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The Sinatra File: The Anomaly of “Moonlight”

April 3rd, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

“That’s the flattest note anybody ever hit!”– Sinatra, recording “Oh, You Crazy Moon”

Let’s make a long story short: “Moonlight Sinatra” is a rarity of a Sinatra album, just not for the reasons that you might think. It’s not that type of album that will fetch top dollar on an online auction site. In fact, it’s barely been out of print since its release in the summer of 1966, still available to this day on both compact disc and digital download. It’s rare for the facts the surround it, and for Frank Sinatra, who in the midst of the 1960s was experimenting the most with new arrangers and sounds at his label, Reprise, “Moonlight” was a throwback to the albums that preceded him during his time at Capitol Records in the 1950s, a returned to a time honored “concept” that he himself invented.

Lollipops And Roses : Doris Day – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

April 3rd, 2017

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The Story of Parnell “Stacks” Edwards Part of the Lufthansa Heist & Immortalized In The Blockbuster Movie Goodfellas

April 1st, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Anyone familiar with the movie Goodfellas has heard of Parnell Edwards, also known as “Stacks”. In Goodfellas, his character was played by Samuel L. Jackson and was described as someone who hung around the club playing music. What the movie over looked was despite the fact that “Stacks” was a struggling musician and songwriter he was also a onetime bodyguard to Muhammad Ali and close friend to Tommy DeSimone. Despite the movies depiction that “Stacks” only assisted in the Lufthansa Heist the reality is “Stacks” was considered an associate of the Vario Crew and worked not only with DeSimone, but Henry Hill as well. The Vario Crew was a group that operated under Paul Vario, a made man and capo, in the Lucchese family.

Maybe This Time: Frank Sinatra – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

April 1st, 2017

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Make Someone Happy: Jimmy Durante – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 31st, 2017

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The New Trailer For Stephen King’s ‘IT’ Officially Released

March 29th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

Being a writer of the supernatural one may think I’m not too fazed by horror, but this new trailer release should be titled, ‘S*it’, because that’s what I did in my pants. The blood-thirsty child-hungry Pennywise is back with a vengeance.

‘IT’ is easily one of Stephen King’s most well known creations, appealing to young and old alike. In 1990 Tim Curry brought the evil sewer dweller to life in a big way during the television mini-series. Now, Bill Skarsgard is having a go at it, and from the looks of that trailer…he is not going to disappoint.

Cougar Night & Lots More! This Column is Rated R…

March 29th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

This week I’m taking an intermission break from the mob and introducing … My girls! These chicks have been down with me since day one. Periodically we try to get together for a date night that we call “Cougar Night”. This week we decided to put together a list of public service announcement for shits and giggles. Now before I go any further let me explain. Cougar night is a night when us girls get together and ponder life’s great mysteries over several bottles of Merlot or Cabernet. It’s called “Cougar Night” because we have collectively decided that we’re a lot closer to 40 than 21 and these young guys nowadays are way hotter than ever! All my chicks that participate in “Cougar night”, come in all different flavors: two black chicks, one Italian, one Irish, one Indian and one chick whose mama enjoyed the 70s so much that we’re not sure what she is. Cooking, family and sex are our main priorities but the one thing we all have in common is” jungle fever”.

Walk Away: Matt Monro – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 27th, 2017

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The Haunted United States: St. Augustine

March 27th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

Located on the N.E coast of Florida, St Augustine boasts being the oldest city in America. With that being said it stands to reason there would be plenty of haunting history under her belt. In my research, I’ve plucked a few unsettling tales out to share with you.

Founded on the site of an ancient Native Indian village, the Tolomato Cemetery hosted Catholic burials until 1884. If you want a vivid paranormal experience, this is a best bet. Known for the quantity of sightings, the Tolomato Cemetery seems to be filled with strange lights, shadows, temperature changes and apparitions. Little is understood about the connection between the grave sites here and the sightings, but many suspect that those buried here are making themselves known to the living.

