more gifts..

remember this one...

more games and gifts from christmas at 710...

way cool...

daddy's 85th birthday

would've been today..
three men he liked....

Richie Allen

with the phillies in the world series it brings to mind the phillies i remember from the days at 710 lexington...the fightin' phils and the phillies collapse in 1964...though only five,you have to remember my brother phil had baseball magazines that i read for years...so i became familiar with them and,along with the cardinals ,they became my favorite natl. league team...
richie allen,later dick allen, became my favorite phillie....even had a rawlings autographed model glove that we found in a diner after swimming at ritters lake one saturday...
here's a few cards of mr. allen...user of the biggest bat i've ever seen...

top singles the week of Phil's birth

The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending OCTOBER 17, 1953
TW TITLE | Artist–Label LW 2WK 3WK WKS
1 VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You)
Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2486 1 3 3 18
2 YOU YOU YOU
Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5325 3 1 2 16
3 EBB TIDE
Frank Chacksfield & Orchestra–London 1358 2 7 9 10
4 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET
Stan Freberg–Capitol 2596 9 24 — 3
5 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
June Valli–RCA Victor 47-5368
Orioles–Jubilee 5122
Rex Allen–Decca 28758
Darrell Glenn–Valley 105 5
6 DRAGNET
Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 2562 4 4 4 10
7 EH, CUMPARI
Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1232 6 8 7 7
8 OH!
Pee Wee Hunt & Orchestra–Capitol 2442 7 5 8 16
9 MANY TIMES
Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5453 17 12 32 4
10 LITTLE BLUE RIDING HOOD
Stan Freberg–Capitol 2596 11 29 — 3
11 NO OTHER LOVE
Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5317 8 6 5 18
12 RAGS TO RICHES
Tony Bennett–Columbia 40048 16 18 26 4
13 HEY JOE!
Frankie Laine–Columbia 40036 15 10 10 12
14 P.S. I LOVE YOU
Hilltoppers–Dot 15085 10 9 6 21
15 THE STORY OF THREE LOVES
Jerry Murad–Mercury 70202 12 11 15 7
16 A DEAR JOHN LETTER
Jean Shepard–Capitol 2502
Pat O’Day–M-G-M 11566 13
17 THE VELVET GLOVE
Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter–RCA Victor 47-5405 18 25 20 4
18 PA-PAYA MAMA
Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5447 — — — 1
19 MY LOVE, MY LIFE, MY HAPPINESS
Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5404 24 42 33 4
20 I SEE THE MOON
Mariners–Columbia 40047 19 16 19 7
21 RICOCHET (Rick-O-Shay)
Teresa Brewer–Coral 61043 28 22 — 3
22 ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople)
Four Lads–Columbia 40082 36 — — 2
23 MY LOVE, MY LOVE
Joni James–M-G-M 11543 14 15 16 11
24 I LOVE PARIS
Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2479 23 21 17 13
25 YOU ALONE (Solo Tu)
Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5447 29 — — 2
26 C’EST SI BON (It’s So Good)
Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5358 21 17 11 14
27 RELAX
Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5414 46 35 27 8
28 BLOWING WILD (The Ballad Of Black Gold)
Frankie Laine–Columbia 40079 37 — — 2
29 I WANT TO BE EVIL
Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5442 40 30 — 3
30 TO BE ALONE
Hilltoppers–Dot 15105 — — — 1
31 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2560 33 34 24 7
32 LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (Crying On The Inside)
Four Aces–Decca 28843 39 — — 2
33 IN THE MISSION OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 40061 43 37 — 3
34 FATHER, FATHER
Patti Page–Mercury 70222 — — — 1
35 CARIBBEAN
Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5414 35 39 30 4
36 DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME
Three Suns–RCA Victor 47-5347 30 28 25 7
37 LOVE ME AGAIN
Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-5424 31 26 — 3
38 I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU
Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5293 26 13 12 24
39 THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
Monty Kelly & Orchestra–Essex 328 38 41 — 3
40 (Terry’s Theme From) “LIMELIGHT”
Frank Chacksfield & Orchestra–London 1342 25 32 29 21
41 ELAINE
Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter–RCA Victor 47-5405 48 38 — 3
42 GAMBLER’S GUITAR
Rusty Draper–Mercury 70167 20 20 18 13
43 TROPICANA
Monty Kelly & Orchestra–Essex 325 22 33 22 14
44 THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Where Is Your Heart)
Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39944 34 31 45 30
45 CHICKA BOOM
Guy Mitchell–Columbia 40035 42 43 40 11
46 PROUD NEW FATHER
Johnny Standley–Capitol 2569 49 46 31 5
47 WITH THESE HANDS
Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5365 27 19 13 16
48 ALLEZ-VOUS-EN
Kay Starr–Capitol 2464 41 36 21 20
49 TILL THEY’VE ALL GONE HOME
Joan Regan–London 1353
Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1232 32
50 YOU’RE FOOLING SOMEONE
Joni James–M-G-M 11543 45 27 35 10

