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Jun 17, 1996 Vol. 45 No. 24

Some Kind of Magic

June 17, 1996

Cover Story

Some Kind of Magic

Divorce or No, a Rousing Royal Visit to Raise Money for Cancer Research Proves Chicago Is Di Kind of Town

Pg. 42

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Table of Contents

Articles

Dead Man Climbing

Beck Weathers's Wife Was Told He Had Died; Then Came a Second Call

Pg. 48

Game Over

The Rise Was Fast, the Fall Fatal for Ex-Family Feud Host Ray Combs

Pg. 52

Rock 'n' Roll Then & Now!

Pg. 55

Devo

The '70s Stars of Techno-Pop Now Write Tunes for 'toons

Pg. 56

Helen Reddy

The Woman Behind 'i Am Woman' Roars Anew in Musical Theater

Pg. 58

The Village People

With a Bump, a Grind and a Wink, Disco's Macho Men Are Time-Warp Wonders

Pg. 60

Debbie Gibson

Years Past Her Electric Youth, the Teen Prodigy Takes to the Stage

Pg. 62

Roberta Flack

She Now Kills Them Softly with the Songs She Spins

Pg. 65

Kiki Dee

After An Acting Stint, Elton John's Duet Partner Returns to Pop

Pg. 68

Eddie Money

From Partying to the Pta, He's Still Makin' Change

Pg. 70

Bonnie Tyler

The 'heartache' Singer Is a Hit in Germany

Pg. 72

Dee Snider

This Twisted Sister Swore Off Makeup and Settled in the Suburbs

Pg. 74

Juice Newton

To Her Family, She's Angel of the Morning, Noon and Night

Pg. 76

Face the Music

The Folks Who Graced Some of Rock's Most Memorable Album Jackets Share Their Cover Stories

Pg. 79

Memories of a Girl Singer

In 1964, 18-Year-Old Diane Renay Made a Splash with 'navy Blue'

Pg. 85

Singular Sensations

Those Songs We Remember Are the Hits That Define Them

Pg. 89

The Highest Bidder!

Thanks to Way Cool Collector Steve Routhier, Hard Rock Cafe Society Gets a Heaping Helping of Pop History

Pg. 104

Gloria Gaynor

This Disco Queen Is a Soul Survivor

Pg. 109

David Gates

Bread Was a First Course for His Life as a Rancher

Pg. 110

Janis Ian

Society's Once-Troubled Child Finally Finds Peace

Pg. 115

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

This Supergroup Was More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Pg. 118

Thelma Houston

The 'don't Leave Me' Diva Has Learned to Roll with the Punches

Pg. 120

Gary Glitter

With Flab, but Still Fab, the Glam-Rocker Keeps Singing

Pg. 122

Rick James

The King of Punk Funk Is Now Called Prisoner J29237

Pg. 123

Jon 'bowzer' Bauman

His Hokey Stash of Oldies Never Lost Their Allure

Pg. 124

Les Mckeown

This Bay City Roller Survived Rocky Times

Pg. 126

Freda Payne

On Tour in a Road Show, This Lady Sings the Blues

Pg. 128

Adam Ant

England's Punk Beau Brummell Has Crossed the Atlantic and Gone Hollywood

Pg. 129

Lloyd Price

He Calculated Correctly That 'personality' Alone Wasn't Enough

Pg. 131

Buffy Sainte-Marie

The Protest Princess Pursues Her Causes More Quietly

Pg. 132

Debby Boone

Family and a New Career Focus Now Light Up Her Life

Pg. 134

Andrew Gold

At Last This 'lonely Boy' Got a Life

Pg. 135

Melanie

Her Candle in the Rain Lit Up a Gentle Folk Era

Pg. 136

The Decline and Fall of Sly Stone

His Talent Took Him to the Top. Drugs Dragged Him Down. He Lost His Family

Pg. 139

The Mamas and the Papas' Kids

This Extended Rock Tribe Wrote the Book on Playing, Paying and Staying Together

Pg. 144

Stairway to Heaven

Too Many of Rock's Royalty Left the Spotlight Prematurely, Bit at Their Gravesites—and in Our Hearts—their Lyrics and Their Legacies Live on

Pg. 150

Flight of Fancy

Jane Mendelsohn Searches for the Soul of Amelia Earhart and Finds a Bestseller

Pg. 157

Tee for Two

The Couple That Plays Together, Pro Golfer Steve Stricker and His Caddie, Wife Nicki, Stays Together on Course and Off

Pg. 166

Halls of Fame

Hoping to Inspire Today's Students, Hollywood High Puts Its Legacy of Stars on Display

Pg. 168

Into the Zone

Controversial Diet Doc Barry Sears Believes in Fighting Fat with Fats

Pg. 171

Traveling Man

On His Last Trip, Lsd Guru Timothy Leary Dies as He Lived—in the Spotlight, with No Regrets

Pg. 176

Solid Citizen

Actress Vanessa Marcil of General Hospital Has Found Sobriety and a Piece of the Rock

Pg. 178

Also In This Issue

Inside People

Pg. 6

Mailbag

Pg. 8

Tube Reviews

Pg. 15

Screen Reviews

Pg. 21

Song Reviews

Pg. 25

Page Reviews

Pg. 31

Bytes Reviews

Pg. 39

Insider

Pg. 41

Passages

Pg. 164

Chatter

Pg. 180

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