Entertainment Icon Vincent Falcone & Musical Director for Frank Sinatra DEAD at 79

March 25th, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

Sad news to report out of California this evening with the untimely passing of an individual who was a true legend in American popular music, the talented Vincent Falcone.

An ace pianist, accompanist, and musical director, Vincent was perhaps best known for his extended association as sideman and conductor for Frank Sinatra, a relationship he shared with the singer from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1985. With the exception of perhaps longtime pianist Bill Miller, and later his son, the late Frank Sinatra JR., Sinatra shared the closest working partnership with Falcone.

Old School Vs New School Gangsters: Abe “Kid Twist” Reles Vs Roy Demeo – Who Was a More Ruthless Killer?

March 25th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Get ready for the main event! From the Old School era, born May 10, 1906, straight out of Brooklyn, New York, with the appropriate alias of “Kid Twist”. The most feared killer from Murder Inc, with a death toll of up to 1000, I give you the man himself Abe Reles! From the New School genre, born September 7, 1942, also from Brooklyn, New York, so terrifying no alias was necessary. The leader of the infamous DeMeo Crew, with the death toll estimated around 200. The man, the myth, the legend Roy DeMeo! Coming out swinging, holding no punches is Abe Reles. He may have been small in stature but don’t let that fool you. This kid was all about ruthless acts of violence. The ice pick could be seen as an irrelevant object on its own. But in the hands of a disturbed murderer, the ice pick became very significant. Particularly when Reles would ram it through his victim’s ear right into the brain. True story.

James Gandolfini AKA Tony Soprano Sings A Man Without Love

March 25th, 2017

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Door To The Sun: Al Martino – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 25th, 2017

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Practice What You Preach: Throwing the Word “Rat” Around Like a Pair of Dice!

March 24th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

The word “RAT” is thrown around so easily these days it’s hard to decipher whether someone truly deserves the title or not? General consensus say that a rat is a person who is deceitful, disloyal or someone who snitches. Being on certain mob forums, I’ve seen the post with certain mobsters and seen the logic behind their definition of a rat. Well, let’s test those theories, shall we? If someone is lied upon and they have to defend themselves, is that considered being a rat? What if being loyal to someone backfires and they “rat you out” to save their own ass, trading your freedom for theirs is this considered being a rat?

Cry: Johnnie Ray – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 24th, 2017

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The 411 on the FBI’s 302

March 23rd, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

Welcome back folks! This week I want you all to participate in a poll. Nothing presidential or political (thank God), but a process used by the FBI to help them gather information. Now this process is not exclusive to the mob, but never the less has been used for that very purpose. The FD-302 form is used by FBI agents to gather information to be used later as a reporting mechanism. You know like the reports we completed in high school. Basically, they conduct an interview (like you would with anyone else). One agent asks questions while the other agent writes everything down. The information taken consists of whatever the issue is at the present time. Typically, the person being interviewed is only relevant as a source of information. They don’t provide personal information about themselves. Now the problem with this entire process is the FBI has a lot of leeway when conducting these interviews.

Host of The Gong Show & Creator of The Dating Game Chuck Barris Dead at 87

March 22nd, 2017

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87.

A few years back his autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book (subtitled “An Unauthorized Autobiography”), with claims he worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960s and ’70s, a claim which the CIA denied. “He also fabricated his life because it might have been the best way of getting at the truth. The truth was that back when he was the Jerry Springer of his day, he couldn’t stomach being attacked for doing something he considered harmless,” wrote Joel Stein in Time Magazine.

The Sinatra File: Morning to Evening, Night And Day

March 21st, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

In the opening chapters of his excellent music biography “Sinatra! The Song Is You,” veteran author Will Friedwald covers, with great detail, the evolution of Sinatra’s musical relationship with the Cole Porter jazz standard “Night and Day,” probably one of the most well-known sets of music and lyrics in the Sinatra singing canon. Listening to Sinatra’s 1957 recording of the tune today, which I played on repeat three times, enjoying the hell out of the arrangement, I was reminded of Friedwald’s painstakingly thorough dissection of this celebrated composition in reference to the Chairman of the Board, and it inspired me to take my own look at the old chestnut.

