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Troy
Cory -
A
Short Biography
----"I
was the youngest of six children", said Troy,
during a recent TV interview with columnist/tv
host, Larry Leverett, of "Hollywood
Beat", "my grandfather was Nathan B.
Stubblefield, the inventor of the "wireless
telephone" and the original Radio
Boy.
----Q.
It seems the career of your grandfather, Nathan
B. Stubblefield - - and you, Troy Cory
Stubblefield, started in radio, and both
of you have had similar experience in receiving
what's due, from the business
world.
----A.
"except my grandfather Nathan invented "radio" --
then patented it in 1907, as the wireless
telephone -- something that no man can ever
repeat!"
"It's
a hard act to follow" said Troy Cory, "the only
thing I've been able to do for radio broadcasting
is sing and own a few stations.' But, what the
heck, I've perfected a relaxed smooth type of
musical performance that seems to reflect the story
of love, romance and the lonely -- the type that
only a Huckleberry Finn or a Tom Sawyer type of guy
would appreciate."
Troy has been able
to direct and produce --
many televion
shows for many other singing artists and has
"picked up" from them -- on how to present his own
albums of popular contemporary songs with the
emotional understatement that seems to dominate
English pop and western music.
----A most
talented and well-loved American performer, his
collection of songs, has given Troy the full
opportunity to sample his easygoing charm --
whether the music be slow, romantic, pop or in a
Country and Western feel.
----Most of
Troy's Country songs were recorded in
Worcestershire, England at Muff Merfin's "Old
Smithy's". Munich, Germany is the place where most
of his pop and big band sounds were
recorded.
Part
02 -
A
few of the Troy Cory songs now heard throughout the
world and webcast on "YouTube, and
LookRadio
were first recorded in mid-50s when Troy was a
teenager.
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The 60s,
70s, 80s, and 90s, television shows, prepared Troy
for today's world of the Internet.
---- Troy
first recording were released by Specialty
Records, Mercury Records, BBC RadioPlay Music,
Cinema Prize and VRA TelePlay Music.
During the past 20 years, the RadioPlay music was
"specially" recorded as a sales tool, to reach out
to the English music marketplace within the British
Commonwealth and the People's Republic of
China."
Troy
Cory is an entertainer with a smooth, friendly
style, that makes it easy for one to interpret. On
most of his recordings that feature the Ambros
Seelos Orchester, Troy takes the listener on a trip
down memory lane. He mixes his own songs -- with
some of the oldies but goodies the listener can
relate back to.
Many of these songs were featured on "The Troy
Cory Evening Show". The weekly music variety
show aired on KCOP; and on KTLA following Saturday
Nite Life, and was hosted by Troy Cory and talented
Priscilla Cory as co-hostess and
singer.
----Some
of Troy's backup performers on his television and
stage shows, "The
Brooke
Sisters"
- include: movie star,Joey Lauren
Adams; Priscilla Cory; Tina Kincaid; and Angelica
Bridges; Beth Stare; Dagmar Mitzkus; Jeanne Yoou;
Ginger Adams; Emmy Lu; Natacha Ouisse; Jossi Sigl;
Nonny; Carol Lee; Kalia Salangron; Christy Mattola;
Lorna Leigh Marve'; Lynn Stepney; Alicia Caballero
and Brooke Kenvin.
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The "live' bands include: the
"Ambros
Seelos
Orchestra"
;"Bonhomie
Baby",
Sam Montelle Stavros; Smokey Allan
Stover; John Mraz; Ritchie Thomas; Rick Turner;
the "West End Boys", Bardowell Philip
Anthony, John Cowsill, Gary Griffin, Randell
Kirsch, Mark Ward, and Robby Scharf;
the "California Goodtime Band":John Mraz; Sam Montelle Stavros; Smokey
Allen Stover; Rick Turner; and Arnold Martinez,
bass guitarist/vocal;Bob
Wills Jr.
& his Texas Playboys, featuring, Bob Wills Jr.,
actor, singer;
the "Pheromones"; and "Sam
Butera".
----Some
of Troy's Directors and co-directors of his
television and stage shows were, Martin
Green; Gabor Wagner; Wm Janovsky; Tom
Meservey; Richard Greninger; Jossi Sigl; Scott
Stubblefield; Alden Stubblefield and Don
Butler.
----Troy's
co-writers on some of his Oldies but Goodies
collection of recordings -- are from the 60s and
70s. The writers include Robert and Richard
Sherman,Bob Roberts, Dorothy Swafford,
Sonny Bono and Joe
Jackson.
----Major
Actors and Actresses, some of whom were unknown
at the time of their performances with Troy Cory,
like: The
Brooke Sisters,
Joey
Adams,
Angelica
Bridges,
Tina
Kincaid,
Lori Engel, Brooke Kenvin, Valerie Maddox and
Co-hostess of "the Troy Cory Evening Show",
Priscilla
Cory-Stubblefield.
