We're looking at a new year and new, exciting things happening around the old stable. Since we started the blog and dropped the web site, we haven't said much because we're working on "the book." "Sixty Years of Hits" has been available on e-readers for several months, but the goal to finish out 2013 has been to get it reformatted for paperback so more people have access. The book is a collection of writings, primarily by Jean Bennett, since the first Personality Plugger went out in February 1954. It includes office notes, correspondence and press releases and tells the story over sixty years of The Platters and other groups Personality Productions represented. We don't know if anyone outside the entertainment industry will find it interesting, but for those with an interest in how the #1 group of the 50s was built this is the first in a series of three.
Up and Coming events so far for 2014: Oneda Polk's Porshay Productions is sponsoring a seminar for both old and new entertainers: The entertainers guide to the Entertainment Business. The title as been changed from an "Entertainers Guide to a Cutthroat Business" because of Miss Polk's gentle soul. Jean Bennett and Robbie Robinson will be special guests, and I will be presenting the portion of the program on agents, managers, producers and public relations. This isn't a glossary of who they are and what they do but rather an insight into how they treat entertainers and what to can expect. Even if you've been in the business for years, there will be something to be learned at this event.
There will be many more exciting things in the future. It looks like an exciting years. Jean turns ninety-one The Plugger turns sixty, and I turn . . . well, that's a deep dark secret.
Gayle
