gas

kissed her and she kissed me.

Like the fellow once said, ain't that a kick in the head?

The room was completely black.

I hugged her and she hugged back.

Like the sailor said, quote, ain't that a hole in a boat?

My hat keeps spinning.

I go to sleep and keep.

This is just the beginning.

My life is gonna be beautiful.

I've sunshine enough to spread.

It's just like the...

Mr. Julie London.

Love song to a highway.

One of the most famous roads on the planet.

Doesn't even exist anymore.

bureaucratically gets a hundred million visitors just in Illinois every year.

The Main Street of America

250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

And it's 66th Centennial.

You go to Europe, there's a Route 66 festival in Europe.

And check say 66 is a symbol of freedom.

as 80 years old this year.

Bobby True.

Yeah.

If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way.

Take the highway that's the best.

So won't you get your

from Chicago to L.A.

More than

2,000

miles all the way.

But you know, you can have your fun on Route 41.

Think about it.

It's not just across the country.

It's like, well, anywhere you want to know.

There's highways.

How about Lincoln Road?

The world's oldest.

No, no, wait a minute.

That was in Rome to the Appian way.

That's John Berry's theme for Somewhere in Time.

There's a group that's a fan of that film.

It's called Insight.

International Network of Somewhere in Time enthusiasts.

Insight.

Linda Ronstadt.

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And

the whole life world will understand.

Music from our documentary, Mondo Kane 2.

Steve Rossi.

The music of the stars.

Steve Rossi.

This is Enoch Leight.

some

famous people in the news.

Here's the

secretary of health, Mr. Rivakov.

Hello there.

Mr. Rivakov, do you think we should have birth control in the United States?

Birth control, yeah.

There

are too many kids who are cluttering up our housing.

The mothers are aggravated.

The old man don't know what to do.

You're going to drug store.

Thank you

very much, Mr. Rivakov.

Bobby Kennedy.

Hello there.

Mr. Kennedy.

Bobby, why did you go into politics?

I

want

to go on business with my brother.

But do you like your job as attorney general?

No, I want to be president.

Why did you want to be president?

Because dad promised

me.

Marty Allen, have the honor of meeting him.

And Steve Rossi, guy who's always overshadowed by that great talent of Marty Allen.

Let's have some more Steve Rossi in a bit.

Here's Placido Domingo on this fading

summer.

Mancini.

Arrange by Lee Holdrich.

Here's Steve

Rossi.

and the sun can dry my tears.

Since my love has gone all his sadness leaves fall from the trees and they're scattered

That's the way...

Steve Rossi from the Classics.

Born in New York City, Steve, that's his stage name, his real name, Joel, let's see, Taffarella.

Discovered by Mae West.

Her manager was Jerry Frank, saw him in 53.

He was doing the Civic Light Opera in L.A., the student prince.

using his real name, Joe Tafarella.

And he signed up to do a nightclub show in Maywest in LA at the old Siro's restaurant.

Yeah, dine and dance and listen to great music.

Like, here, here's Steve Rossi remembering Maywest.

I worked with Maywest at the Sarah in 1954 as her straight man.

And I remember my name...

My legal name is Joseph Charles Taffarella.

In Vegas, we had this huge marquee.

And she said, I'm going to put your name up on the marquee.

And that night, she called me before the show the week before, the night before.

And she said, I want you to look at the billboard.

So I'm going to look at the billboards and gigantic billboard.

It says Joseph Charles Taffarella, 75% billing.

And above it, May West named seven letters.

Well, I had 23 letters.

And she only had seven.

She said, what do you notice up there, Steve?

I said, well, I notice my name.

She said, well, what about mine?

I said, I don't notice it as much because you only have seven letters and I have 23.

She said, well, from now on, your name is Steve Rossi.

And that's how I get the name.

Then I worked with her there for four weeks.

It was pandemonium.

And the show consisted of May West, myself.

Louise Beavers who played in films as a maid primarily, and she was the maid in the show.

