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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine La Juane Jackson (born 11 December 1954 in Gary, Indiana, USA) is an American singer, and a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. In 1983 he rejoined the group, now known as The Jacksons. When I was young, I really liked his duet with Pia Zodara, "When the Rain Begins to Fall" (1984) as well his contribution to the Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) soundtrack, "All Revved Up", which was produced by Giorgio Moroder. In the last few years I have discovered and come to appreciate his solo albums, particularly those from the 1980s.

The photo with the full signature was purchased from the official Jacksons website in October 2021. The signed CD boxset I bought from the same site in July 2022. I bought the signed group photo at a Jacksons concert in Glasgow in July 2017.

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Official website (The Jacksons)

Monday, February 21, 2022

Limahl

Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958 in Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, England), known professionally as Limahl (an anagram of Hamill), is an English pop singer. He was the lead singer of the pop group Kajagoogoo beginning in 1981, before embarking on a brief solo career, garnering the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the film of the same name.

Limahl appeared at the 80s vs 90s Indoor Festival in Manchester on 29th January 2022. Monopoly Events, who were the organisers of this concert, also arranged private signings with all perfomers and this is when Limahl signed my The NeverEnding Story soundtrack CD cover.

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Limahl holding my CD cover

Sammy Hagar

Samuel Roy Hagar (born 13 October 1947 in Salina, California, USA) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He then launched a successful solo career and enjoyed further commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band from 2003 to 2005. On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal.

Sammy Hagar performed 'Winner Takes It All' on the Over the Top (1987) soundtrack and I had been looking for an Over the Top related item signed by Sammy for a while. I purchased a signed 7" record sleeve from a seller in the RACC Facebook group. According to the seller he personally received this signature from Sammy when he was the opening act for an Aerosmith concert in the Detroit area, 'probably around 2012 or 2013', although I was able to confirm he opened for Aerosmith in 2010.

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Friday, January 21, 2022

Harold Faltermeyer

Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952 in Munich, West Germany), known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German musician, composer and record producer.

Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film Beverly Hills Cop (1984). This electronic instrumental theme was a big hit in many countries in 1985. He also composed the scores for Fletch (1985), Top Gun (1986), Fatal Beauty (1987), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Running Man (1987), Fletch Lives (1989) and Tango & Cash (1989).

I purchased Harold's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in November 2021.

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Maria Conchita Alonso

María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born 29 June 1957 in Cienfuegos, Cuba), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a singer, actress and former beauty queen.

I know Maria best for her acting career. She made her Hollywood film debut in Moscow on the Hudson (1984) with Robin Williams, and also starred in Touch and Go (1986) Extreme Prejudice (1987), The Running Man (1987), Colors (1988), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Predator 2 (1990) and The House of the Spirits (1993).

Maria does not do many signings so I was excited when Evolve Private Signings announced they had organised a signing in April 2021. It was not an entirely positive experience. After some delays I eventually received my autographs in December 2021. Unfortunately my name was misspelt on the Running Man photo and it looks like she 'fixed' the spelling on the other two. The character name on the Colors photo is also smudged. Nevertheless I am happy I have been able to add Maria to my collection.

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Predator 2

The Running Man

Colors

Friday, May 28, 2021

John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born 18 February 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA) is an American actor and singer. He rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79) and starring in the box office successes Carrie (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, although he had commercial success with Staying Alive (1983) and Look Who's Talking (1989). He enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994) and has since starred in such films as Get Shorty (1995), White Man's Burden (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996), Face/Off (1997), Swordfish (2001), Domestic Disturbance (2001), The Punisher (2004), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).

I got John's autograph through a private signing organised by The Hollywood Show in February 2021.

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Friday, April 2, 2021

Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Joseph Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928 in Oldham, Lancashire, England; died 28 July 2022) was an English actor, comedian, and singer whose career spanned over 70 years. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records including "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred", and made appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. He appeared as Albert Perks in The Railway Children (1970), as barman Felix Forsythe in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and as pretentious hotel guest Mr. Hutchinson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). He narrated the BBC children's television programme The Wombles (1973–1975) and was a regular and prolific reader for the BBC series Jackanory from 1966 to 1991.

Our Disappearing Planet organised a private signing with Mr Cribbins and I ordered a personalised Fawlty Towers photo back in August 2020. Unfortunately Mr Cribbins signed and personalised a Dr Who photo for me instead of the one I had requested. As I had already waited five or six months for it, I agreed with Our Disappearing Planet to just sent me the personalised Dr Who photo and one of the Fawlty Towers ones they had in stock.

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Rebecca Holden

Rebecca Holden (born 12 June 1958 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American actress and singer.She is best known for her role as April Curtis in the television series Knight Rider (1983-84).

I purchased Rebecca's autograph from one of the Showmasters Facebook sales in February 2021.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Steven Seagal

Steven Frederic Seagal (born 10 April 1952 in Lansing, Michigan, USA) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician who holds American, Serbian, and Russian citizenship.

A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, Seagal began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan, becoming the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in the country. He later moved to Los Angeles, California, where he had the same profession. In 1988, Seagal made his acting debut in Above the Law (also known as Nico). Hard to Kill, Marked for Death (both 1990) and Out for Justice (1991) followed. In 1992, he played Navy SEAL counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in Under Siege, the biggest box office hit of his career. During the latter half of the 1990s, Seagal starred in three more feature films and the direct-to-video film The Patriot. Subsequently, his career shifted to mostly direct-to-video productions. He has since appeared in films and reality shows, including Steven Seagal: Lawman, which depicted Seagal performing his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff.

Seagal is a guitarist and has released two studio albums, Songs from the Crystal Cave and Mojo Priest, and performed on the scores of several of his films. He has worked with Stevie Wonder and Tony Rebel, who both performed on his debut album.

I met Steven Seagal after his concert at The Ferry in Glasgow on 17 July 2014. To my surprise he signed for everyone for free including the CD and 8x10 photo I had brought with me.

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IMDb
Wikipedia
Official website

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Diamond D

Diamond D (born Joseph Kirkland on 5 April 1968 in the Bronx, New York City, USA) is a hip hop producer and rapper and one of the founding members of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.).

Diamond D signed a CD booklet for me after his concert at the O2 ABC in Glasgow on 28 May 2015.

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