JACKIE GLEASON
Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, exemplified by his character Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners. Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in the 1961 drama The Hustler (starring Paul Newman) and Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series. (More from Wikipedia)
A 1986 article in Kicks on Hasil Adkins caused a sensation, and Norton Records – named for Ed Norton, the Art Carney character on the long-running Jackie Gleason TV comedy The Honeymooners – was born when they released Out to Hunch later that year, the first of several albums collecting Adkins’s music.
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