And one of the lines was, because I played a Spanish gigolo with a goatee and a mustache the

whole time.

Steve Rossi, here's Tony, Antonio di Benedetto.

Come a little closer.

Stay a little longer.

Now the gang is gone, put Sinatra on.

What are you afraid

of?

Make yourself at home

now.

If I dim the light, since the fire's bright, what are you afraid of?

Who's to know you let yourself go?

A kiss or so astray?

I hold the merry old, blame it on the stereo.

We're not going dancing.

Kiss me like before.

Let the fire out.

Throw another pillow on the floor.

Learn what love is made of.

What are you afraid of?

On the stereo All the way Baby take your shoes off We're not going dancing Kiss me like before Let the fire out Throw another pillow on the floor Learn what love is made of

What are you afraid

of?

Put Tsunatra on.

Now the gang is gone.

Do it one more

time.

It was Steve Rossi's idea to pair up with Marty Allen.

And they made a bunch of albums like one more time with Hello There.

Hello there, Rock.

Hello there.

Tell me, how many fights have you had?

100.

How many did you lose?

100.

How do you explain it?

Can't win them all.

What's the first thing you think of when you enter the ring?

How to get out.

And what's your trickiest punch?

Left hook.

And what's so tricky about that?

I used my right hand.

Hey, Roy, I don't see any marks on your face.

I had my nose fixed.

Oh, did they straighten it?

They put it between my eyes.

Well, why do you wear a mouthpiece?

Because I ain't got time to brush after every move.

Roy, you've been fighting in this country now for some time.

Did you ever fight abroad?

Let me ask you another question, right?

Who taught you how to fight?

Rocky Marciano, Giallo, Sugar Ray, and Elizabeth Taylor.

What did you learn from Elizabeth Taylor?

A lot more than I learned from Rocky Marciano.

Say, is Rocky your nickname?

Rocky my nickname.

What's your real name?

Don't you know your own name?

Yeah.

What is it?

Wait a minute.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

It's Marty.

It's Marty.

Well, last night... That's Frenchy.

It's Marty.

Last night, you fought... You fought any maichan?

I fought any maichan.

Did he hurt you at any time?

Only when he hit me.

I saw a familiar face in a third row.

Who was it, Rock?

It was me.

What one fight stands out in your memory?

World War II.

I never fought abroad.

Say, are you going to fight Floyd Patterson?

When he gets up.

What about the Sonny Liston?

He's a big son.

He's big.

Well, listen, if you fought him, what would your prediction be for the night of the fight?

I predict rain, snow, flurries.

No, no, I'm talking about the outcome of the fight.

Early knockout.

How

early,

Rock?

I'm going to hit him in the dressing room with a

pipe.

Rock, you know they tell me you're pretty tough.

I'm pretty tough, sir.

You are

pretty tough?

I have a list of all the guys I can be.

Oh, am I on your list?

Yeah, you're on my list.

You can't beat me.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Okay, I'll take your name off the list.

One last question.

What do you do after each fight?

I bleed.

Buy easy shaving Gillette blue blades in this dispenser with safety compartment for used blades.

20 for 98 cents, 10 for 49.

promises all lies and chess still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

where the ragged people go looking for the basis only

Just to come home from the wars on 7th Avenue.

I do declare there were times when I was so wrong, so I took

some comfort

there.

La, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la.

I'll cut these

out.

Three secret wishes.

I'm not taking a poll for the record, so relax.

I'm just going to use up one of my own and say that I wish it could be 1928 again.

And I could have a seat at the opening of that wonderful musical comedy, New Moon.

The Oscar Hammerstein of Showboat and the Oscar Hammerstein of the present great hit, Oklahoma, as a man who has the gentle touch of beauty.

He seems to get it in the lyric.

And when you add Sigmund Romberg, why, you really have something.

Mr. Romberg, who uses his heart for a palette and his genius for a brush, you have the kind of beauty that takes you in the throat.