Who’s Who, What’s What

ICONS/CHARACTERS/ LEGENDS BORN HERE OR THEIR IMAGE WAS

Mr. Peppermint

John Fullinwider

Stanley Marcus

Buffalo George Toomer

Rufus Higginbotham

Angus and Shannon Wynne

Bill Clements

Anyone named Hunt

Annette Strauss

Al Carrell

The Texas Kid

Ebby Halliday

Ross Perot

W. A. Criswell

John Wiley Price

Priscilla Davis

Joe Bob Briggs

Max Goldblatt

Blackie Sherrod

Ron Chapman

Stoney Burns

Bob Strauss

Crazy Ray

Tom Landry

Molly Ivins

Ashley Bellamy



LITERARY LIFE Books about Dallas

Dallas Architecture, 1936-1986, David Dillon

Dallas Drop, Richard Abshire

Dallas Stories, by Marshall Terry

The Highland Park Woman, by A. C. Greene

North Dallas Forty, by Peter Gent

The Accommodation, by Jim Schutze

The Boys in Blue, by Carlton Stowers

Afoot in a Field of Men and Other Stories From Dallas’ East Side, by Pat Taylor

In the New World: Growing Up With America, by Lawrence Wright

Classic Clint: The Laughs and Times of Clint Murchison, by Dick Hitt

Heart of a Lion, The Man Inside Landry, by Bob St. John

Hidden City: Oak Cliff, Texas by Bill Minutaglio

Hidden Dallas, by Kirk Dooley

Dallas Nude, by Charles Collum

The Murchisons, by Jane Wolfe

Texas Rich; The Hum Dynasty, by Harry Hurt III

Who’s Minding the Store, by Stanley Marcus

Sketches of a Growing Town, by Darwin Payne

Time Change: An Alternative View of the History of Dallas, by Roy Williams and Kevin Shay

Dallas Down, by Richard Moran

Justice Denied, by Joyce Ann Brown



Dallas Authors IF THEY’RE NOT NATIVE-BORN, THEIR WORK IS

(Authors may have more than one book-not all are listed)

John Howard Griffin-Black Like Me

Hugh Prather-There is a Place Where You Are Not Alone

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey-A Woman of Independent Means

Tim Seibles-Body Moves

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman- No Marble Angels

Neil Sperry-Neil Sperry’s Complete Guide to Texas Gardening

Ole Anthony-Cross Fire

Jerry Buchmeyer-Et Cetera

Paul Coggins-The Lady Is The Tiger

Howard Garrett-Plants of the Metroplex

Roxy Gordon-Some Things I Did

Alan Govenar-Living Texas Blues

Payne Harrison-Storming Intrepid

Bryan Woolley- The Edge of the West

William Jones-Black Cinema: Treasures Lost And Found

Lee and Virginia McAlester-A Field Guide to American Houses

Jack Myers-As Long As You’re Happy

Wallace Savage-Bait of Perjury

Sheryl St. Germain-Mask of Medusa

Chuck Taylor-The Drifter

Robert Tomsho-The American Sanctuary Movement

Rosalind Wright-Veracruz

Richard D. Carson-Never Get a Tatoo

Skip Bayless-God’s Coach: The Hymns, Hype and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry’s Cowboys

