Word: idolator
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a while, the singers as well as the lyrics were changed. For every funky performer like Chuck Berry, there were a dozen droopy-eyed, ducktailed teen-idol types like Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, Fabian and even Tab Hunter, all of whom threatened to turn rock into lachrymose lullabies for lovelorn girls. It was British groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, with their heavy and acknowledged debt to American soul and blues, who revitalized rock by getting back to its roots...
...group got started in San Francisco about four years ago. It included Pianist-Organist Gregg Rolie, Guitarist Carlos Santana, Bass Guitarist Dave Brown and two others now departed. At first they called themselves the Santana Blues Band and were the idol of San Francisco's heavily Spanish Mission District. In early 1969, they were joined by Jose Areas (conga drums, trumpet, timbales), Mike Carrabello (conga drums) and Mike Shrieve (drums). From the beginning, the group has been managed by a music-struck local barber named Stan Marcum...
...power categories he has fallen behind Cincy's Catcher and Cleanup Man Johnny Bench, who leads the majors in home runs (40) and RBIs (115), and sets new criteria for excellence at his position No. 5, Rookie Outfielder Bernie Carbo, has the face of a matinee idol, and 19 home runs in only 263 at bats. They are all backed up by Lee May, the quiet first baseman who is called "Mechanical Man" because of his stiff bearing. May led last year's Reds with 38 homers and has 25 this season...
...trousers, red-and-white-striped bikinis, or displays flags superimposed with symbols of peace? Let us stand up for and preserve the ideals that this country and its flag represent, but please let's don't bow down and worship a piece of cloth as a false idol...
...singer of A Song of Joy is Miguel Rios, 26, a successful teeny-bopper idol in Spain who originally recorded it in Spanish, English and Italian. When A Song began popping up in Holland, Portugal, Chile, France and Canada, A & M Records bought the rights. "At first," says one company executive, "no one exactly went wild over it. But we kept listening, and we realized we had something very special...