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...record was produced by the great Huey P. Meaux, who is responsible for the Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson hits, "Lover's Holiday," "Soulshake," and "Pickin Wild Mountain Berries." Meaux kept almost all the cuts simple, melodic, and less than three minutes long. The best of them are the amazingly pompous and melodramatic "I Can't Take Another Heartache" and "Put It On Me." Talbert pulls off singing such ludicrous songs only on the strength of his fantastic voice, which falls just a little short of Screaming Jay Hawkins...

Author: By Andy Klein, | Title: Obscure Vinyl Some Nice Records | 3/9/1971 | See Source »

...What do you want, good grammar or good taste?" campaign verges on sadism. But then, unless R.J. Reynolds can prove between now and Jan. 1 that cigarette smoking may not be hazardous to your health, all cigarette ads will be off the air. Except for the vignettes showing Benson & Hedges' longer cigarettes forever getting caught in beards, clashing cymbals and elevator doors, none of them will be missed. ∙Mark Goodman

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Reviewing the Commercials | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

...whores." Between race-track rack-ups and sexual hang-ups, the film is crowded with subject-but barren of object. It is impossible to hide what never existed; nonetheless Director Sidney Furie seems to be attempting an existential comedy. Local color is dabbed in by the numbers. Maw (Lucille Benson) is comic-strip Steinbeck; Paw (Noah Beery Jr.) sells portable potties which he describes as p.p.s. Fauss is constantly taking ludicrous spills on his bike. Halsy is forever scratching himself, belching, boozing, caroming off lesbians-all the while covering past and future with a threadbare carpet of lies. Sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Color by the Number | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

Gonzalez fought a see-saw battle with Craig Benson, currently United States Junior Amateur Champion, "I played two good games and he three," Gonzalez said. The deciding game was the third, in which Gonzalez tied Benson at 13-13, only to lose the next two points...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Racquetmen Fall In Third Round | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

Fish's next opponent was Craig Benson, an 18-year-old Canadian who presently holds the U.S. Junior Squash Title. In a close match. Benson defeated Fish in four games. "He had more experience than I did." Fish explained. "He was a fantastic retriever and won a lot of long volleys...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Second-Ranked Terrell is Upset In Semifinals of Cowles Tourney | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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