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J anuary 11, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver
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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
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universities.
W ELCOM ES
RAWLS
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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.
In 1991 Nintendo presented yet anoth
14 years o f existence it has grow n by
Gameboy the hand held minia
quantum leaps. N intendo has rein
troduced a popular character from
ture system has been astoundingly suc
cessful have sold 40 m illio n since its
er advancement w ith super Nintendo
Entertainment System, a 16 bit hard
drive w hich marketed fo r $129.
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