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They arranged for several well-known American blues artists to perform in concert in several European cities. Vincent James Russo born January 24, is an American author, podcaster, professional wrestling writer and pundit. His writing style, which emphasizes shock value and "swerves" over in-ring action, has made him a controversial figure with wrestling fans. His writing has been credited with helping lead the WWF to record ratings in the late s, while being blamed as a contributing factor in the fall of WCW and the decline of TNA.

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Salvatore "Sonny" Grosso born is a movie and television producer and former New York City Police Department detective, noted for his role in the case immortalized in the book and movie versions of the French Connection. Grosso and his partner Eddie Egan, and other NYPD detectives broke up an organized crime ring in and seized pounds of heroin, a record amount at the time. The investigation was the subject of a book by Robin Moore and an Academy Award-winning motion picture. Robin Moore writes in The French Connection, " he was an only son with three sisters. When his father, a truck driver, died suddenly at thirty-seven, Sonny, the eldest, became the head of the family at fifteen.

He treated his sisters with fatherly care. Egan and Grosso were technical advisers to the movie and played small roles. The movie was highly fictionalized, and a character based on Grosso, called "Buddy Russo", was played by actor Roy Scheider, who was nominat In the film adaptation, he was portrayed by Gianni Russo. He befriends Sonny Corleone and in , he meets Connie at a surprise birthday party for Vito. The two marry in Vito disapproves of Connie's marriage to a small-time criminal who is not a full-blooded Sicilian Rizzi's mother was from northern Italy. He gives consent to the marriage on condition that they have a traditional Sicilian wedding.

However, Vito instructs consigliere Tom Hagen to forbid Rizzi from learning any significant knowledge of the Family's workings, and only to "give him a living". He is given a small sports book to operate under the family's supervision, though he pro From to the s, during the years the show was known as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the band was a piece big band, and was an important outlet for jazz on American television.

Its first long-term director was Skitch Henderson —57 and was notable for including a young vocalist, Andy Williams; Williams's ex-girlfriend and career mentor, Kay Thompson, was a friend of Tonight's producer and secured a spot on the show for Williams, giving him his first national exposure. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after losing a race for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in Afterward he established his own lobbying firm and continued to be active in the Republican Party.

Early life and education Callahan was born in Mobile, Alabama in to a large Irish Catholic family. He had eight brothers and sisters. After attending public schools, he attended classes at the University of Alabama, Mobile campus. He left college before graduation, serving in the United States Navy from to Work and politics Afterward Callahan returned to Mobile, where he started work in the trucking and warehousing businesses.

He joined the Democratic Party and became active. The film is loosely based on the true story of Joseph D. Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging hit-man, Lefty Ruggiero Pacino , who vouches for him.

As Donnie moves deeper into the Mafia, he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between federal agent and criminal, but also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death. The adaptation of the book by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley was by screenwriter Paul Attanasio. Nicknames are common among jazz musicians.

Nicknames and sobriquets can also sometimes become stage names, and there are several cases of performers being known almost exclusively by their nicknames as opposed to their given names. Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure.

Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article. List of jazz nicknames A Abbey: Charles Mingus B Babs: Warren Dodds[1] Baby Sweets: Eddie Costa Bear The: Beaver Harris Betty Bebop: Benny Bailey Big Babe: Philip "Rusty" Rastelli January 31, — June 24, was a New York mobster and former boss of the Bonanno crime family, though he spent all but two years of his reign in prison. Biography Rastelli was born and raised in Maspeth, Queens.

Rastelli was heavily involved in loansharking, extortion and drug trafficking activities before joining the Bonanno crime family. Rastelli also had a lunch wagon business. However, Russo survived the shooting and Rastelli, fearing identification, went into hiding. Over the next year, Rastelli's wife Connie repeatedly approached He is portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. He is a qualified lawyer and the consigliere to the Corleone mafia family. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he serves as the voice of reason within the family.

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The novel and first film establish that he is of German-Irish ancestry. Sonny Corleone befriends year-old Tom, who was living on the street after running away from an orphanage. When Sonny brings Tom home and demands he be taken in, the Corleone family allows him to stay. Hagen considers Vito his true father, although Vito never formally adopts him, believing it would be disrespectful to Hagen's deceased parents. After law school, Hagen goes to work in the Corleone "family business". His non-Italian ancestry precludes his formal membership in the mafia family, but whe The lawsuit alleged that in Sivero was living next door to writers from The Simpsons and the writers knew he was working on his Goodfellas character.

