Jon Merrill's Home Page.
Little Orphan Annie... Louanne... Aileen Quinn... Nikka Costa...
SHeDAISY... Larissa Auble...
Baby-sitters Club books... Little Lulu comics... old children's series books...
weather records… Merrill family genealogy...P.S. APRIL 14, 2008 marks 12 YEARS of continuous existence of this Web site. Many thanks for all the hits to it and for all the correspondence over the years. Jon Merrill
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Information on the “Annie People”
newsletter, the Annie movie, and lots of other tidbits about our favorite
red-haired orphan.
LOUANNE
Official Web biography of the star of "Annie" on the stage in Los Angeles in
1979 and the film "Oh God, Book II" with George Burns in 1980.
AILEEN QUINN
The
star of the 1982 "Annie" movie, plus lots of trivia about the filming
of the movie. Plus: Updates on Aileen's career in recent years.
LARISSA AUBLE
Broadway's Young Kim in "Show Boat" in the mid
'90s, who also was in "Annie
Warbucks" in New York.
CHILDREN’S SERIES
BOOKS
Titles and authors of the series I collect: Judy Bolton,
Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys,
Dana Girls, Kay Tracey, Trixie
Belden, Patty Fairfield, the Baby-sitters Club,
and other modern paperback series;
also information on The Society of Phantom
Friends for series book
collectors.
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB
"Merrill's Companion to the Baby-sitters
Club," my own complete reference to the series. Also, details about
BSC memorabilia. Also: Pictures of the Remco BSC doll pairs.
LITTLE LULU
Information on Little Lulu
fanzines, my index of Little Lulu and Tubby comic stories as a collectors’
guide, plus an article I wrote about the first ten Little Lulu comics in the
1940s.
NIKKA COSTA
Information and history of the world-famous recording star,
tracing her child,
teenage, and adult singing career, spanning 20 years, right
up into 2001 when
she released her first album ever
in the USA.
Also: Scans of
Nikka's early 45 rpm singles from her childhood.
SHeDAISY
Information and links on the hot country sister-trio act
that hit big on the
country charts starting in spring
1999. Included are early pictures of the
singing
sisters that appeared in "Annie People" a decade ago.
WEATHER RECORDS
A countdown of my favorite unusual temperature records
discovered during my
decades-long hobby of following
weather statistics.
POP MUSIC
Lists of my favorite pop hit records of the past several
decades, plus a few
"turkeys," that is, some
of my least favorite ones.
A listing of my Top 540 Favorite Records of all-time in
order, compiled as of the end of 1999.
MOVIES
Lists of my favorite movies by
decade, plus the absolute worst one ever made.
MERRILL FAMILY
GENEALOGY
Surnames in my personal genealogy
I am currently researching and tracing.
E-mail: mailto: JonMerrill@aol.com
Last Revised July 4, 2008.
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