George Toomer-Before I Forget, Fifties Reflections Through a Jaded Eye

Terry Southern-Dr. Strangelove

Natalie Ornish-Pioneering Jewish Texans

Jane Roberts Wood-The Train to Estelline

Jim Atkinson and John Bloom-Evidence of Love

Michael Ennis-Byzantium

Maryln Schwartz-The Southern Belle Primer

The Scholz sisters-Deep in the Heart of Texas

Ravi Batra-Great Depression of 1990

Steven C. Lo-The Incorporation of Eric Chung

Charles Dyer-The Rise of Babylon

John Walvoord-Armageddon, Oil, and the Middle East

Prudence Mackintosh-Thundering Sneakers

Larry Dossey, MD-Beyond Illness; Space, Time and Medicine

Jim Moore-Conspiracy of One

Carlton Stowers-Careless Whispers

Hugh Aynesworth-Murderers Among Us

Joe Bob Briggs-Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-in

Craig Hall-News of My Death… How I Survived the Texas Crash

Rob Allyn-Front Runner

Paul Zane Pilzer-Other People’s Money: The Inside Story of the S & L Mess

Joe Coomer-Decatur Road

Alex Burton-The Biggest Float in the Parade

Russ Pate-ADMAN

C. W. Smith-Buffalo Nickle

John Hawkins-Texas Cheerleaders

Richard West-West’s Texas

David Marquis-I Am a Teacher

Frank Schaeffer-The Scapeweed Goat

Nancy McKool-Fathers and Daughters

Playwrights with Dallas Roots

D. L. Coburn-won the Pulitzer for The Gin Game

Jack Heifner-Vanities

Preston Jones-Texas Trilogy



ART Artists Born Here (AS WITH ART ITSELF, A HARD LIST TO DEFINE)

Al Kidwell

Sean Early

Donna Howell Sickles

Martin Delabano

Billy Hassell

David Bates

Charles DeBus

Judy DeSanders

Woodrow Blagg Jr.

Harold Clayton

Rick Bibby

James Allumbaugh

Kaleta Doolin

Patrick Faulhaber

Cindy Hurt

Manuel Mauricio

Jack Mims

Fred McElroy

Brad Michael Moore

Jesus Bautista Moroles

Bob Nunn

Tom Orr

Carol Wilder

Susie Moody

Arthello Beck



Careers Born Here

Frank X. Tolbert II

Dan Rizzie

Linnea Glatt

Anne Stautberg Pam Nelson

Lee Smith

James Watral

Frances Bagley

Wayne Amerine

Nancy Ferro

Stuart Kraft

Gail Norfleet

Susie Phillips

Art Shirer

Sue Benner

James Dowell

Bob Wade

George Green

Jean Lacy

Bart Forbes

Albert Scherbarth



Syndicated Cartoonists

Marian Henley, Maxine!

Buddy Hickerson, The Quigmans



BUSINESSES DALLAS-BORN WITH A NATIONAL PROFILE

Sound Warehouse

Liquid Paper

Horchow catalogues

The Container Store

Bright Ideas

Texas Instruments

Blockbuster Video

Half Price Books

Amtech

EDS

Perot Systems

The Perot Group

CompuAdd

ClubCorp International

Chief Auto Parts

Rosewood Corp.

Trammell Crow Co.

Bloom Companies

The Richards Group

Tracy-Locke

The Zig Zigiar Corp.

The Southland

Corp. /7-Eleven Food Stores

Southwest Airlines

Jani-King International

The Cooper Clinic

Hunt Oil Co.

Taylor Publishing Co.

A.H. Belo Corp.

E-Systems

Fitz and Floyd

Cullum Companies

Michaels/MJDesigns

The LTV Corp.

National Cheerleaders

Association

Home Interiors & Gifts

WordTemps

Micrografx

Alexander & Alexander, Inc.

Kel-Gar Inc., makers of the Stroller Holder

Varo Corp.

Continental Electronics

Burgess Industries

Dresser Industries

Tricia Wilson Design, hotel interiors

Campbell Taggart, Inc.

Wolfe & Co., theatrical design



NOTABLE INVENTIONS A MERE SAMPLING

The pocket calculator

The microchip

The canine sauna

The Comedy Defensive Driving School

The Norwood A-12 car

The convenience store

Big hair

Top 40 radio

North Central Expressway

Toll Tags

The S&L Crisis

MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

The Church of the Sub-genius



THE DALLAS LOOK A FEW OF THE REASONS WE LOOK THE WAY WE DO

Jerry Hall

Kim Dawson

Morgan Fairchild

Cowboy Cheerleaders

Mary Kay Cosmetics

Barry Wells, tie designer

Victor Costa

Bea Harper Designs

Barboglio

Haggar

BeautiControl Cosmetics

Resistol Hats

Sandra Garratt, created the “Units” look

Watters & Watters, bridesmaid dresses

Neiman Marcus

Fossil watches

Jerell, Inc.