----Guest
Stars include: Priscilla Cory, Richard Hatch;
Bruce Davison; Mel
Carter,
Alan Hale, Sugar Ray Robinson, Nick Lucas, Sammy
Fain, Florence Marly; John Perkins Barrymore; Benny
Hill; Scott
Stubblefield,
Bob Wills, Jr.; Foster Brooks, Clint Walker,Wanda
Hendrix, Byron Matson; Tiny Tim; Linda Ronstadt;
Dennis Weaver; Elke
Sommer, Sam
Butera; Ron Rice; D'Arcy LaPier; Priscilla Alden;
(Troy's Mother); Lynn Mann; Joseph Sigl, (Josie's
Father); Jackie Corrigan; Nancie White; Mike
Lipman; Thomas Simmons; Larry Leverett; Donna
Jeffries; Judy Henderson; Walter Brown, Ginger
Adams; Pearl Lipman; Alden
Stubblefield;
Keith (Whitey) Stubblefield, Rick Wood; Chris
Harris; Dino DeLorean; Keith Stubblefield, Steven
Stubblefield, David Nathan Stubblefield; and the
now famous legendary tribute to Samuel
Goldwyn and Hollywood's Golden Years
told by Jack
Foreman and Troy
Cory.•
----Produced
by: Troy Cory. Executive Producers: Mike
Lipman, Josie Cory, with various On-line
Producers / Directors including
video/filmmakers Richard Greninger, Gabor Wagner,
ARD, John Harris, Martin Green, Wm. Janovsky,
Gary
Sunkin and
Larry
Leverett for
Hollywood Beat; Ron
Rice and
Tom Meservey (Hawaiian
Tropic),
and Barry
Seybert,
Computer Editors: Victor Caballero, Tim
Wilcox and Alden Keith
Stubblefield.
----Music
Production: Ambros Seelos, Syd Dale, Muff
Merfin, John-Ross Barnard, John Billingham, Mike
Harding, Joe Bamberger, Josie
Cory and
Sylvester Levy (Fly Robin Fly). The "hit makers"
that produced Troy's first musical recordings,
include Sonny
Bono,
Art Rupe, Rene Hall, Bob
Sherman and
Dick
Sherman,
(Mary
Poppins,
Disney), Bob
Roberts
- Tall
Paul, Tip
Tobin, Dorothy Swafford, Ralph
Freed
- (1907-1973), brother of Arthur Freed.,
Lester Sills
and Nat
Goodman,
the
manager of the Paramours and the Diamonds. Nat
produced Troy's Mercury Records, "Little Pink
Toe" and "Suzy McGregor", the three Bill
Medley tracks on the Sonny & Cher & Friends
album "Baby Don't Go" on Reprise RS 6177 in
1965.
----Hollywood
Shows - KCOP and KTLA: "The Troy Cory Evening
Show": Starring Troy Cory; Priscilla Cory; John
Perkins Barrymore; Inge-Maria
Pinsor.
----KTLA -
Warner Bros. Shows: The Passionettes: Carolyn
Nering; Jacqueline Lombard; Susan Jackson, Evelyn
Cortes, Marvé; Debie Midget; Jeep
Ranshaw.
----Feature
Films: "Star Makers": John Carr; Cast: Wendell
Corey; Barbara Valentin; Rolf Eden; Troy Cory; Jean
London. "Buster": John Carr, (The symbolic life of
Russ Columbo, legendary singer, and songwriter of
"Prisoner of Love") Cast: Troy Cory, Hildegard
Wendt; Larisa Von Schubert; Toni Ballard; Connie
White; Bill Adrian; Bud Waite; Larry Taylor, Ken
Burton; Safa Al Bayati; Keith Stubblefield, Jr.;
Scott Stubblefield. Location: Zorthian Ranch,
Altadena, California. "The Model Killer". Cast:
Paul Norman; Doodles Weaver; Troy Cory; Linda
Ronstadt; Priscilla Cory; Keith Stubblefield,
Jr.
•
R&B Plus
Segments:
•
Executive
Producers, Don
Butler, and
Troy
Cory.
•
Artists: Madison
Cole; Jose Williams; George Duke; Kenny G; Nona
Hendryx; Janice Marie Johnson; Jeffrey
Osborne;
Freda Payne; R. J. Reynolds; Rockwell; Timmy
Thomas; Dennis Weaver; Beau
Williams;
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Vine Street Video Centre Performers: Troy
Cory; Rod Stewart; Nicolette Larson; Jackson
Browne; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Randy
Meisner, James Coburn, Rachel Welch, Joni Mitchell,
Priscilla
Cory;
Billy Hayes, Dicky Lerner, and Victor
Dunlap.
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China Concerts: Shanghai, Beijing, Anshan,
Harbin
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Europe Concerts: Basel, Switzerland;
Innsbruck, Austria;
Should
you require any further information on Troy, please
browse, Smart90.com, Yahoo or Amazon.com. There's a
wealth of information about both Troy Croy -
Stubblefield and his grandfather Nathan B.
Stubblefield, the original Radio Boy.
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Appreciation
Awards
Achievement
Award To Troy Cory
and The China Harbin Summer Music Festival - August
2001. From
The County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
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Michael D. Antonovich
Award
From the President of the
United States - 1981 Ronald
Reagan
Award
From the President of the
United States - 1985 Ronald
Reagan
Award
From the United States Senate,
Appreciation for Work Between USA &
The People's Republic of China Senators: Bob Dole
• John H. Chafee • Strom Thurmond
•
Thad Cochran • Don Nickels • Alan K.
Simpson
Awards
From the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin,
Chairman; President • Zhu Rongji
Living
Legend Award Mayor of Shanghai -
1988, First USA Entertainer To Be Given PRC
Recording Contract
Sports Sports Scholarship -
Track & Field - Pepperdine University
World Explorers Sports Club, Los Angeles,
U.S.A.
Entertainment '84 Festival
International Du Video-Clip De Saint-Tropez
'88 STV FESTIVAL - Star Performer, U.S.A.
'89 Outstanding Award &endash; Television Arts and
Sciences
'98 TVI International Award for Film & Video
Direction
''99 TVI International Award for Music
Honorary
Award Lifetime Member of
United States Navy League, Bel Air
Chapter
Science Lifetime Member of
United States Radio-TV Innovators
Member of HRTS - Hollywood Radio and Television
Society
Member of Chiropractic Peers for Natural
Sciences
Member of AFTRA
Member of GEMA
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