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A well rounded evening of rock
(Arizona Republic, 1969-05-24)

It was a well rounded evening of rock on the State Fairground Memorial Coliseum floor last night with the Iron Butterfly and Alice Cooper in concert. Zephyr, originally included in the lineups, failed ot appear because of health reasons....

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'Pretties for You' latest album by Alice Cooper
(Arizona Republic, 1969-05-25)

Alice Cooper, as most avid music buffs in this locality are no doubt aware, is not a newly-arrived musical counterpart to Kate Smith or one of the Lennon Sisters. Nor is Alice Cooper even another Janis Joplin or Aretha Franklin....

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Alice Cooper, Helen Hayes?
(Arizona Republic, 1974-01-23)

In our New Year's "put-on" column (about show business situations guaranteed not to happen in the year ahead — and probably won't) we itemed as follows: Perplexingly, the "Beverly Sills Sings Alice Cooper" program fails to draw in its...

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Alice is Ozzie when off stage
(Arizona Republic, 1974-09-04)

The Wednesday Wash: What better way to begin the st-Labor Day entertainment scene than with some quotes from an unusual performing Phoenix native you'd never believe considers himself an Ozzie Nelson offstage? Well, if you care to accept...

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'Alice' in Wonderland
(Arizona Republic, 1974-12-08)

It's a long way from a letterman's banquet at Cortez High to the biggest concert halls in the country. Alice Cooper has made that journey, quite successfully, and now has a Boswell to tell us all about it. ...

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Cooper in sanitarium, has drinking problem
(Arizona Republic, 1977-11-01)

Alice Cooper, lead singer in the rock band of the same name, is in a New York sanitarium recovering from a bout of alcoholism, a spokeswoman for the entertainer said Monday. A newspaper report here had Cooper, who once boasted he drank...

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Dancing around Alice
(Arizona Republic, 1983-02-03)

Sheryl Cooper, wife of rock star Alice Cooper and a new resident of the Valley, will teach a workshop in intermediate and beginning jazz dance at 2 p.m. Saturday at Profile for Dance, 1509 W. Thomas Road. Mrs. Cooper has appeared...

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Hearing on support scheduled in Alice Cooper divorce case
(Arizona Republic, 1983-12-15)

Maricopa County Superior Court officials say they have set a Jan. 30 hearing to determine how much support rock star Alice Cooper should pay his estranged wife while their divorce is pending. Sheryl Cooper, 27, filed for dissolution...

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Perhaps Cooper will name her Alice
(Arizona Republic, 1992-12-15)

Rocker Alice Cooper is a daddy again. His wife, Sheryl, gave birth to a 9-pound girl at 10:39 a.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. The girl reportedly hadn't been named by Monday afternoon. The couple, who have another...

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Clancy and Co.
(Arizona Republic, 1995-10-04)

Alice Cooper is lending his name to local charity. The rock star will be at a benefit party at Planet Hollywood on Oct. 29. Cooper, a Valley resident, is a frequent PH customer. Info: 954-7827. Earlier the same day, Cooper will host the eighth annual ...

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Alice Cooper still rockin' at 48
(Arizona Republic, 1996-06-23)

Mom, Dad, three kids and Grandma pack into a van and head for Tucson. Dad looks a bit road-weary when he pulls up to the hotel at midafternoon on Tuesday. He registers in the lobby, and the rest of the clan slowly gather their belongings...

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Long Hair To No Hair - Kids Hear Quite A Tale
(Arizona Republic, 1996-12-19)

"Alice Cooper was scheduled to read to 200 kids Wednesday at Encanto School. Instead the kids were treated to Joe Garagiola. Cooper came down with the flu, so Gargiola was the pinch hitter. 'You were expecting a long-haired rock star,' Garagiola said...

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Mr Right Down The Line
(Arizona Republic, 1997-01-10)

AZ Golf writer Bill Huffman recently played a round with Alice Cooper at the Phoenician. The rock star from Phoenix had the following observations on the game: BH: How long have you been playing golf? AC: I've been at it since the early 1970's...

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Hangin' With Alice Cooper
(Arizona Republic, 1997-02-10)

In a recent article by James Carville in 'Salon', an electronic magazine, the president's pal explained how he was going to skip the inauguration - it wasn't worth all the trouble. I hate things like that. Sure, Carville could have had great seats...

