Nomination To Hit Parade Hall of Fame
In 2008, The Buckinghams were nominated for induction into The Hit Parade Hall of Fame. This organization was initiated by radio programming executive John Rook and Gil Bateman, who assembled a board of directors of extensive experience in radio broadcasting and the record industry.
IN 2012, Giammarese was presented with the "Man of the Year" award by the Secret Agent Foundation, a Chicago-area music charity that provides music instruments and instructions to underserved Chicago youth.
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They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)
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—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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