The years following World War II saw an explosion of musical creativity, with the rise of new genres and styles that would go on to shape the sound of popular music for decades to come. From the birth of rock and roll to the golden age of jazz and the emergence of country music as
By the 1960s, America's television industry had matured as its technology rapidly advanced in visual quality. Dingy black and white shows produced in the
By Conway Crew
We spoke with the legendary Pat Boone about his life and amazing career.
Singer, actor, TV host, producer, songwriter, author, motivational speaker, TV pitchman, radio personality, record company head, TV station owner, sports team owner, family man, humanitarian, a man unafraid to air his views. A lot of Pat Boone s from which to pick and choose. A lot of Pat Boone s to go around. Right now, Boone - the #10 all time top recording artist, according to music industry bible, Billboard - is the Lion in Winter, five decades of recording history behind him and a busy future ahead.
Former teen pop idol Pat Boone recalled meeting his pal from Tennessee Elvis Presley. The singer, who is now 86, also described his last conversation with the King before he passed away on Aug. 16, 1977 at age 42.
EXCLUSIVE: Pat Boone fired back after Speedy Gonzales – the fastest mouse in all of Mexico – was deemed racially insensitive.
On March 3, The New York Times published an op-ed by columnist Charles M. Blow who argued that Speedy Gonzales’ on-screen friends helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans.
The decades-old Looney Tunes character, who is bilingual, is known for wearing a sombrero and speaking in a thick accent. The classic cartoon famously outsmarted and outran villains while repeating his Spanish-language mantra: ¡Andale! ¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ( Come on! Come on! Up! Up! ).