CASH BOX Top 100 Singles / September 18, 1959

The CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Red square = bullet (strong upward move)		Week ending SEPTEMBER 19, 1959
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	THE THREE BELLS Browns–RCA Victor 47-7555		1	1	1	9
2	SLEEP WALK Santo & Johnny–Canadian-American 103		3	3	6	10
3	SEA OF LOVE Phil Phillips with Twilights–Mercury 71465		2	2	3	13
4	I’M GONNA GET MARRIED Lloyd Price–ABC-Paramount 10032		4	4	8	7
5	MACK THE KNIFE Bobby Darin–Atco 6147		8	20	65	4
6	BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY Sarah Vaughan–Mercury 71477		6	8	10	10
7	(’Til) I KISSED YOU Everly Brothers–Cadence 1369		7	13	22	6
8	RED RIVER ROCK Johnny & Hurricanes–Warwick 509		5	14	24	8
9	BABY TALK Jan & Dean–Dore 522		10	7	12	11
10	I WANT TO WALK YOU HOME Fats Domino–Imperial 5606		9	9	17	8
11	PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER Paul Anka–ABC-Paramount 10040		25	60	—	3
12	WHAT’D I SAY (pt. 1) Ray Charles–Atlantic 2031		12	6	7	12
13	POISON IVY Coasters–Atco 6146		19	29	54	5
14	THANK YOU PRETTY BABY Brook Benton–Mercury 71478		11	11	11	10
15	I LOVES YOU, PORGY Nina Simone–Bethlehem 11021		17	23	27	8
16	MORGEN Ivo Robic & Song-Masters–Laurie 3033		18	27	50	6
17	KISSIN’ TIME Bobby Rydell–Cameo 167		16	17	20	8
18	MAKIN’ LOVE Floyd Robinson–RCA Victor 47-7529		22	25	35	8
19	JUST ASK YOUR HEART Frankie Avalon–Chancellor 1040		32	73	—	3
20	LAVENDER-BLUE Sammy Turner–Big Top 3016		13	10	4	13
21	IT WAS I Skip & Flip–Brent 7002		20	16	13	14
22	A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE Elvis Presley–RCA Victor 47-7600		15	12	5	11
23	THERE GOES MY BABY Drifters–Atlantic 2025		14	5	2	16
24	SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER Tempos–Climax 102		24	22	25	12
25	MY OWN TRUE LOVE Jimmy Clanton–Ace 567		29	28	29	9
26	WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MAKES Dinah Washington–Mercury 71435		23	18	16	20
27	I AIN’T NEVER Webb Pierce–Decca 30923		26	32	49	6
28	MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK Carl Dobkins, Jr.–Decca 30803		21	15	9	20
29	I’VE BEEN THERE Tommy Edwards–M-G-M 12814		31	39	45	7
30	CARIBBEAN Mitchell Torok–Guyden 2018		33	33	34	8
31	TEEN BEAT Sandy Nelson–Original Sound 5		46	75	—	3
32	YOU WERE MINE Fireflies–Ribbon 6901		42	50	46	7
33	MIDNIGHT FLYER Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 4248		35	40	41	7
34	HEY LITTLE GIRL Dee Clark–Abner 1029		44	51	82	5
35	PRIMROSE LANE Jerry Wallace & Jewels–Challenge 59047		40	46	62	6
36	WHAT IS LOVE? Playmates–Roulette 4160		30	19	15	11
37	HIGH HOPES Frank Sinatra–Capitol 4214		37	31	26	15
38	THE BATTLE OF KOOKAMONGA Homer & Jethro–RCA Victor 47-7585		53	91	—	3
39	MARY LOU Ronnie Hawkins & Hawks–Roulette 4177		49	56	70	4
40	THE ANGELS LISTENED IN Crests–Coed 515		50	64	67	6
41	BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Mormon Tabernacle Choir–Columbia 41459		65	—	—	2
42	TILL THERE WAS YOU Anita Bryant–Carlton 512		27	21	14	13
43	SMILE Tony Bennett–Columbia 41434		43	44	57	7
44	SMALL WORLD Johnny Mathis–Columbia 41410		34	30	21	15
45	FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD Duane Eddy & Rebels–Jamie 1126		28	24	18	15
46	MR. BLUE Fleetwoods–Dolton 5		88	—	—	2
47	I’M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOME DAY Fats Domino–Imperial 5606		36	26	32	8
48	THE MUMMY Bob McFadden & Dor–Brunswick 55140		52	65	80	5
