MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Good to hear from you Jim…"Here’s another ‘cottin-pickin’ hit!!" Yep, classic Major Bill. I can recall him with exactly those words. What you say about others making fun of Major Bill also hit home. I recall the same. But his down to earth approach was so refreshing, and let’s face it…he did produce some of the very biggest of the ‘62 to ‘66 era. I’m trying to recall the other record reps to "make the Monday-Tuesday" rounds. I mentioned Merlin Littlefield, Ernie Phillips and Ed Spacek. Ed was another not like the rest…coming from small town south. His sister Sissy was just getting started in acting in those days. He was so proud of her, and I recall would bring in photos and posters of her early "B" movies. Then one day I recall he actually brought Sissy in. She had a record out, might have been ’69 or ’70. She was so personable. That southern charm. I never heard what became of Ed, but Sissy went on to win multiple Oscars and is still playing Academy Award parts. Best wishes for health and happiness… Michael O’Shea

JUDY NELON (Nashville, TN) Subject: "The Cross - The Arthur Blessitt Story" DVD release. Gener8Xion Entertainment’s feature documentary film "The Cross – The Arthur Blessitt Story," Available on DVD Nationwide February 16, 2010. The film, which chronicles Arthur Blessitt’s amazing journey of nearly 40,000 miles and 40 years, will now be available on DVD. Arthur Blessitt is the only individual to ever literally walk the face of the Earth. Inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the "World’s Longest Walk," Arthur spent forty years walking through every continent, territory, nation and island group on the planet. Director Matthew Crouch recognized Arthur’s amazing story and wanted to share it with the world through this critically acclaimed motion picture, which enjoyed a national theatrical release. A remarkable story of survival, perseverance, and unquenchable spiritual passion. - Variety. You will be inspired by Arthur Blessitt’s life and encouraged in your faith. - Joel Osteen

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CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Jim: I paid for Dale’s (Hawkins) session at KWKH...it cost me $50. James Burton, Stan Lewis’ nephew, did the session for nothing. I was in the studio when it (Suzy Q) was recorded and sat on a couple of boxes of newsprint. I had Dale signed to a contract and got Jerry Wexler and Atlantic interested in flying Burton and Dale to NY to re-record the tune. Stan Lewis knew Dale and I were both underage so he got Dale’s mother to sign a contract for Dale and Stan gave the tune to Chess records. He told me if the tune hit he would buy me a new Cadillac. Never saw the Cadillac but a black DJ in Shreveport named Washington wound up with a piece of the tune. Chuck

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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Author seeks help. Jim, I received an email from David Browne, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and an author currently working on a book about the year 1970 in Rock & Roll. Perhaps your readers can help with his question about a meeting in October of 1970 at the White House. A group of radio executives were summoned to a meeting concerning drug references in music. Were any of your readers involved or do they know of someone that attended? David would appreciate an email at brownebag@gmail.com if anyone has information. I told David that the best place to start communicating with radio people is your newsletter and since I was a regular reader, I'd pass his message along. Thank you for anything you can do. Bud

MARTY AMBROSE (Houston, TX) Subject: Sons of Orpheus Concert 2/21/2010. All Saints Catholic Church; 201 E. 10th Street at Harvard in the Heights. Fine Arts Series Presents The Sons of Orpheus Men’s Chorus Directed by Edgar Moore on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm. For some samples of our work, go here: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+sons+of+orpheus&search_type=&aq=0m&oq=Sons+of+Orpheus

TRIVIA ANSWER: On her first recordings on Oasis records a spelling mistake occurs. Donna Sommer becomes Donna Summers for the rest of her career.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday, February 20th. 3pm-6pm PDT 6pm-9pm EDT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. streaming on: http://KOCIRadio.com. twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09

DENNIS MILLER (NBC TV Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live 1985-90) That's the news and I am outta here!

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