http://shareamericafoundation.org/ http://randallfranks.com/ 20th Anniversary Christmas Time's A Comin' CD featuring "In the Heat of the Night" Cast and Friends Actor Carroll O'Connor portrayed "Chief Bill Gillespie" on TV's "In the Heat of the Night" and "Archie Bunker" on "All in the Family." Here CD producer and fellow In the Heat of the Night cast member Randall Franks is featured from a 1990 interview about Carroll's performance of "Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella" as part of the "Christmas Time's A Comin'" CD featuring the "In the Heat of the Night" Cast and Friends. Randall Franks (randallfranks.com) and his In the Heat of the Night co-star Alan Autry (autryentertainmentgroup.com) joined forces under the banner of Autry-Franks Productions in 1990 to produce the charity In the Heat of the Night CD Christmas Time's A Comin' featuring the cast of the show. Included here are vintage interviews about the project and never before seen in-studio footage also including Carroll O'Connor, David Hart, Geoffrey Thorne, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Bob Penny, and Sharon Pratt in addition to Franks and Autry. The project raised funds for drug abuse prevention charities throughout the United States. Hart joined in with other cast members and music stars to perform on "Jingle Bells" and "Christmas Time's A Comin'". Franks and Autry were able to include many music legends, some among them, Country Music Hall of Famers Kitty Wells, Jimmy Dickens, and Pee Wee King as well as many top legends from the Bluegrass genre, from Jim and Jesse to the Lewis Family. The Christmas Time's A Comin' CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA was one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers. Autry and Franks mark the 20th Anniversary in 2012 with a charity re-release with the original companies benefiting the same charitable goal from the non-profit Share America Foundation, Inc. (www.shareamericafoundation.org) "Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella" (Randall Franks/Lowery Music Inc./BMI) Musicians: Guitar: Bill Everett; Mandolin: Jesse McReynolds; Accordian: Abe Manuel, Jr.; Fiddles: Buddy Spicher and Randall Franks and Bass: Randy Smith "Christmas Time's A Comin'" (Tex Logan/ Unichappell Music/BMI) "Jingle Bells" (Randall Franks/Lowery Music, Inc./BMI Audio Recordings © 1991 Autry-Franks Productions Released in association with Sonlite Records, Crimson Records and MGM/UA A News and Information Production © 2012 Autry-Franks Productions in association with The Share America Foundation, Inc. "In the Heat of the Night" is the property of MGM Worldwide Entertainment Group A Division of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Inc. http://www.randallfranks.com/Randall_Franks_Store.html https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDHsC33yZsDsB8wA0WC5PVw http://randallfranks.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Randall-Franks/41082829233?ref=hl https://twitter.com/RandallFranks http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291684/ https://www.reverbnation.com/randallfranks https://myspace.com/randallfranksmusic https://myspace.com/shareamerica http://shareamericafoundation.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Franks

• published: 22 Dec 2012
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