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Note the neon sign for the Westlake Theatre.

 

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Ella Fitzgerald, "Angel Eyes"

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Little Richard, "Lucille"

Little Richard, "Whole Lot of Shaking Going On"

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Ella Fitzgerald, "April in Paris"

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Ethel Merman and Perry Como

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The honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks

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Liberace on Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person"

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"These Foolish Things," 1959

"Brandenburg Gate," 1959

"Take the 'A' Train," 1959

"St. Louis Blues," 1961

"Take Five," 1961

Note the personnel change, Gene Wright replacing Norman Bates on bass

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Art Pepper Movie, Part 2


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Tulsa buries a 1957 Plymouth in a time capsule.

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Billie Holiday, 1957, "Fine and Mellow"

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