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share about country singer
Tracy Byrd.
—Ann T., Maryland
Tracy Byrd. 38, was bom in Vidor, Texas
(pep. 11,440), and started performing
around nearby Beaumont, taking over
the headliner spot at a honky tonk called
Cutters in 1990 from Nashville, Tenn
bound Mark Chesnutt (Brother Jukebox).
Byrd s own Nashville record contract came
about two years later, which led to hits
such as Keeper of the Stan and Watermelon Crau l. He's releasing
a greatest hits album this month. The avid outdoorsman hosts
two shows on the Outdoor Channel, and he and his wife,
Michelle, own Kitchen Koncepts, a store that sells cookware
and Byrd's own line of spices and marinades. The couple has
three children and lives in Beaumont. “Mv friends and family
are all here, or in the surrounding areas," he says. “It’s the
people I was raised with, hang out with in my spare time and
share my success with. I always feel sort of anxious on the way
home from the road, like I just can't wait to get there.”
Q Our family was wondering how you go
about getting a television network to air family
classics such as Full House and Gilligan’s Island.
—Leah E., Arizona
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Gilligan’s Island can be seen
on the Hallmark Channel.
Gilligan’s Island airs on the Hallmark Channel. Outside of prime
time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET), the local affiliates of the networks make
programming decisions. Contact your local station's viewer relations
department and ask what you can do to get them to broadcast your
favorite show.
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networks—AßC, CBS, NBC and
Fox—to run old episodes of those
shows in prime time, you won't
have any luck because they stick
with new shows. However, basic
cable channels such as TVLand
and Nick at Nite specialize in
reruns of TV favorites, and many
other cable channels also air
classic shows. Full House can
be seen on Nick at Nite, while
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Q I would like to know about
Frankie Laine.
—Ron H., Minnesota
Singer Frankie Laine would like to perform, even at
age 91. but lie was diagnosed with cancer on his left
vocal coid in 2001. “My speaking voice came back
very quickly,” saw Laine, who hasn't performed in
tour years. “We don't know what is going to happen
with the singing voice. 1 tried it in December and I
didn't like what 1 heard, so I'm waiting to try again."
Laine, who had a string of Top 10 hits in the 1940 s
and 1950 s—including Tirol's My Desm. I Bdieti and
Mule Tram —and his own CBS variety show, was a
recipient of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1996. He also remains
known for singing the theme songs to the TV show’
Rauhtde and the Mel Blocks' movie Blazing Saddles.
A CD featuring previous material from Laine and
Greek singer Nana Mouskouri will be released this
year. The Chicago native resides in the San Diego
area with his second wife, Marcia, whom he mar
ried five years ago. His first marriage, to actress Nan
Grey’, ended after 43 years when she died in 1993.
Laine does not have children, although he helped
raise Grey’s two children from a previous marriage.
“I hope to perform again, although I don’t know
how it will be, since, slowly, age is creeping up on
me," he says. “My wife calls it Ageheimers."
Would you tell us about the life
and career of Perry Como?
—Jim K., Arkansas _
The smooth-voiced singer was bom in Canonsbutg,
Pa. (pop. 8,607), in 1912, and began working as a
barber at age 14. He always loved music, so he
sang to his customers in the shop before making
music his career. Starting out in the 1930 s as a
vocalist with big bands led by Freddy Carione and
Ted Weems, Como went on to a six-decade solo
career and sold 100 million records, with the help
of hits such as Till the End of Time. Some Enchanted
Evening and Goodbye Sue. He won a Grammy in
1958 and five Emmy awards for his TV variety show. The father of three
died at his home in Jupiter, Fla. (pop. 39328), in 2001 at age 88, three
years after his wife of 65 years, Roselle, died.
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