And now, here's the host of You Can Be a Star, Hugh Edmonds!
Thank you, Mr. Don and the Shield, and welcome everybody to our fourth weekly championship of our ninth 13-week competition.
Our contestants, are they excited? I've been back there watching them just to face in the floor.
But our celebrities, they are not. Let's say a great big hello once again to them, ladies and gentlemen.
Sitting on the end, Mr. Dean Dillon, Mr. Greg Mozingo, and Mr. Rex Allen Jr.
They've got the work cut out for them today. Now, if you'll stay with us, you can help us select our winners.
We'll be right back.
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Welcome to our weekly championship. As you know, our winner today goes into that grand championship week
where that winner walks away with his very own major recording contract, first release on Capitol Records,
the opportunity to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, $10,000 in cash, a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a Gibson USA banjo,
an Ensoniq electronic piano, and from Schaeffer & Stuns, a piano, bass, guitar and amp, and a five-piece drum set.
The winner is also going to entertain on the cruise ships, Star Dancer to Mexico and the SS Emerald Seas to the Bahamas.
And they'll also play Gilly's Nightclub and the Treasure Isle Resort in the Caribbean.
That's over $50,000 in cash and prizes.
One of our contestants today is going into that grand championship week.
Let's see which one is going to be. From Greenville, Mississippi, here's our first one. Here is Pam Taylor.
Thank you.
Rockin' with the rhythm of the rain
So let the breeze keep blowin'
Oh, my heart will never be the same
Keep the sweet beatin' blowin'
Callin' me and my baby, rockin' with the rhythm of the rain
Oh, baby, hold me tight
You say that, baby, you love me, it's all I want to hear tonight
Spinnin' in the porch swing, lastin' to the light rain
Gettin' on the tender, baby, it's just me and you
Rockin' with the rhythm of the rain
Slide on over, baby, hold me closer
Bring it to and fro, it's just swayin' like a slow train
Rockin' with the rhythm of the rain
So let the breeze keep blowin'
Oh, my heart will never be the same
Keep the sweet beatin' blowin'
Callin' me and my baby, rockin' with the rhythm of the rain
All right, ladies.
Pam, our judges are gonna have a hard time today.
You're down at Greenville, Mississippi.
You ever see Jerry Clower down in that way?
Not very much.
Well, that might be good, because he, boy,
whenever he's around, you know it, don't you?
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
We're gonna invite him back up here one of these days.
Rex, what do you think about this young lady?
I think a lot of great talent has come out of the state of Mississippi,
and I think that you're probably one of them.
Okay, great singer. There you go, Pam.
445.
Greg, what do you think, sir?
Winona and Naomi Lookout.
I liked it. I sure did. 435, Pam.
Dean, what do you think, sir?
I thought it was a great performance. I really enjoyed it.
445.
445 points for a grand total.
Oh, my, my.
Well, let me see. I'm gonna have to, I guess,
I'm gonna have to wait here, and I'm gonna count it up,
and it's 1,325 points.
Boy, I'd like to have never added that up in my head, did I?
Congratulations to you.
All right, let's go out to the Stairway of Stars
and say hello to Dan Miller.
Thank you, Jim Ed.
I'll tell you, we have to turn to very serious business right now.
Verla, that's right.
Right.
Verla, I need your honest opinion.
What you think of this tie?
Really?
Honestly, I mean, just don't worry.
Just tell me what you honestly think.
It's probably the ugliest tie I've ever seen.
Probably the ugliest tie you have ever seen, you say.
Well, where did I get this?
A small shop in Tijuana.
No, actually, where I got this, Jim Ed Brown,
I won't forget a close-up of this,
known for being a fashion statement around here,
was actually walking out of his dressing room with his tie on today.
Luckily, our producer, who has very many
and important responsibilities, caught him and said,
Jim Ed, the only place I would wear that is,
well, we can't go into that, but he said,
would you mind taking that off?
And I just thought we would stop here, Verla,
for kind of a fashion statement
and get an honest opinion from a viewer for Jim Ed.
Jim Ed, we're looking out for you.
We're looking out for Verla here as we go back to Jim Ed.
I want to say thank you for that,
but actually what he said was it belonged to Tokyo Rose
back in World War II.
Here we go with our next contestant from Laquita, California.
Here is Mark Hikar.
On a long rainy drive I was thinking about you
Thinking about me and what we should do
And the rain just flooded my mind with the good times we've had
My windshield wipers were talking to me
Trying to tell me how good it could be
We just let our feelings show and leave the past behind
And it rained all through the day
And it rained all through the night
Well, I don't mind
As long as it washes pain away
And the good times flow like river in my mind
Every time it rains I can still feel you calling
And praying, I pray it'll never stop falling
And I wonder if you miss me at all
Now that I'm gone
Maybe someday we'll look at this whole thing and see
We could just let that river run free
We could keep that love that's been hiding for so long
So let it rain all through the day
Let it rain all through the night
Well, I don't mind As long as it washes clean of pain
And the good times flow like river in my mind
Well, good. I'm glad, Martin.
It's been happening all my life.
Did you get in touch with the restaurant
and tell them you were staying over a while?
Yeah.
Oh, well, just tell them you're not coming back.
Rex, what do you think about this young man?
Well, when he was on during the week, I said the same thing.
I think that you have to have an unusual,
rememberable voice in any kind of music theory,
and especially country music.
I think that's very important, and I do think you have that.
I think added to that talent, I think your ability as a songwriter,
I think gives you a great future in our business and a compliment to our business.
So I gave you a 470.
That's right.
Greg, what do you think, sir?
Before long, I imagine folks are going to make sure
they know how to pronounce your last name.
I like it.
460.
That's right.
Mr. Dean Dillon.
Well, if you keep writing like that, you're going to put me out of business.
Well, I thought that was a great all-around performance.
I did just the song, the quality was fantastic,
and you sang just great.
I gave you a 488.
And for a total of 1,410, you've instantly jumped into the lead, sir.
Enjoy that as we take a little small break here.
After you watch these words, we'll be right back with our 346.
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