#clay cole

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The Ronettes with Clay Cole at Night Beat magazine's "Freakout" party at the Action House in Island Park on December 4, 1966.

Photos by Tim Boxer

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Clay Cole

[bayareabadboy]

In The Rock 5/30/1965: The Rolling Stones play the final night of a US tour at the New York Academy of Music. During the afternoon the band records six songs for the Clay Cole TV show.

[someguyhere99-blog]

Who is responsible for giving ESD Dallas to bad name?

The Episcopal School of Dallas is a bad name today. An institution of learning is crying for help but its administration is adamant on strangulating the institution. Only God can save this school from the hands of immoral staff including its head, Meredyth Cole .

This school has produced many influential personalities but that was a matter of history because it has been an institution of learning. Today it faces many lawsuits related to misbehavior with students and it includes sexual assault on students. Meredyth Cole Dallas is also accused of targeting a student to save her child Clay Cole.

Clay Cole incident

Clay Cole likes partying and bullying others. In one such party, he was enjoying marijuana with his friends that include John Doe, one of the students of the Episcopal School of Dallas. But the boys were caught taking drugs. Since Clay Cole was the host, he should be punished but he was saved because of his mother, who's head of the school.

John Doe was made scapegoat to save Clay Cole. He was expunged from the school for having drugs inside the campus. Yes, I was present in the party but there is no proof of his taking the drugs. His expulsion was illegal.

In a similar incident, teacher Nathan Campbell was caught having sex with one of his female students. But the ED School took a different approach. Instead of terminating Nathan Campbell from his services, the female student was asked to leave the school or face rustication.

There are many schools where you can enroll your child but ESD Dallas is in your mind then you need to be very careful. It is not the right school until it makes stringent rules for teachers and management to follow. This school has to reborn and get a new identity, if it wants to function like an institution of learning.

[jerrylevitch]

It was a life-changing moment, I must tell you. He had been on the show a couple of times, but in 1967 when he (Jerry Lewis) agreed to be on, we were told that we would only have 10 minutes before he had to leave for another gig. They were adamant about this. He came in, and an hour and a half later he was still there getting into my guts and soul about my childhood and life. It turns out that he was talking about himself. He had a terrible relationship with his father and no approval from his family. Nobody in Hollywood respected him, even though he had written, produced and directed over 20 hit movies. He told me that he was never invited to any of the “in” parties. In the midst of relating all of this to me, he said, 'Don’t feel unloved because you are a rock and roll disc jockey. I’m a slapstick comedian.' It took my breath away. And when he left the studio after the hour and half, the whole crew sat there stunned at what had just taken place. It was the greatest moments, though most of the time was so personal that we couldn’t put it on the air. We used all we could, of course. From then on Jerry and I became friends. I was one of the first who replaced him on the March of Dimes Telethon. I remember it was 1969 because during our interview we talked about Woodstock and whether I had been there. He kept saying, 'Stick around…stick around.' About 2 A.M., Bob Schanks, the producer of the telethon, called me over and told me, 'Jerry’s going to take a nap and wants you to take over the telethon.' So for an hour and a half I tried to do what he does so well for so many hours. I was told later that I was the only one who had replaced him up to that point.       People say different things about it—he’s too brash, he’s using this or that cause—but all I can say is what I’ve seen with my own eyes. He’s the most gentle and passionate man I’ve ever met.

Clay Cole on Jerry Lewis

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June 7, 1966: Brian Epstein speaks at a press conference in the Cheetah Club, New York, about his new group, the Cyrkle, whom he had just booked as the opening act for a tour by the Beatles. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah

Brian Epstein was now surefooted enough to begin managing American groups, and he invited me to attend a press conference to introduce the Cyrkle, his first American group. In the summer of 1966, the press came out in full force, but it was really Brian Epstein they wanted to meet. It was on that occasion that the Australian journalist Lillian Roxon famously questioned Brian: ‘Mr. Epstein, are you a millionaire?’

The subtext of her question was really: ‘So… rock ‘n’ roll is big-business now, isn’t that so Brian?’ (1966 was the first year that rock ‘n’ roll became a billion-dollar industry.)

- Sh-Boom!: The Explosion of Rock ‘n’ Roll (1953-1968) By Clay Cole

[greglfan]

Annette is interviewed by Clay Cole promoting "Pineapple Princess" at WNTA-TV, 1960s.