Edd Byrnes

Edd Byrnes (born July 30, 1933) is an American actor best known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine, and was a charting recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie -- Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie Stevens).

Early life

He was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger. He had two siblings, Vincent and Jo-Ann. When he was 13, his father died. He then dropped his last name in favor of "Byrnes" based on the name of his maternal grandfather, a fireman.

Screen career

His enduring and most famous role was as Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III, on the ABC/Warner Brothers detective series 77 Sunset Strip. He played a continually hair-combing serial killer in the pilot, Girl on the Run, but he was so popular (a national teen sensation) that the producers brought him back the following week as a regular cast member in the role of a chrome-plated hotrod-driving, hipster-talking ("Kookie-talk") parking valet and sometime protégé private investigator. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., explained the situation to the audience:

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Bésame Mucho

"Bésame Mucho" (Kiss me generously) is a song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez.

It is one of the most famous boleros, and was recognized in 1999 as the most sung and recorded Mexican song in the world.

Inspiration

According to Velázquez herself, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time and kissing, as she heard, was considered a sin.

She was inspired by the piano piece "Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor" from the 1911 suite Goyescas by Spanish composer Enrique Granados, which he later also included as Aria of the Nightingale in his 1916 opera of the same name.

Comments on lyrics

There are slight differences in the wording at the end of the chorus, regarding the words perderte después meaning "to lose you afterwards". Considering that Velázquez may have been fifteen years old when she wrote the song, this sentence reflects inexperience and innocence. Indeed, a video from "TV Mexicana" shows Consuelo Velázquez playing the piano while the singer sings perderte después. Many interpretations use perderte otra vez ("lose you once again") instead of the original perderte después ("lose you afterwards").

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Besame Mucho (film)

Besame Mucho is a 1987 Brazilian romance drama film directed by Francisco Ramalho Jr., based on the play of the same name by Mário Prata.

Cast

  • Antônio Fagundes as Tuca
  • Christiane Torloni as Dina
  • José Wilker as Xico
  • Glória Pires as Olga
  • Giulia Gam as Aninha
  • Paulo Betti as César
  • Isabel Ribeiro as Encarnacion
  • Linda Gay as Dina's mother
  • Wilma Aguiar as Tuca's mother
  • Jesse James as watchman
  • Iara Jamra as debutante #1
  • Vera Zimmermann as debutante #2

    • Production

    The filming took place in July 1986 in different locations of São Paulo, including Faculdade São Franscisco and Cine Copan.

    Reception

    It was awarded the Best Film at the 13th Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva, Best Screenplay at the Cartagena Film Festival, and won the Best Screenplay and Best Costume Design awards at the 15th Gramado Film Festival.

    References

    External links

  • Besame Mucho at the Internet Movie Database


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    Like I Love You (Album Version)

    by: Edd Byrnes

    (Hello)
    Like hello, baby
    (Jimmy?)
    No, man, not Jim
    This is him
    Big D, little A
    Double D, O-O
    Big Daddy-o
    (Charlie?)
    Charlie, help
    This is the man
    I had to pipe in on your
    Wavelength cause I'm shook
    Like, I don't wanna swing
    Without you, baby
    Like, holy mackerel, kingfish
    (Andy)
    Be hip, baby, I'm jelly
    Like I've had big eyes for you
    Since we bopped at the hop
    I mean, I get sounds
    When I think of you
    Like, skyfi, oom doobie doo
    (Sidney)
    Like, no, baby
    This is your love burger
    From the other a.m.
    Man, it was a wig
    So far out, like
    I'm still orbiting, shazam
    (Um, Irwin)
    No noise like that
    Let me straighten you
    The drive-in movie
    You and me on the
    Back seat of my motorcycle
    Wow, jabeega, I mean
    I thought you were driving
    Cool, cool, cool
    (Tony)
    Baby, let me clue you
    Like, you're my Lita
    Let's do a double gig
    I know a crazy coffee pad
    Where we can lose the world
    This hut has a combo
    So far out, it's in
    (You wanna take me to an
    Espresso place but they
    Play modern music, is that it)
    You're hip
    Now put on your face
    And let's join the race
    Don't bug me, I'm nutty
    Like, I love you, dig
    (I guess it's alright
    But who is this)
    Marsha, don't you know me
    I'm your groove
    (Marsha, this isn't Marsha)
    Is this Sunset 7-7777 (No)
    (This is National 9-2600)
    Uh, oh, well
    Don't bug me with details, baby
    It's my last dime
    Just clue me where you live
    This is me, Kookie




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