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It alleged that the writers "were aware that the entire character of 'Frankie Carbone' was created and developed by Sivero, who based this character on his Sonny Siaki born July 23, is a retired American Samoan professional wrestler. He played inside linebacker until a serious stinger injury forced him to stop playing football, preventing him from pursuing a career within the National Football League.

Siaki largely appeared on Sat From their beginnings in — until their breakup in , the Yardbirds released one studio album, one live album, nine singles, and two EPs in their native United Kingdom a second live album with the Yardbirds serving as a back-up band for Sonny Boy Williamson II and a soundtrack album for which they contributed one song were also released during this period. As was the practice in the UK at the time, the Yardbirds' singles except one and their first EP were not released on albums.

In the US where albums included singles , the Yardbirds released an additional two albums, a second studio album, a greatest hits album, and four additional singles. Demos for two songs recorded in were later released as a single in the Netherlands and Germany[1] and a single recorded for the Italian market was released during this period. Besides numerous compilations, albums featuring additional live recordings and various demos and outtakes f The Colombo crime family pronounced is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra.

The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Joseph Profaci in Profaci would rule his family without interruption or challenge until the late s. The first war took place during the late s when capo Joe Gallo revolted against Profaci, but it lost momentum in the early s when Gallo was arrested and Profaci died of cancer. The family was not reunited until the early s under Joseph Colombo. In , the second family war began after Gall Selena Marie Gomez born July 22, is an American singer, actress, and producer.

As a solo artist, Gomez has released the two number-one albums Stars Dance and Revival She has also earned seven top-ten entries on the US Billboard Hot In , Billboard reported that Gomez has sold over 7 million albums and 22 million singles worldwide. The World's Greatest Jazz Band was an all-star jazz ensemble active from to Dick Gibson founded the group at his sixth Jazz Party, an annual event. The group performed mostly Dixieland jazz and recorded extensively. It was co-led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart, and did early jazz standards alongside contemporaneous pop songs done in a Dixieland style.

This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. Let's Call It Swing is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in and for the Verve label. Somehow it all works. Jim Timmens' arrangements for the big band keeps the momentum going, making this a surprisingly successful effort".

Released in June ,[a] it is a compilation of US-only tracks and previously released singles compiled by Yardbirds' producer, Giorgio Gomelsky. The album, which was released as the Yardbirds were preparing for their first American tour, reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart. Recording and composition For Your Love features three songs from Jeff Beck's first recording sessions with the Yardbirds: Talks for a sequel to Ant-Man began shortly after that film was released. Dolls are celebrity dolls based on characters in Disney Channel and their own TV series.

They were released by Mattel in fall They are no longer in stores. Fashions The Disney V. The patterns are designed to look like that particular outfit worn and are used with a much smaller fabric. The dolls were released in different groups. Alex, Sharpay, and Hannah were released July The dolls also had two accessory packs released. The bonus fashion accessory packs contain two extra outfits with necklaces bracelets and shoes. All packs come with a mini magazine about the fashion the doll wears.

The packs were for Alex and Hannah. This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year Musicians born that year included Chet Baker and Joe Pass. June 2 — Don Murray, American clarinet and saxophone player born August 19 — Chris Kelly, American trumpeter born December 19 — Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer, songwriter, and musician born Hogan, American drummer died Turnout is a British crime drama film written and directed by Lee Sales.

The script was also co-written by cast members Francis Pope and George Russo. The premise of the film involves the pair saving money to go on their first holiday together. Sophie has entrusted George with her holiday savings, and is keen to settle the debt with the travel agents.

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The only trouble is, unbeknown to Sophie, George is flat broke. In a vain attempt to raise cash, George uses Sophie's holiday money to fund an ill-judged drug deal, which goes horribly wrong, leaving the pair in ruins. In the album Washington covers 12 songs, which have been penned or performed by jazz pianist, organist, singer and songwriter Fats Waller.