49	OKEFENOKEE Freddie Cannon–Swan 4038		69	72	93	4
50	MY WISH CAME TRUE Elvis Presley–RCA Victor 47-7600		38	37	23	10
51	LIKE I LOVE YOU Edd Byrnes & Friend–Warner Bros. 5087		41	43	47	6
52	YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME Connie Francis–M-G-M 12824		70	—	—	2
53	LONELY STREET Andy Williams–Cadence 1370		80	—	—	2
54	I GOT STRIPES Johnny Cash–Columbia 41427		45	48	61	8
55	ON AN EVENING IN ROMA Dean Martin–Capitol 4222		39	38	36	12
56	TRUE TRUE HAPPINESS Johnny Tillotson–Cadence 1365		60	76	89	4
57	SAY MAN Bo Diddley–Checker 931		82	—	—	2
58	COME ON AND GET ME Fabian–Chancellor 1041		86	—	—	2
59	MONA LISA Conway Twitty–M-G-M 12804 Carl Mann–Phillips Int’l 3539		47	36	38	8 15
60	WITH OPEN ARMS Jane Morgan–Kapp 284		48	52	58	7
61	SOMETHIN’ ELSE Eddie Cochran–Liberty 55203		67	74	83	4
62	THE SHAPE I’M IN Johnny Restivo–RCA Victor 47-7559		57	54	59	5
63	FOOLS HALL OF FAME Pat Boone–Dot 15982		78	—	—	2
64	JUST AS MUCH AS EVER Bob Beckham–Decca 30861		79	83	87	5
65	SAL’S GOT A SUGAR LIP Johnny Horton–Columbia 41437		71	71	77	4
66	YOU BETTER KNOW IT Jackie Wilson–Brunswick 55149		73	—	—	2
67	LOVE POTION NO. 9 Clovers–United Artists 180		76	84	—	3
68	HERE COMES SUMMER Jerry Keller–Kapp 277		58	34	30	12
69	ROBBIN’ THE CRADLE Tony Bellus–NRC 023		54	53	42	17
70	SO HIGH SO LOW LaVern Baker–Atlantic 2033		68	69	78	6
71	TWO FOOLS Frankie Avalon–Chancellor 1040		51	78	—	3
72	ANGEL FACE Jimmy Darren–Colpix 119		74	58	43	10
73	JUST TO BE WITH YOU Passions–Audicon 102		92	98	—	3
74	LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard & Drifters–ABC-Paramount 10042 David Hill–Kapp 293		93	—	—	2
75	LINDA LU Ray Sharpe–Jamie 1128		56	42	48	10
76	(Seven Little Girls) SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT Paul Evans & Curls–Guaranteed 200		—	—	—	1
77	BOOGIE BEAR Boyd Bennett–Mercury 71479		83	90	—	3
78	DARLING, I LOVE YOU Al Martino–20th Fox 153		85	86	91	6
79	IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVIN’ Carl Dobkins, Jr.–Decca 30656		75	81	—	3
80	A LOVER’S PRAYER Dion & Belmonts–Laurie 3035		—	—	—	1
81	BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Jivin’ Gene & Jokers–Mercury 71485		94	95	—	3
82	EVERY LITTLE THING I DO Dion & Belmonts–Laurie 3035		—	—	—	1
83	WHERE Platters–Mercury 71502		89	99	—	3
84	TRES CHIC Geoff Gilmore & Sheiks–Jamie 1132		87	89	99	4
85	JOEY’S SONG Bill Haley & Comets–Decca 30956		96	—	—	2
86	GOT THE FEELING Fabian–Chancellor 1041		—	—	—	1
87	YOUNG AS WE ARE Sal Mineo–Epic 9327		66	66	73	5
88	POCO-LOCO Gene & Eunice–Case 1001		97	100	—	3
89	DON’T YOU KNOW Della Reese–RCA Victor 47-7591		—	—	—	1
90	SKI KING E.C. Beatty–Colonial 7003		—	—	—	1
91	PLENTY GOOD LOVIN’ Connie Francis–M-G-M 12824		63	—	—	2
92	DECK OF CARDS Wink Martindale–Dot 15968		98	—	—	2
93	COME AND GET IT Ray Peterson–RCA Victor 47-7578		100	—	—	2
94	I CRIED Joe Damiano–Chancellor 1039		90	—	—	2
95	BETTY MY ANGEL Jerry Fuller–Challenge 59052		91	93	97	5
96	THE ROCKIN’ LADY (From New Orleans) Penny Candy–Flippin’ 201		99	97	98	4
97	LOVE WALKED IN Flamingos–End 1055		—	—	—	1
98	SHOUT (pt. 1) Isley Brothers–RCA Victor 47-7588		—	—	—	1
99	A WORRIED MAN Kingston Trio–Capitol 4271		100	—	—	2
100	I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Johnnie Ray–Columbia 41438		—	—	—	1
100	TUCUMCARI Jimmie Rodgers–Roulette 4191		—	—	—	1
100	TORQUAY Fireballs–Top Rank 2008		—	—	—	1