With the exception of perhaps “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” another Cole Porter masterpiece, Sinatra perhaps got no more mileage greater out of a song then “Night and Day,” and proof of this is ample in the fact that he recorded the tune several times over the years across three record labels, each time offering up a new twist on the arrangement, and in some cases, even the lyrics. Here we look at the facts and figures behind seven different recordings of the song stemming from the 1940s to the 1980s, with Sinatra breathing new, and sometimes, unusual life into the mix each time.

The Captain Of Her Heart: Double – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 20th, 2017

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Chuck Berry DEAD at 90 – Breaking News

March 18th, 2017

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Chuck Berry, a man refereed to as the “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” was found dead Saturday at a residence outside St. Louis, police in St. Charles County said.

Berry, was 90 years old at the time of his death. Over the years, he recorded such hits as “Johnny B. Goode” and “Sweet Little Sixteen”.

Who Loves You: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 18th, 2017

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All The Way Home: Frank Sinatra – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

March 17th, 2017

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Pearce’s Picks: David Allyn’s “This Is My Lucky Day!”

March 17th, 2017

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By Jerry Pearce

In the 1940s, while New Jersey native Frank Sinatra was making his bones as a viable singer with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, dance audiences attending concerts by the orchestra of fellow bandleader Jack Teagarden were being serenaded by the vibrant vocals of another young vocalist new on the scene, singer David Allyn (Allen), who, after a relatively short time of entertaining, dutifully hung up his microphone when he was drafted into the United States Army to serve in the Second World War.

After his stint in the military, Allyn joined with the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra and performed as their featured singer until the ensemble disbanded; he would then drift around, scoring record dates and singles across a selection of record labels until Discovery Records decided to take a chance on him in 1949 with the recording of four songs under the direction of arranger Johnny Richards. The record would receive good notices and fair airplay, when things took a bad turn for the singer.

The Haunted Emerald Isle: Malahide Castle

March 16th, 2017

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By Kristi O’Toole

In my series of columns on haunted Ireland I have left the best for last. Malahide Castle is located in Malahide, Dublin County, Ireland. The castle is a very old and very proud one. It was built in 1185 by King Henry II of England, for his friend Sir Richard Talbot. Talbot was a knight who had been helpful to the king during his travels and was given the Malahide Area in gratitude. At one point, the Talbot family was one of the most powerful families in Ireland, to the extent that King Edward the Fourth felt obliged to expand their castle massively by adding towers and doubling the size of the garden.

The castle remained in the Talbot Family until 1979, when they had to sell it to the council in order to pay inheritance tax.

Malahide is one of the oldest castles in Ireland and is also the most haunted, having a grand total of at least five ghosts residing within its four walls.

The Godfather, The Mob, Ted Kennedy, The Federal Government, & The Effects Of Having a Last Name of Gotti!

March 16th, 2017

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By Marla Eggar

“I don’t like your kind of people. I don’t like to see you come out to this clean country in your oily hair — dressed up in those silk suits – and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans. I’ll do business with you, but the fact is, I despise your masquerade — the dishonest way you pose yourself and your whole fucking family”.–Senator Pat Geary (Dialogue between him & Michael Corleone in Godfather II.)

Over the years, I’ve pondered the idea about how similar the Government (both local and Federal) and the American Mob really are. Before I start, let me make some things very clear. I am a conservative, patriotic and Roman Catholic. I don’t rationalize bad behavior. But I also don’t piss down anyone’s back and tell them its rain either. I’m aware that our government sometimes has to participate in certain activities for the greater good of the country. I (under most circumstances) don’t question their tactics as long as the end result benefits the country as a whole. Nevertheless, I have a big problem with the government: truth, justice and American way. Particularly, when it comes to the mob. You see, I don’t believe in picking and choosing your bad guys. To me, everyone must be held to the same standards not just the elements they deem despicable.