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P age A6 ——— ——— — — — --------------------- -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- J anuary 11, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver dx ENTERTAINMENT A r ts Boijz II Men Join Celebriti] Line Up For Upcoming Telethon I)R. GORDON DOSS, Author and Professor of History at Portland State I niversity will present “New Light on the Lewis & Clark Expedition" as his topic as featured speaker of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers history series. The program will be Thursday, Jan. 19,1995. Coffee at 10:00 a.m.; Program follows at 10:30 a.m. in the Madison Room of the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 S.W. Park, downtown Portland. Non-members please get tag at admission desk for free admission to this series (courtesy of OHS - these SDOP programs only). There is no charge for SDOP or OHS members). Public welcomed! Boyz 11 Men along w ith many o f the nation's best-known perform ers and celebrities jo in e d Lou Rawls on Jan. 7 to celebrate the 15th annual "L o u Rawls Parade o f Stars" tele thon to benefit the U nited N egro C ollege Fund (U N C F ). This prem ier television special was broadcast na tio n a lly, from 6 p.m. to I a m. to DOUBLE TEE PRESENTS U S A F R IC A A I R W A Y S generate funds fo r U N C F ’ s 41 p ri vate, h isto ric a lly B lack colleges and iO U universities. W ELCOM ES RAWLS < r > pARADE S o u lfu l crooners B oyz II Men, whose recent pop single I ’ ll make Love II Y o u made B illb o a rd chart history, was featured perform ers on the Parade o f Stars. T h e ir song held STA R S the N o. 1 spot on the H o t 100 Chart fo r 14 consecutive weeks, tyin g the record held by W hitney H ouston’ s I W ill A lw a ys Love You. Boyz II M en once held therecord fo r 13 weeks w ith End o f the Road before the Houston hit. T his G ra m m y-w in n in g quartet w rote and co-produced several o f the TELETHON songs on th e ir new album sim ply titled “ II,” w hich demonstrates a num ber o f vocal styles sure to have broad Boyz II Men with Lou Rawls (center) appeal. T h e ir second smash hit, on Bended Knee, is now risin g to the top o f the charts. Jazz artists George Duke, Sheila E., E v e re tte H a rp , A r t P o rte r and Norm an B row n, Ndugu Chanceller. O ther ch a rt-clim b in g artists that jo in the Parade o f Stars included three o f m u sic’ s most c ritic a lly ac claim ed and well-respected female er th e ir m ulti-faceted a bilities into vocalists, Patti LaB alle, A n ita Baker and Patti A ustin. one rare and dazzling musical per formance. Y his year, the program featured The telethon’ s gospel extrava tw o separate segments w hich show cased some o f to d a y’ s most popular ja zz musicians and gospel singers. ganza also e le ctrifie d and move au diences nationwide. H eadlining this brother/sister uuo BeBe and CeCe W inans and n a tio n a lly renowned Andrae Crouch, along w ith new com B ryon M ille r and Brian Simpson shared the stage and brought togeth segment was the G ram m y-w inning ers K irk Franklin and The Fam ily. Franklin has been called one o f gospel’ s hottest new sensations and his se lf-title d album held the No. 1 position on the B illb o a rd Gospel Charts fo r 18 weeks. His debut re lease also recently hit the C ontem po rary C hristian Charts and B illb o a rd Pop Charts. Former Portland D J. Is TV Voice A nnouncer B urton Richardson, the voice o f The N ew Price Is Right has handily made the transition to game show personality from his ac claim ed role as “ The A rsenio H a ll Show” announcer fo r the past five seasons. “ T ransition is the name o f the game,” says Richardson as his dis tin c tiv e ly soothing, resonant voice years so I guess going into my sixth to the attention o f Los Angeles KGFJ- season on T V has been a blessing career-wise. M y New Price Is Right fam ily at Paramount have been equal A M ,” Richardson said. ly important to me as my own fam ily who help me sustain my identity in this crazy, always-changing town.” "P rio r to m y H o lly w o o d gig - i f you w ill - 1 got m y start in radio at a small rock n ’ ro ll station K G A R - A cco rd in gly, his "K issin" Days” served as the springboard he needed to im p o rt his talents over the H o lly wood transmitters. Since his a rriva l in Los Angeles (over tw o decades ago), Richardson smiles, “ I have con tin u a lly kept the airwaves o f L A buzzing w ith excite sets him apart from the vast reservoir o f H o lly w o o d voice talent. A M in m y hometown o f Portland. ment from spinning platters at K POL- A fte r honing m y skills there, I was A ccording to Richardson, “ the average life expectancy o f a radio jo c k is anywhere from six months to two hired at the larger K IS N -A M and became a K IS N (K is s in ’ ) Good A M , K G IL -A M , K M P C -A M to load ing tape cartridges at K J O I-F M , where I worked from 1978 to 1991 G u y .’ It was here that I was brought when I le ft to do A rsenio fu ll-tim e .” Nintendo Introduces New Generation Even though the video game maybe considered in its infancy in its the video arcade D onky K ong Coun introduction into the market in 1989. try from D onky Kong. 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