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...financial backer, Hal Oven, they recorded an old song of Glaser's and turned it into a hit by making phone calls to 1,100 radio stations. That led to an album, The Man in the Mirror, which has stayed on the country charts for 67 weeks, a smash by any measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Labels: Dreaming of musical gold | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...Pickens works out daily when he is in Amarillo, and his name is usually at the top of the center's racquetball tournament ladder. His prowess is on sculptured display outside the courts in the form of a life-size bronze statue that portrays a crouching Pickens about to smash an unreturnable backhand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Times for T. Boone Pickens | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...would smash the Crimson mark for most victories in one season, set by the 1945-46 squad that went 20-3. That club also currently holds the record for best winning percentage...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: A Winning Tradition to Rival the Titanic's | 2/13/1985 | See Source »

...Taylor would smash that wall--and Princeton's upset minded dreams-seven minutes later...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Cagers, Icemen Earn Key Ivy Victories | 2/9/1985 | See Source »

Linda Ronstadt: Lush Life (Asylum). Also starring Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. This is a sequel to last year's surprising smash, What's New, in which Ronstadt, her arranger-conductor and his orchestra proved that anything old could be renewed again, probably-given this kind of talent-in perpetuity. Lush Life is rather more playful and relaxed than its predecessor, as if the singer felt vindicated by her decision to refurbish some of pop's sturdiest standards. There is a kittenish sexuality singeing the edges of some of the twelve songs here; Mean to Me sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Roundup at the Rock Corral | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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