Year: 2011

In 1989, John Lennon’s jukebox surfaced in an auction of Beatles memorabilia at Christie’s, and was sold for £2,500 ($4,907) to Bristol-based music promoter John Midwinter. Lennon had apparently bought the jukebox – specifically a Swiss KB Discomatic – in 1965, and filled it with forty singles to take with him on tour. Midwinter spent several years restoring the box and researching the discs catalogued in Lennon’s spidery handwriting. When Midwinter developed cancer, and his health began to deteriorate, his desire to see the player featured in some kind of documentary became all the more important.

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The story finally reached its wider public in 2004, when The South Bank Show broadcast a documentary on the jukebox in which many of the represented artists, along with Sting, were asked to comment. Developed by Steve Jansen for the British television production company Initial, headed by Malcolm Gerrie, the project took longer than was hoped to get picked up. This fact was rendered all the more poignant in that the show was commissioned mere days after Midwinter died. A compilation album was also released, containing thirty-four of the singles’ A-sides and seven of their B-sides.

Album
The 2004 Compilation album named John Lennon’s Jukebox contains several songs that are believed to be part of John Lennon’s original choice. However the compilation album is labelled as "a collection inspired by music from his own collection" and some of the songs on the album are different versions from the ones that could have been included in the jukebox. The version of "Some Other Guy" by The Big Three, for instance, is not the one that was in the original jukebox but a mid-1970s recording by the same group.

Track Listings

1. In The Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
2. Rescue Me – Fontella Bass
3. The Tracks Of My Tears – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
4. My Girl – Otis Redding
5. 1 – 2 – 3 – Len Barry
6. Hi-Heel Sneakers – Tommy Tucker
7. The Walk – Jimmy McCracklin
8. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia – Timmy Shaw
9. First I Look At The Purse – Contours
10. New Orleans – Gary U.S. Bonds
11. Watch Your Step – Bobby Parker
12. Daddy Rollin Stone – Derek Martin
13. Short Fat Fannie – Larry Williams
14. Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
15. Money (Thats What I Want) – Barrett Strong
16. Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel
17. Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
18. Daydream – The Lovin Spoonful
19. Turquoise – Donovan
20. Slippin & Slidin – Buddy Holly
21. Be-Bop-A-Lula – Gene Vincent
22. No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry
23. Steppin Out – Paul Revere & The Raiders
24. Do You Believe In Magic – The Lovin Spoonful
25. Some Other Guy – The Big Three
26. Twist & Shout – The Isley Brothers
27. She Said Yeah – Larry Williams
28. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Buddy Holly
29. Slippin & Slidin – Little Richard
30. Quarter To Three – Gary U.S. Bonds
31. Ooh My Soul – Little Richard
32. Woman Love – Gene Vincent
33. Shop Around – The Miracles
34. Bring It On Home To Me – The Animals
35. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody – James Ray/Hutch Davie
36. Whats So Good About Goodbye – The Miracles
37. Bad Boy – Larry Williams
38. Agent Double O Soul – Edwin Starr
39. Ive Been Good To You – The Miracles
40. Oh I Apologize – Barrett Strong
41. Whos Lovin You – The Miracles

Peggy Rea (March 31, 1921 – February 5, 2011) was an American character actress known for her many roles in television, often playing matronly characters. Her recurring roles included:

• Cousin Bertha on All in the Family
• Martha Burkhorn on All in the Family
• Rose Burton on The Waltons
• Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard
• Ivy Baker on Step by Step
• Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire

Rea appeared in such television programs as I Love Lucy, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Sergeant Bilko, Ironside, Burke’s Law, Marcus Welby, M.D., Hunter, The Odd Couple, Gidget, MacGyver, and The Golden Girls. She also appeared in feature films, including Cold Turkey and In Country.

Death of Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea died of congestive heart failure at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif.,
Peggy Rea was 89 years old at the time of her death

Dukes of Hazzard – Lulu

Step By Step – Theme Song

Tura Satana (July 10, 1938 – February 4, 2011) was a Japanese-born American actress and former exotic dancer. She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

Satana dated Elvis Presley but turned down his marriage proposal, though she did keep the ring. Satana married a retired Los Angeles police officer in 1981, and remained married until her husband died in October 2000.