GO TO FOLLOWING WEEK >> RETURN TO 1959

The Stadium...

A few events from Yankee Stadium while living at 710 Lexington...
growing up there i formed opinions and became a fan and most of the things that were my favorites then still are...
though johnny unitas will always be my favorite football player my earliest memory of a quarterback is of y.a. tittle...the yankees are part of my family...and ali...i remember watching his fights on wide world of sports sitting on a naugahide(it's better than leather!!, couch)....according to daddy}..

masters with jack........

George Wallace campaign rally...

George Wallace held a rally at Huffman Field during his campaign for president in 1968, according to Eddie Huffman.


Eddie recalled, “I grew up in the neighborhood,
Daddy took us here,to see George Wallace,at that rally.. ...
when leaving,...he looked at us(or so it seemed), and waved out of the window of the car he was in...

RIP... Bobby Fischer

won chess title from the Russian, Boris Spassky, during our time at 710...a huge event..sparked my interest, and now love, of chess...capturing the world's imagination during the cold war....too bad, from most accounts, he wasn't a nicer guy...

Chess Champ Bobby Fischer Dies

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64.

Fisher died of kidney failure Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital after a long illness, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said Friday.

Born in Chicago and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Fischer faced criminal charges in the United States for playing a 1992 rematch against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia in defiance of international sanctions. In 2005, he moved to Iceland, a chess-mad nation and site of his greatest triumph.

As a champion, he used his eccentricities to unsettle opponents, but Fischer's reputation as a genius of chess was soon eclipsed, in the eyes of many, by his idiosyncrasies.

"Chess is war on a board," he once said. "The object is to crush the other man's mind."

Fischer vanished after the 1992 match and occasionally re-emerged to give interviews on a radio station in the Philippines. During one interview, Fischer praised the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying America should be "wiped out," and described Jews as "thieving, lying bastards."

Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion from Russia, said Fischer's ascent in the chess world in the 1960s and his promotion of chess worldwide was "a revolutionary breakthrough" for the game.

"The tragedy is that he left this world too early, and his extravagant life and scandalous statements did not contribute to the popularity of chess," Kasparov told The Associated Press.

Fischer lost his world title in 1975 after refusing to defend it against Anatoly Karpov. He dropped out of competitive chess and largely out of view, emerging occasionally to make erratic and often anti-Semitic comments, although his mother was Jewish.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation, called Fischer "a phenomenon and an epoch in chess history, and an intellectual giant I would rank next to Newton and Einstein."

Spassky, reached briefly at his home in France, said of his friend and rival: "I am very sorry, but Bobby Fischer is dead. Goodbye."

An American chess champion at 14 and a grand master at 15, Fischer dethroned Spassky in 1972 in a series of games in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, to become the first officially recognized world champion born in the United States.

The match, at the height of the Cold War, took on mythic dimensions as a clash between the world's two superpowers.

Fischer played—and won—an exhibition rematch against Spassky on the Yugoslav resort island of Sveti Stefan, but the game was in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed to punish then-President Slobodan Milosevic.

In July 2004, Fischer was arrested at Japan's Narita airport for traveling on a revoked U.S. passport and was threatened with extradition to the United States to face charges of violating sanctions.

He spent nine months in custody before the dispute was resolved when Iceland granted him citizenship and he moved there with his longtime companion, the Japanese chess player Miyoko Watai. She survives him.

In his final years, Fischer railed against the chess establishment, alleging that the outcomes of many top-level chess matches were decided in advance.

Instead, he championed his concept of random chess, in which pieces are shuffled at the beginning of each match in a bid to reinvigorate the game.

"I don't play the old chess," he told reporters when he arrived in Iceland in 2005. "But obviously if I did, I would be the best."

Born March 9, 1943, Robert James Fischer was a child prodigy, playing competitively from age 8.

At 13, he became the youngest player to win the United States Junior Championship. At 14, he won the United States Open Championship for the first of eight times.

At 15, he gained the title of international grand master, the youngest person to hold the title.

Tall, charismatic and with striking looks, he was a chess star—but already gaining a reputation for volatile behavior.

He turned up late for tournaments, walked out of matches, refused to play unless the lighting suited him and was intolerant of photographers and cartoonists. He was convinced of his own superiority and called the Soviets "Commie cheats."

His behavior often unsettled opponents—to Fischer's advantage.

This was seen most famously in the showdown with Spassky in Reykjavik between July and September 1972. Having agreed to play Spassky in Yugoslavia, Fischer raised one objection after another to the arrangements and they wound up playing in Iceland.

When play got under way, days late, Fischer lost the first game with an elementary blunder after discovering that television cameras he had reluctantly accepted were not unseen and unheard, but right behind the players' chairs.

He boycotted the second game and the referee awarded the point to Spassky, putting the Russian ahead 2-0.

But then Spassky agreed to Fischer's demand that the games be played in a back room away from cameras. Fischer went on to beat Spassky, 12.5 points to 8.5 points in 21 games.

Millions of Americans, gripped by the contest, rejoiced in the victory over their Cold War adversary.

In the recent book "White King and Red Queen," the British author Daniel Johnson said the match was "an abstract antagonism on an abstract battleground using abstract weapons ... yet their struggle embraced all human life."

"In Spassky's submission to his fate and Fischer's fierce exultant triumph, the Cold War's denouement was already foreshadowed."

The victory made Fischer the first U.S.-born world champion. Paul Morphy, an American, was regarded as the world's best player from 1858 to 1862, and William Steinetz, an Austrian immigrant to the United States, was an official champion from 1886 to 1894.

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Movietime!

three great movies my brother Phil took me to while at 710...
during the Godfather...not too long after the horsehead scene...my mother came in and with a screeching "TIM"...removed me from the theatre believing me to be too young to be there..unbelievable....still, Phil got me there ...

Great Tarheel win vs NCSU while at 710 Lexington........

after six straight losses to the Wolfpack a freshman named Phil Ford helped restore order in the universe......