Allmusic details the album in its review as saying: The jazz diva effortlessly handles Waller classics while turning in particularly emotive renditions. Adding nice variety to the already strong set, Washington's husband at the time, saxophonist Eddie Chamblee, joins the singer for playful duets on "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Everybody Loves My Baby".

This is an alphabetical list of Italian-American mobsters, living and deceased, in the United States. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian-American mobsters or must have references showing they are Italian- American mobsters and are notable. A Frank Abbandando Jr. Floyd in the film , the sequel to Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. The story, spanning to , chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone Brando , focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone Pacino from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

They and Coppola disagreed over who would play several characters, in particular, Vito and Michael. Filming took place on location, primarily around New York and in Sicily, and was completed ahead of schedule. The musical score was principally composed by Nino Rota, with additional pieces by Carmine Coppola. The film was the highe Paul Rudd is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

The following is a filmography of his work.

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Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English rock band the Yardbirds. It features the group's interpretations of ten American blues and rhythm and blues songs, including their most popular live number, Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning". The album contains some of the earliest recordings with guitarist Eric Clapton.

Background and recording In October , the Yardbirds took over the Rolling Stones' position at the Crawdaddy Club and had signed a management contract with club owner Giorgio Gomelsky. In , they recorded two singles, "I Wish From the Redwoods is the second live album released by soft rock singer Kenny Loggins. Released August , it is the recording of his June concert held "outside" at a venue located within a stand of giant redwood trees. The album features reworked versions of many of Loggins' songs, both from his solo work and his earlier work in Loggins and Messina. From the Redwoods is Loggins' second live album.

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of greatest guitarists. A blues-based band noted for their signature "rave-up" instrumental breaks,[5] the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop, pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock; and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mids, such as feedback, distortion and "fuzztone".

The band's influence on both the music of the times and genres to come was great, and they inspired a host of imit American Strays is a American Comedy-Drama film which follows three interwoven stories of desert travelers as they converge on a small diner. Lansky's last years were spent quietly at his home in Miami Beach.

He died of lung cancer on January 15, , aged 80, leaving behind a widow and three children. However, his biographer Robert Lacey describes Lansky's financially strained circumstances in the last two decades of his life and his inability to pay for health care for his handicapped son, who eventually died in poverty. For Lacey, there was no evidence "to sustain the notion of Lansky as king of all evil, the brains, the secret mover, the inspirer and controller of American organized crime.

His second wife's granddaughter told author T. Lansky even went as far as to tell people he had lost almost every penny in Cuba and that he was barely scraping by. Hank Messick, a journalist for the Miami Herald who had spent years investigating Lansky, said that the key to understanding Lansky lay with the people around him: Since the warming of relations between the United States and Cuba in , Lansky's grandson, Gary Rapoport, has been asking the Cuban government to compensate him for the confiscation of the Riviera hotel that his grandfather built in Havana.

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Retrieved May 26, The New York Times. Meyer Lansky, the reputed financial genius of the underworld, died today of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital here. He was 81 years old. Lansky was admitted to the hospital Dec. Lansky lived in the Imperial House, a high-rise waterfront condominium in Miami Beach Lansky was married twice. His first marriage, in to the former Anna Citron, ended in divorce in The couple had two sons, Bernard and Paul, and a daughter, Sandra. In he married Thelma Schwarz, a manicurist at a Midtown Manhattan hotel. Retrieved 26 September — via YouTube.

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Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life. Little, Brown and Company, American Jewish Historical Society. Lansky recalled breaking up a Brown Shirt rally in the Yorkville section of Manhattan: The speakers started ranting.

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There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action. We … threw some of them out the windows…Most of the Nazis panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up…We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults. Navy's Secret Pact with the Mafia". How the Mob Owned Cuba Archived from the original on 23 May Retrieved 5 June Retrieved 9 December Meyer Lansky was "a human cash register and ledger book", a wizard with figures who in He was the model for the character of Hyman Roth in the first two Anna Strasberg, widow of Lee Strasberg, who played Roth, recalled listening in on a phone conversation her husband received shortly after the movie opened in The character was inspired by Meyer Lansky, a Russian immigrant who rose from the Meyer Lansky II February 4, Kefauver Committee — Valachi hearings Mafia Commission Trial Window Case Mafia-Camorra War — Castellammarese War — List of Mafia crime families Mafia bibliography.

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