Death of Tura Satana
Satana died on February 4, 2011, in Reno, Nevada, United States. Her long-time manager, Siouxzan Perry, stated the cause of death as heart failure.  Tura Satana was 72 years old at the time of her death.

Interview With Tura Satana 2008

Maria Schneider (March 27, 1952 – February 3, 2011) was a French actress. She was best known for playing Jeanne, opposite Marlon Brando, in the 1972 film, Last Tango in Paris.

Maria Schneider and Brando remained friends until his death, although they did not speak of the movie "for a while." She also said that her experience with the film – and her treatment as a sex symbol rather than as a serious actress – motivated her never to do films with nude scenes again. Schneider also appeared in films such as Antonioni’s The Passenger and Zeffirelli’s Jane Eyre.

Death of Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider died of cancer.  Maria Schneider was 58 years old at the time of her death.

Last Tango In Paris Trailer

 

Charles Edward Sellier, Jr. (November 19, 1943 – January 31, 2011) was an American television producer and director, best known for creating the American televsion series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.

Death of Charles Sellier, Jr.
Charles Sellier, Jr. died unexpectedly at his home in Idaho.
Charles Sellier, Jr. was 67 years old at the time of his death.

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, is the title of a 1972 novel by Charles E. Sellier Jr., a 1974 film based on the novel, a two-season NBC television series, and a 1982 TV movie. The title character — played by Dan Haggerty—is loosely based on the actual trapper, J. Capen "Grizzly" Adams.

Grizzly Adams Pilot Episode Part 1

 

Doc Williams (June 26, 1914 – January 31, 2011) was an influential American country music band leader and vocalist.

Death of Doc Williams
Doc Williams died on January 31, 2011 in Wheeling, West Virginia, aged 96

 Doc Williams. Abdul Abulbul Amir

John Barry Prendergast, OBE (November 3, 1933 – January 30, 2011) was an Oscar winning English film score composer. He was best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series’ distinctive style.

In a career spanning almost 50 years, Barry received a number of awards for his work, including five Academy Awards; two for Born Free, and one each for The Lion in Winter (for which he also won a BAFTA Award), Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves (for which he also won a Grammy Award).

Death of John Barry
John Barry died of a heart attack on 30 January 2011 at his Oyster Bay home.
John Barry was 77 years old at the time of his death.

John Barry – Greatest Hits

 

Charlie Callas (December 20, 1924 — January 27, 2011) was an American comedian and actor most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s. He was also known for his role as Malcolm Argos, the restaurant owner of Eddie Albert’s and Robert Wagner’s characters on Switch.

Charlie Callas was a big-band drummer in the 1940s

Appearing on an episode of The Merv Griffin Show in 1967, one of the guests, Jerry Lewis, practically fell off his chair in hysterics as Callas performed his hunting routine. Lewis turned to Griffin and said he had to use Callas in his current project. The one appearance on the Griffin show landed Callas a role in Lewis’ film, The Big Mouth. Lewis recalled the story on his short lived 1984 talk show in which Callas served as his sidekick and performed the hunting routine.

Familiar from his many appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (from which he was eventually permanently banned by Carson himself, on air, for shoving Carson in a desperate attempt to generate laughs while bombing), he is known for his rubbery face, trademark nervous chattering and dark comedy. He appeared on The Andy Williams Show at various times as "Captain Weird", a parody of superheroes. Aside from comedy, his only known dramatic role was that of a restaurant owner, Malcolm Argos, in the popular 1970s show, Switch. He was also a regular performer on The ABC Comedy Hour in 1972.

Death of Charlie Callas
Charlie Callas died from natural causes.
Charlie Callas was 86 years old at the time of his death

Gladys Horton (1944 – January 26, 2011) was an American R&B singer, famous for being the co-founder and lead singer of the popular Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes.

She had been recovering from complications from a stroke she suffered last year.

Death of Gladys Horton
Horton passed away on January 26, 2011 at the age of 66 at a nursing home in Sherman Oaks, California.
Cause of death is unknown.

 The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman – Original version
Lead Singer Gladys Horton

Charles Elzer Loudermilk (July 7, 1927 – January 26, 2011), known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers.

Death of Charlie Louvin
Charlie Louvin died of complications of pancreatic cancer