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Stars of Rock and Roll and Rough
(Arizona Republic, 1997-02-23)

Many of the celebrities who came out for the Alice Cooper Celebrity Golf Tournament confessed their love for the Coop and for golf, but not necessarily any particular gift for the game. 'I stink,' said Valley resident and Megadeth member Dave...

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Celebs Raise Golf Green For Teens
(Arizona Republic, 1997-02-25)

Alice Cooper is building a center where teens can go when 'school's out for summer' or just for the day. Last weekend's celebrity golf tournament will help pay for it. 'No one got hit by a golf ball and no one got sued, so we're happy,' Cooper...

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Sandsharks
(Arizona Republic, 1997-04-02)

Rock musician Alice Cooper, former Suns player Tom Van Arsdale and 15 other Valley businessmen have become members of the ownership group for the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. Cooper pledged...

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Mr. Cooper Has A New Nightmare For Hometown
(Arizona Republic, 1997-08-25)

The edict comes straight from the mouth of Alice Cooper's publicist: Whatever you do, please don't ask him about Phoenix. Seems his handlers believe that here in the Valley, everyone knows everything about its favorite musical son. His golf...

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"Cooperstown"
(Arizona Republic, 1998-03-25)

'In a vacant lot on Jackson Street, the music from Alice Cooper's "Feed My Frankenstein" filled the afternoon air. Smoke seeped from around the steel door on the side of a building as two ghouls stepped out, followed by Cooper. It was the...

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The Scoop on Cooper'stown
(Arizona Republic, 1999-03-25)

Alice Cooper - he may be a hometown celebrity, but saddling up to the bar and ordering a Bloody Mary from this ex-glam rocker might scare some people off. Don't worry, we found Alice Cooper'stown to be a friendly place, even though the...

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School's Back In, Rockers!
(Arizona Republic, 1999-04-29)

'If you're going to do a box set, you really couldn't do it any better than the guys at Rhino did for Alice Cooper. This baby, which reached stores last week, has everything a fan looks for in these things: There are 84 tracks, licensed from 12 sources...

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Life In Rock's Fast Lane Din in Buxton, Family And Friends Say
(Arizona Republic, 1999-11-10)

Glen Buxton was a wisecracking loner thrust into the no-holds-barred world of rock'n'roll, where his fate was sealed. Originally from Akron and a founding member of the Alice Cooper group, Buxton was cursed with a double whammy: a penchant for...

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It's 50 candles for Cooper, 51 for Quayle
(Arizona Republic, 2000-05-18)

Alice Cooper has a few miles under his belt. So it was only appropriate that on Wednesday, his 50th birthday, locals suggested a freeway be named after him. Squaw Peak Parkway would become the Alice Cooper Parkway instead of the Ronald...

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Best in Show
(Arizona Republic, 2000-12-28)

He may not be Eighteen anymore, but the Valley's own Alice Cooper was on a roll when he invited the public to a Web Theatre dress rehearsal for his "Brutal Planet" tour May 18. With a scorching young backup band and several costume changes...

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Alice's elves
(Arizona Republic, 2002-12-09)

As Alice Cooper rocks Canada, Russia, Germany and Scandinavia on a three-month tour, the seemingly ageless performer has been relying on a few key people back home in the Valley to organize his second annual Christmas...

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Alice Cooper: 'Along Came A Spider'
(Arizona Republic, 2008-08-05)

The Valley's favorite rock star has recorded plenty of albums with concepts woven in, celebrating everything from school letting out to the excesses of America to the apocalypse. For his 25th studio release, the 60-year-old singer and his band ...

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Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding lineup announced
(Arizona Republic, 2008-11-13)

Fleetwood Mac alumnus Bob Welch, heavy-metal band F5, country-rockers Whiskey Falls and Tempe's Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers will headline the eighth edition of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding in Phoenix....

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Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding lineup grows
(Arizona Republic, 2009-11-18)

The list of acts for the ninth edition of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding benefit concert has grown to include rockers Dee Snider, Lita Ford, Warrant and Roger Cline & the Peacemakers, "American Idol" contestant Scott Macintyre and comedian...

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