Tom Williams AT LARGE: The dictionary defines a volunteer as “a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.” It would have been simpler to just use a photo of Joe Fagan. Fagan, who died last week after a difficult last year, wanted to take part, to make the …
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Their favorites by The Beatles
Tom Williams AT LARGE: It was 50 years ago next week, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play, they’ve been going in and out of style, but they’re guaranteed to raise the smile, so may I introduce to you, the act you’ve known for all these years, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. With apologies …
Regis comes to town .. with Rickles
Tom Williams AT LARGE: Everybody knows Regis Philbin. For more than half a century he has been entertaining America and hosting some of television’s most popular shows. He will be in Atlantic City on Saturday with Don Rickles, doing one show at The Borgata. “There is nobody funnier than Don Rickles,” Regis said. “More than …
Bobby Rydell tells his story
Tom Williams AT LARGE: Bobby Rydell wrote a book. A book about his life in the spotlight and behind the scenes. It’s called “Bobby Rydell – Teen Idol on the Rocks.” The book tells about the Philadelphia native’s rise to fame and his struggles with alcoholism and other problems. This is one of the biggest …
PoPsie & Sinatra – together again
Tom Williams AT LARGE: Here comes Old Blue Eyes again. This month Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998, is being celebrated as the 100th anniversary of his birth approaches. It is coming up on Saturday. There was a TV special on CBS Sunday. The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles has an exhibition of highlights from …
Ed Hurst is back where he started
Tom Williams AT LARGE: Ed Hurst was probably the guy that Marconi had in mind when he invented the radio. For more than seven decades the Atlantic City High School graduate has entertained people throughout the Delaware Valley on radio and, later, television. Hurst is the type of guy we like to hear on the …
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