Between his two weekly live shows on QVC and his broad digital platform, Mr. Venable last year sold more than $250 million worth of egg poachers, frozen crab cakes and backyard smokers. When he posted a recipe for Philadelphia cheesesteak dip, it reached 5.5 million people on Facebook.
This appeared in The Star-January 7, 1997. Country star Marty Stuart has set up home with Nashville legend Connie Smith--who is 17 years older than him. Marty, whose string of hits include Tempted and The Whiskey Ain't Workin', was only 6 when Connie had her No. 1 country hit Once A Day. Now he's 38--and she's 55.
Comments: 19. 1  I goofed!!! 2  Mitch Ryder covered this song in 1968, it peaked at No. 87; Jerry Lee Lewis' 1972 version reached No. 43 on Billboard's Pop chart...Barry - Sauquoit, Ny. 3  I was born 1 1/2 years after his untimly death, and still today, The Big Bopper Rocks!Marty - Lee, Ma. 4  I'm now 63 years old (2008).