Multiples At Home

Ginnie Johansen

Lori Bagley, model

Angie Harmon, model

Jan Strimple, model

Sharon Summerall, model

Diane DeWitt, model

Ed Locke, model

House of Monster, kids clothing

Tracy Feith, see page 42

Peggy Taylor Talent

Cynthia Moon, designer

Todd Oldham, see page 58



NATIVE CELEBRITIES

Tommy Bond and Spanky McFarland of “Our Gang”

Robby Benson, voice of the beast in Beauty and the Beast

Aaron Spelling, producer of “Charlie’s Angels” and “Dynasty”

L.M. Kit Carson, co-author of Paris, Texas and author of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Lulu Smith, “Hee Haw” alum

Steve Railsback, Charles Manson in Helter Skelter

Stuart Margolin. Angel on “The Rockford Files”

Regina Taylor, stars in “I’ll Fly Away”

Patricia Richardson, stars in “Home Improvement”

Brynn Thayer, television actress

James Noble, played the governor on “Benson”

Barney the Dinosaur

Bob Banner, heads successful independent production company in Hollywood

John Alonzo, cinematographer, Chinatown and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Chantal Westerman, ABC morning show

Rody Kent, casting agent



MOVIES MADE IN OUR OWN BACK YARD

Ruby

Logan’s Run

JFK

Talk Radio

Bom on the Fourth of July

Problem Child

RoboCop

The Karate Kid

Semi-Tough

Bonnie and Clyde

Phantom of the Paradise

Silkwood

Benji

State Fair

Square Dance

Trip to Bountiful

The Thin Blue Line

Executive Action

True Stories

The Killer Shrews

The Giant Gila Monster



Television Shows Shot in Dallas

“Dallas”

“Dangerous Curves”-CBS’ new late-night drama



EATING DALLAS Restaurants OUR MOST NATIONALLY PROMINENT CHAINS

Grandy’s

Pizza Inn

Chili’s

La Madeleine

Sfuzzi

The Black-Eyed Pea/Dixie House

On The Border

Steak and Ale/Bennigan’s

I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt

El Chico

El Fenix

The Old Spaghetti Warehouse



Products

West End Lager and Texas Bluebonnet beers

Mozzarella Company

Morgen Chocolates

Take Stock, prepared soup stocks

Texas Gourmet Picante Sauce

La Créme coffees

Jimmy Dean sausage

Texas Hooies, cheese straws

Ham I Am-produces Cha Cha Chips and Muy Mucho Hot Sauce

Momo’s pasta sauces

Taste Teasers-jalapeno products

Cooking With Amber, Inc.

Tolbert’s Chili Mix and Tolbert’s Texas Hot Sauce

Tommaso’s Fresh Pasta

Red River Chili

Mariano Martinez’s margarita mix

Oak Farms Milk

Cabell’s Milk



Icons

Brownie’s

Club Schmitz

Fletcher’s Corny Dogs

Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse

Tolbert’s

The Mecca

Adair’s

Luna’s Tortilla Factory

Prince of Hamburgers

Keller’s Drive-in

Highland Park Cafeteria

Guadalajara

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Clara’s Kitchen

Goff’s Hamburgers

Rudolph’s Market and Sausage Factory

Wyatt’s Cafeteria



SPORTS NATIVE-BORN ATHLETES AND SPORTS RELATED STUFF

Harvey Martin

Paul Wylie. silver medalist/Olympic skater

Andy Granatelli, auto racer Spud Webb

Lee Elder, first African-American to play in the Masters, 1975

Doug English, all-pro defensive lineman, Detroit Lions

Lamar Hunt, founder of the AFL

Kyle Rote, Jr.

