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Who We AreIt is fairly common for sites to have an About Us section. Saying who you are and what you do is basic politeness in any conversation. Trust and credibility are major issues on the Web. Explaining who you are and where you come from does matter and we make the following promises to our audience: We'll provide you with accurate, engaging content. Like a friendly neighbor, we'll give you information that you can trust. We won't make you dig through a haystack to find the needle. We'll make it easy to learn the basics of the topic we cover and we won't confuse you with unnecessary jargon. Our content is succinct, digestible, and entertaining. So many About Us pages are a waste of HTML. Though not everyone wants to know more about you, there are those who do. This page will tell you everything you ever wanted to know (and some things you don't) about us! Pay attention, we'll be giving a quiz! Starting in 1996 I gleaned the web, newspaper articles, magazines, pictures, etc. which I wanted to keep and along with some original content add the things I'm interested in and I hope you are too. I come from Missouri originally and operate this site from Oklahoma. I have a construction background, but since the stroke I do this Web Site. The Contact Us, The Small Print, and a Link Exchange are located on the contact page. This was a part of "Dick Trickle 'Die Hard' Journal & Scrapbook" at one time. But the Trickle stuff got to be enough to wade through at one time and I gave these pages their own directory in 2000. With the muscle car in its peak I don't know what kid couldn't have been a motorhead in the 60s and 70s. The music was special too, and: Kids + Cars + Music = Cruisin'. America's love affair with the automobile was characterized by the excesses of the 50's. But ingenuity and styling was not limited to "the big three". Indeed, one of Detroit's most innovative ride was Studebaker's 1950 "Bulletnose" Champion Business Coupe. A three seater designed for inexpensive transportation of goods (it had no back seat and very few were produced). Studebaker was heavily involved with the war effort and this design was to have an "in flight look". New styling marked Studebaker's return to automobile production after WWII. While all prewar manufacturers resumed production with warmed-over prewar models, Studebaker introduced new styling for the 1947 model year, highlighted by the wraparound rear-windowed Starlight Coupe. The 1950 models introduced the famous "bullet nose" styling, while 1951 marked the introduction of the Studebaker V8. The "Loewy Coupes" came in 1953. Styled by RLA Design Chief Bob Bourke, these automobiles would evolve into the 1955 Speedster and finally into the 1956-1964 Hawk line. Due to a number of factors, Studebaker's finances were poor by 1954, leading to a merger with Packard. Studebaker-Packard would fare no better, as Studebaker would lose 43 million dollars in 1956, and Packard disappeared altogether after 1958. Studebaker would rebound in 1959, introducing the compact Lark. Much like the Champion of 20 years earlier, the Lark was a success, pushing Studebaker back into the black. By 1961, however, Studebaker would be back in the loss column. They countered with the new Gran Turismo Hawk for the 1962 model year, styled by Brooks Stevens. The Studebaker Avanti debuted as a 1963 model. Styled under Raymond Loewy, the Avanti featured disc brakes, optional supercharged engines, and a fiberglass body. Studebaker's financial problems continued, however. In December 1963, Studebaker closed its South Bend plant. Production continued through March 1966 at the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada plant, where a blue and white 1966 Cruiser marked the end of 114 years of Studebaker vehicle production.
In 1951 Johnnie Ray recorded two songs that were produced by Mitch Miller and on which he was backed by the Four Lads: Cry In 1955 the pop charts were dominated by the music of The Fontane or The McGuire Sisters, Nat "King" Cole, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford and Mitch Miller. It wasn't until Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock gold record peaked on the charts at #8 in July did Rock and Roll music begin to take over pop music history and the 'Rock Era' began. While the roots of rock music go back to perhaps even a decade before 1955, it was in this year that the term "rock and roll" became identifiable to a whole new generation. The music of the 50's, 60's and 70's holds a special memory for those of us who grew up with it. It was music you could sing along with, music you could dance to, music you fell in love with. There's a special place for all of us who treasure - Oldies Music! Before you get outa here. . .
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and The Little White Cloud That Cried. Cry was a smash hit, reaching number one and staying there for eleven weeks. The two songs served to indicate that the big band era had run its course, and possibly for that reason a lot of people didn't care for them at all. Cry was written by Churchill Kohlman and it was later revived by Ray Charles, Ronnie Dove, and Lynn Anderson in the 60's and early 70's.
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