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...Heartbreak Hotel, RCA discovered the talented 15-year-old and dubbed her the "female Elvis." Though she privately winced at the moniker, Martin--who preferred the sound of Carl Perkins--lived up to the billing with a booming voice, gyrating hips and appearances on American Bandstand and the Tonight Show. She faded in the late '50s, but her records, including Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll and the Top 40 hit Will You Willyum, paved the way for future female rockers like Brenda Lee. Martin was 67 and had cancer...
...talk-show circuit is fine, but the town meetings show you're willing to listen to people and take their questions.' MITT ROMNEY, Republican presidential hopeful, making an early jab at opponent Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Sept...
...Stadium to face the world's media. In a boilover, his side had just lost its semi-final against Australia. Mitchell's black blazer highlighted the absence of color in his face. With dignity, he answered every question, some of them insulting like, "Did you have a game plan tonight?" But he looked and sounded like a man who'd just foreseen the end of the world. Within a month, the New Zealand Rugby Union sacked...
Many of the current cadre of Democratic and Republican candidates are familiar with talk show turf. Both Senators Mitt Romney and John McCain have made appearances on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. On Tuesday night, McCain even used Leno's show to take note of the troubles his campaign has been having. "We are doing so poorly I thought maybe I would announce on this show that I'm running for President of the United States," he told Leno...
...Lichter, a professor of communications at George Mason University and president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, traces candidate talk show guest appearances back to the 1988 campaign. At that time, George H.W. Bush's campaign manager Lee Atwater watched Johnny Carson's quips on The Tonight Show to see which candidate jokes got the biggest laughs. "It was 1988 and it was the first time anyone ever thought about political humor having any significance," Lichter explained. "What happened was the political writers started taking note of the comedians and this realm of entertainment became a part...