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Bobby Darin News Page 2006 Please reload your browser for the latest update. NOTE: Some links will appear in a new browser window. Check the What's New Page for late breaking news also!
Update 12/15/06: Ahmet Ertegun 1923-2006 ...passed away December 14th. Robert Hilburn wrote a special piece for the LA Times and mentioned Bobby. Here is the article. Also, look here and here for more information about Mr. Ertegun and Bobby. Our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of Ahmet Ertegun, the music GIANT! Update 11/14/06: "The Joey Reynolds Show" and State Fair...Fox Home Entertainment has assembled six Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals in a 12-DVD box set ... THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN COLLECTION. Included is the 1962 release of State Fair starring BOBBY DARIN, Pat Boone, Ann-Margret and Pamela Tiffin. Pre-order yours today at www.amazon.com. Update 11/3/06: Bobby on the Radio...
Fans can listen by clicking on this link. Thanks to the BD Star committee, there is another radio station helping in the efforts to get Bobby his star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. Steve Peterson, program manager, is a Darin fan! We are sure he would like to know you are listening. Check out his website here: oldies1460 Celebrity Friends & Darin Fans ...Ron Lan'Gel is the star & producer of this wonderful musical tribute to Bobbycalled "Look Out! Ol' Bobby's Back!" Danny McVey, Aussie singer/songwriter, has recently released an album of original tunes. The final song on the CD is a heart-warming tribute to Bobby! Update 10/17/06: "The Bobby Show" on KYA...Update 10/4/06: Hesh...Harriet was an important element to the career of Bobby Darin, and perhaps
even more so since his passing. We should all have been blessed with such
devoted friends."
Harriet I will forever miss our Tuesday Night phone calls and forever miss
your letters to me with Bobby Darin clipping's enclosed...........I will forever
miss you telling me to tune in for a late night radio show that you will be on
and I will forever miss saying to you at the end of our phone conversations,"
HESH, You're My Angel. Right?" and you answering, "yes" and I'd say, " I hear
you smiling!"
Angel do me a favor, leave a little lite in the window for me..........in
the meantime, I'll carry the torch for now and continue to spread the words
& music.
I Love You!
-Jimmy-
Update 9/24/06: Bobby...Update 9/17/06: Darinfest - Las Vegas...on the Darin Lifetime Events07 Website. (Vicki and Wes Shonerd, Chair of the Planning Committee) Update 6/22/06: Commercial with Bobby...Bobby is featured in a Major League Baseball commercial advertising the July 11thAll Star Baseball Game! It has been spotted on ESPN & the Fox Sport channel. The longer version (there's a shorter one, too) features A LOT of Bobby's tune, "I'm Sitting on Top of the World!" Very COOL! Bobby is not singing softly in the background on this one. And, a bonus ... You can clearly hear it when he says, "Go get 'em Billy!" Update 5/1/06: Celebrating the month of May with Bobby...Hold onto your party hats Darin fans! May 14, 2006, marks the 70th birthday for Bobby. Check out this SPECIAL section for lots of birthday surprises!Also, don't miss the weeklong XM Radio broadcast in honor of BD. Check HERE for details. Update 4/17/06: Warning...The NBC Shows are copyrighted and the Darin Estate owns them. Unauthorized photocopying of images and/or duplication of audio from these shows is strictly prohibited. Not only the sellers, but the buyers who participate in this illegal action could face prosecution by authorities.Update 4/16/06: Special Songs from Bobby's NBC's Shows ...Joel Dorn and Jimmy Scalia are very busy these days! Along with other projects, they are currently putting together another Darin DVD. This one featuring songs from Bobby's NBC shows! Just yesterday they assembled them into the system hot off the master tapes. They will be going back in the next two weeks to start editing and putting it together. This collaboration brought us the very popular ACES BACK TO BACK CD/DVD, so we look forward to their latest endeavor with great anticipation! Also "Weeping Willow"and "Manhattan in My Heart" will also have videos for them.Be sure to check back for more details! Update 4/2/06: "Mack the Knife" Broadway Bound!
The Roundabout Theatre Company, in
its 40th anniversary season, is currently performing a musical revival of The
Threepenny Opera !
The stage show is based on Elizabeth
Hauptmann's German translation of John Gay's 18th-century The Beggar's
Opera. Stars include Tony Award winner Alan Cumming (as Macheath) and Cyndi
Lauper (making her Broadway debut as Jenny).
It is a limited
engagement.
Performances are at Studio
54 - 254 West 54th St., Manhattan, NY.
Previews from March 24, 2006.
Opening night is set for
April 20th, 2006 and will run through
June 17th, 2006.
For details and tickets, see
www.broadway.com or the
Roundabout Theatre Company
Update 3/12/06: Exciting Darin News ...Steve Blauner, Joel Dorn and Jimmy Scalia are collaborating with great care and attention on expanded versions of popular and new releases. They include the following: "Weeping Willow" which was slated for an earlier release, is now being worked on to also include fabulous video footage. Relentless and unwavering efforts are being made to get Mack is Back back in print! This will include new additional features that are both powerful and electrifying! "Manhattan in My Heart" and "Sonny Boy" (from the Milk Shows) projects are also currently being worked on.Be sure to check back for more details! Update 2/5/06: Bobby is back in Vegas ...Check out "Vegas Lori's" latest Programs for Older Students that she & her assistant developed for the Senior Lifelong Learning Fair at the UNLV. She had the opportunity to not only meet with Bob Rozario, but he also agreed to speak at several of their upcoming programs about his experiences working as musical conductor for Bobby Darin. Lori stated "It was great to see the faces on the people as Bob told them about his experiences!"Thanks to Lori Slinn for this information! |
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