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- Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bernie on the Balcony
- Replies: 3
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Bernie on the Balcony
Bernie has just posted a recent photograph of himself taken on his balcony. Great to see you looking such a picture of health. The bowl of fruit on your lap suggests you're eating your recommended 5 a-day. Or are you just rehearsing the old Jones Boys recording 'Tutti Frutti' ready for your comeback...
Somehow or other I seem to have spoiled the photograph of Ruby with Laurie London, Lita Roza and Bernard Braden. It was much clearer as e-mailed to me by Graham Bunn, but in the upload to rm.org it's become very blotchy. Strangely though, if you click on the 'enlarge' button in the bottom right-hand...
I've just added another photograph to the Library of Ruby and Lita together. Also in the photo is Laurie London and Bernard Braden, and they appear to be present at some kind of celebration as glasses are raised. It would be interesting to know what the occasion was. The former child star, Little La...
Lita Roza
Sadly Lita Roza died yesterday, and I felt it would be appropriate to mention the news here, as the careers of Ruby and Lita overlapped several times through the years. Prior to Ruby's breakthrough and chart dominance during the mid-1950s, Lita had regularly been voted favourite female vocalist in t...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:41 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Pictures Of Ruby
- Replies: 58
- Views: 49003
Ruby at Harrison Gibson store
Bernie - re your message of 30 July mentioning the recently uploaded photograph of Ruby at Harrison Gibson store - is there any reference as to whether it was the Ilford Essex store? The shot is not recognisable to me from the photograph, but if it is Ilford I'm wondering how I missed that appearanc...
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:14 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ruby on M.G.M
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6584
MGM
Wakey Wakey Bernie! It must have been Siesta time in Spain when you posted your message about Kane Confectionery here on 4 July. The subject was being discussed in the 'New Pictures of Ruby' section, rather than here on the MGM topic. Oh well, everyone probably reads both sections anyway so they wil...
- Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ruby on M.G.M
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6584
Hi Graham, I was aware of the single released in the USA on MGM, but although I've not had the opportunity to play the tracks directly from the actual record, I'd be very surprised to find they were different recordings to those issued on UK Columbia. Although EMI owned the Capitol label, it wasn't ...
- Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Pictures Of Ruby
- Replies: 58
- Views: 49003
Meanwhile, I contacted a friend of mine yesterday who is a keen collector of cigarette cards, etc, and has some interesting entertainment star sets. He doesn't have this set unfortunately but has reported back that he believes this card is 1 of a series of 36 issued by Kane Products(Confectionery) i...
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Pictures Of Ruby
- Replies: 58
- Views: 49003
I remember the Collector's card you wrote about, Bernie. Is it in the RM.org Library? If so, it may have been me who uploaded it, but I don't have the original card myself. I think I found it up for sale on an internet site - possibly e-bay. I have a copy of it saved into my own files, and looked at...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Pictures Of Ruby
- Replies: 58
- Views: 49003
New Photographs
I've just uploaded four photographs of Ruby's appearance at the Britannia Theatre, on the Pier at Great Yarmouth on 8 September 1985. Three are of Ruby on stage, and the other was taken after the show with two other stars on the bill - singer Clinton Ford, and comedian Ken Platt (remember his catch-...
- Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ruby and Frankie Laine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3984
Ruby and Frankie Laine
It was sad to learn of the death on 6 February of the great American vocalist, Frankie Laine - who has been one of my great heroes of popular music during all my years of collecting. It's an opportune moment to recall the chapter devoted to Frankie in Joan Moules biolgraphy of Ruby Murray - 'Softly ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:07 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Proposed New Home Page
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22292
Irish Songs
Here's my 5
1 It's A Great Day For The Irish
2 Trottin' To The Fair
3 The Old Lammas Fair
4 Dear Old Donegal
5 Boys From The County Armagh
Brian
1 It's A Great Day For The Irish
2 Trottin' To The Fair
3 The Old Lammas Fair
4 Dear Old Donegal
5 Boys From The County Armagh
Brian
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ruby Murray T-Shirt
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5649
Ruby Murray T-Shirt
Currently being auctioned on e-bay - described as follows : RED HERRING T-SHIRT "RUBY MURRAY" MOTIF Size MEDIUM 100% Cotton Red T-Shirt with flocking detail to motif "Ruby Murray" motif Used, and a bit faded, but still a cool t-shirt! Thanks for Looking... ***All clothing items freshly washed and f...
- Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Mystery of a Recently Discovered Lost Treasure
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10748
Lucky Star
Not knowing that Gerald had chosen today to present 'Lucky Star' on the website, it was a complete coincidence that this afternoon I decided to make a careful search through my copies of New Musical Express to once again find the report I remembered reading which suggested that 'Lucky Star' was to b...