Obituaries
Charles Weedman Lawyer represented singer Claudine Longet in murder trial Charles Weedman, 86, a Los Angeles lawyer who gained international fame representing singer Claudine Longet in the shooting death of her ski-champion lover, died Wednesday night after a five-year bout with Parkinson’s disease, according to his son, Jonathan.
May 15, 2014
Music
*** 1/2 THE GERALDINE FIBBERS, “Butch,” Virgin
June 29, 1997
Archives
John Sinasohn of Encino noticed that the lectures in the “Meeting People/Intimacy” section of the Learning Annex’s catalogue cover a wide range of physical contact.
Oct. 21, 1995
Brown’s survey of recordings by celebrities who are not celebrated as singers missed one of the best: Yul Brynner’s 1967 Vanguard album “The Gypsy and I,” in which Brynner’s mahogany baritone mixes stunningly with his guitar work and that of his long-time music partner, Aliosha Dimitrievitch.
Sept. 13, 1987
Julio Iglesias embodies the “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” credo of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”
Sept. 27, 1986
Alan Eichler’s list of celebrity records continues with--of course--the flip side: “Burgess Meredith Sings the Songs From ‘How the West Was Won’ ” (Colpix)--Since this was an MGM movie, one wonders why Columbia Pictures spent the money to promote it?
Sept. 6, 1987
The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” and PiL’s “This Is Not a Love Song” were not written to be cooed but to be spat.
Jan. 7, 2006
Andy Williams parlayed his silky voice and casual style into a long career as a hit recording artist, star of an Emmy-winning TV show and live performer.
Sept. 26, 2012
Television
Remember the cocktail party segment of television’s “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” where everybody in bell-bottoms and miniskirts danced to “hip” late-’60s music, pausing only long enough for somebody to tell a joke?
Jan. 3, 1991
Story line: Hancock Park piano teacher’s 30-year-old songs get bootlegged in Japan, unearthed in America, even sampled on a rap record.
Jan. 6, 2002