Lee Trevino

Doak Walker

Larry Johnson, NBA rookie with Charlotte Hornets

Michael Johnson. Oak Cliff sprinter; predicted to take the gold in summer Olympics

Curtis Cokes, boxer

Dallas Cowboys

Ernie Banks. Hall of Famer

Hoop-It-Up

Dallas Mavericks

Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure

Beckett Baseball Card Monthly

Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer, founder of the National Cheerleader Supply Co. and creator of the famous “Herkie” jump

The Von Erichs

Ricky Pierce, basketball player with Seattle

Don January, golfer

Anne Smith, tennis champ

Heisman trophy winners: Davey O’Brien and Tim Brown



THE SOUND OF DALLAS Musicians Born Here

Marvin Lee Aday, better known as Meatloaf; appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wayne’s World

Stephen Stills-“For What It’s Worth”

Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone-’Everyday People”

Jimmie Vaughan-“Tough Enough”

Tevin Campbell-“Round and Round”

Trini Lopez-“If I Had a Hammer”

Al “TNT” Braggs-“Share Your Love With Me”

Michael Martin Murphy- “Wildfire”

Roy Hargrove-see page 62 Bobbi Humphrey, jazz flautist

Jerry Fisher-sang with Blood, Sweat and Tears Bruce Chanel-“Hey Baby”



Careers Born Here

Ray Price-“For the Good Times”; “Crazy Arms”

T-Bone Walker-’Stormy Monday Blues”

Ray Charles-yes, believe it or not.

Ray Wylie Hubbard-’Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother”

Mouse and the Traps (with Bugs Henderson)-“Public Execution”

Johnnie Taylor-“Disco Lady”

Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of ZZ Top-“La Grange”

Dixie Chicks-“Thank Heavens for Dale Evans”

Sara Hickman-“I Couldn’t Help Myself”

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians-“What Am”

The Mac Band-“Roses are Red”

Steve Miller-“Space Cowboy”; “The Joker”

Boz Scaggs-“Lido Shuffle”; “Lowdown”; “JoJo”

Vince Vance & The Valiants-“Bomb Iran”

Kenny and The Kasuals- “Journey Through Time”

Michael Nesmith of The Monkees-“Daydream Believer”

Dan Seals-“Bop”

Sid King and The Five Strings-“Oobie Doobie”

Five Americans-’”Western Union”

The Nitecaps-“Wine, Wine, Wine”

Mac Curtis-“If I Had a Woman”

Brave Combo-“Do Something Different”

Killbilly-“Muddy Rio Grande”

Vanilla Ice-“Ice, Ice, Baby”

Ten Hands-“Alligator Eyes”

Pop Poppins-“On a Moving Train”

Willis Alan Ramsey-wrote “Muskrat Love”

The Butt Hole Surfers-“I Smoke Elvis Presley’s Toenails”

Cafe Noir-“La Manouche”



The Music Biz

Dragon Street Records Buddy Magazine

Showco-concert sound systems

Vari-Lite-concert stage lighting

Snuff Garrett, record producer



The Songs about Us

“Big D”

“Deep Elem Blues” by the Shelton Brothers

“Dallas Cowboys” by Charley Pride

“Dallas Alice” by Joe Stampley

“Backside Of Dallas” by Jeannic C. Riley

“Goin” to Dallas” by Lightnin’ Hopkins

“Makin’ Up For Lost Time” by Crystal Gayle

“Oak Cliff Bra” by Edie Brickell

“Dallas In The Rain” by Clyde Crell

“Alice You’ve Made Dallas” by Lee Ferell

“’Hot Nite In Dallas” by Moon Martin

“Saturday Night In Dallas” by Kenny Seratt

And the following have recorded songs called “Dallas”-Jimmy Buffett, Floyd Cramer, Joe Ely, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson. Poco and Vern Stovall