Dinah Shore

Nov 6, 2024 | pugetsoundradio.com | Dinah Shore |Van Halen |Bruce Springsteen |John Lennon

ON THIS DAY in 1899actor William Gillette starred in Sherlock Holmes at the production’s debut in New York City.  31 years later Gillette would be razor sharp introducing Holmes on the radio. (Bad pun intended!)On this day in 1901, singer/actress Juanita Hall was born in Keyport NJ.  Best remembered as Bloody Mary in “South Pacific” on Broadway (Tony Award) & the movies, she was a regular on the 1948 TV show Capt Billy’s Mississippi Music Hall.

Feb 29, 2024 | sdjewishworld.com | Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore (Photo: Wikipedia)Dinah Shore (Feb. 29, 1916-Feb 24, 1994) was born in Winchester, Tennessee, as Frances “Fanny” Rose Shore to Russian immigrant shopkeepers Solomon Shore and his wife Anna Stein. As a child, she contracted polio from which she recovered but with a deformed foot and limp. Loving to sing as a child, Shore entertained customers at her father’s store. The family moved to McMinnville and then Nashville, Tennessee, where Shore became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School.

Nov 6, 2023 | pugetsoundradio.com | Dinah Shore |Van Halen |Bruce Springsteen |John Lennon

ON THIS DAY in 1899actor William Gillette starred in Sherlock Holmes at the production’s debut in New York City.  31 years later Gillette would be razor sharp introducing Holmes on the radio. (Bad pun intended!)On this day in 1901, singer/actress Juanita Hall was born in Keyport NJ.  Best remembered as Bloody Mary in “South Pacific” on Broadway (Tony Award) & the movies, she was a regular on the 1948 TV show Capt Billy’s Mississippi Music Hall.

Apr 15, 2023 | rvtravel.com | Cheri Sicard |John Mayer |Dinah Shore

Welcome to the latest installment of Road Trip Playlists. The United States has long had a love affair with cars and road-tripping, so this week we look at songs that celebrate the great American road trip, and roadside America.