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"The Greatest Music Of All Time?"
Who’s the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer who was in a popular group in the 1960s, then had 12 Top 20 solo hits between 1969 and 1984, and won Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991?
The answer to the music trivia question can be found at the end of today's post.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Singer Shakira, 35. Actress (Stacked) Marissa Jaret Winokur, 39. Actress (24, Two Guys A Girl And A Pizza Place) Jennifer Westfeldt, 42. Pro golfer Bob Estes, 46. Actress (The Guiding Light) Kim Zimmer, 57. Actor (Miami Vice, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Rambo: First Blood) Michael Talbott, 57. Model/actress (National Lampoon’s Vacation, Vegas Vacation) Christie Brinkley, 58. Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day, The Aviator) Brent Spiner, 63. Country music singer (Bellamy Brothers) Howard Bellamy, 66. Actor (Dynasty, The Rockford Files, American Graffiti, Midnight Express) Bo Hopkins, 70. Singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Hollies member)/Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash, 70. Comedian/singer/TV show co-host Tom Smothers, 75. Actor (Soap, Private Benjamin, Three’s A Crowd) Robert Mandan, 80. Actress (Monster-In-Law, My Sister Eileen, Cocoon: The Return, A Farewell To Arms)/singer/panelist (Pantomime Quiz) Elaine Stritch, 87. Gossip columnist Liz Smith, 89. Baseball Hall of Famer "Red" Schoendienst, 89.
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What A Day This Has Been
February 2, 1653…New Amsterdam was incorporated. It was later renamed New York City.
February 2, 1848…The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signaled the end of the U.S.-Mexican War. Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming were turned over to the United States for $15,000,000 and acceptance of responsibility for all claims against Mexico by American citizens.
February 2, 1863…Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens used the nom de plume "Mark Twain" for the first time.
February 2, 1876…Baseball's National League was founded, with teams in eight cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Hartford and Louisville. The Boston and New York teams later moved to the American League. Louisville and Hartford are now minor-league baseball cities.
February 2, 1887…The first Groundhog Day was observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
February 2, 1897…In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capitol was destroyed by fire. A new statehouse was dedicated on the same site nine years later.
February 2, 1913…In New York City, Grand Central Terminal, now known as Grand Central Station, officially opened at 12:01 a.m. More than 150,000 people visited the largest terminal in the world on its opening day.
February 2, 1932…Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ivie Anderson and solos by Johnny Hodges and Joe Nanton, recorded "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
February 2, 1937…Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians recorded "Boo Hoo."
February 2, 1945…British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt left for Yalta and a summit meeting with Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
February 2, 1946…The radio quiz show "Twenty Questions," with sportscaster Bill Slater as emcee, made its debut on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The program ran for eight years on radio and six years on television.
February 2, 1950…The quiz show "What's My Line?" began its 25½-year run on CBS-TV. The live program, initially titled "Occupation Unknown," debuted on a Thursday at 8:00 p.m., ET. After airing on alternate Wednesdays, then alternate Thursdays, it finally settled into its weekly Sunday 10:30 p.m. slot in October 1950 and remained there until 1975. Veteran radio and TV newsman John Charles Daly was the host for its entire run.
February 2, 1955…Ten years before gaining attention in the U.S., Petula Clark had her first major hit on the UK record charts with a song called "Majorca."
February 2, 1956…The Coasters signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
February 2, 1956…In New York, Perry Como recorded "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)."
February 2, 1957…Dale Hawkins recorded "Susie-Q."
February 2, 1957…Fats Domino sang "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday" on NBC-TV's "The Perry Como Show."
February 2, 1959…At the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their final show. Admission was $1.25. Your editor's pal and radio colleague Bob Hale was the emcee. The last song of the night was the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."
February 2, 1959…Pat Boone was pictured on the cover of LIFE magazine.
February 2, 1959…Frankie Avalon released "Venus."
February 2, 1959…The Coasters released "Charlie Brown."
February 2, 1960…In Los Angeles, Bobby Darin recorded "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" and "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby."
February 2, 1963...The Beatles began their first British tour at the Gaumont Cinema in Bradford, England, opening for Helen Shapiro. The Fab Four were at the bottom of the six-act bill and split wages of £80 (about $225 US) a week.
February 2, 1964…Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas recorded "Little Children," produced by George Martin.
February 2, 1965…Frank Avalon guest-starred in an episode of ABC-TV's military drama series "Combat! "
February 2, 1968…Simon & Garfunkel recorded "Mrs. Robinson."
February 2, 1969…Actor (Thriller, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Frankenstein, The Bride Of Frankenstein, Son Of Frankenstein, The Body Snatcher, The Mummy, The Raven, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Invisible Ray, Scarface, The Black Cat, House of Frankenstein, Mr. Wong Detective, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, Isle of the Dead, Charlie Chan at the Opera, Voodoo Island, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Walking Dead)/narrator (TV's How The Grinch Stole Christmas) Boris Karloff died of emphysema at 81.
February 2, 1969…Yoko Ono divorced her first husband, Tony Cox and was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko. Yoko married John Lennon six weeks later.
February 2, 1970…Nobel Prize-winning author (A History Of Western Philosophy)/philosopher Bertrand Russell died at 97.
February 2, 1972…Actress (North By Northwest, To Catch A Thief, Airport, Goodbye Again, My Man Godfrey, The Girl He Left Behind, It Happens Every Spring, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Critic's Choice, Boys' Night Out, My Foolish Heart, Gidget Goes to Rome, Bon Voyage!) Jessie Royce Landis died of cancer at 67.
February 2, 1973…James R. Schlesinger became the ninth director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, succeeding Richard Helms.
February 2, 1973…Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboard player Keith Emerson injured his hands when a rigged piano prematurely exploded during a concert in San Francisco.
February 2, 1973…Boxer Muhammed Ali met Elvis Presley in Las Vegas and presented him with boxing gloves inscribed "You're the greatest" (on the left glove) and "To Elvis, my main man, from Muhammad Ali" (on the right). Ali later recalled: "I felt sorry for him because he didn't enjoy life the way he should. He stayed indoors all the time. I told him he should go out and see people."
February 2, 1973…NBC-TV debuted a new Friday night pop concert series, "Midnight Special," with Helen Reddy as the first host. Wolfman Jack later took over hosting chores for the show's eight-and-a-half-year run.
February 2, 1976…"The Rich Little Show," a variety program hosted by the impressionist, began a five-month run on NBC-TV.
February 2, 1978…Van Halen signed with Warner Bros. Records.
February 2, 1978…Actress (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dead End, Wings Over Honolulu, The Saint Strikes Back, A Date with the Falcon, Submarine Alert, The Saint in Palm Springs, The Saint Takes Over, Give Her a Ring, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Five Came Back, The Gay Falcon, Forever and a Day, Follies Girl, Public Enemies, Who Killed Aunt Maggie?) Wendy Barrie died following a stroke at 65.
February 2, 1979…While celebrating his freedom after serving seven weeks in jail for assault, Sid Vicious (born Simon Ritchie) died of a drug overdose after injecting heroin that his mother had bought for him. The former Sex Pistol bass player was 21.
February 2, 1980…The U.S. FBI released details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials suspected of accepting bribes for political favors.
February 2, 1987…Writer (The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Ice Station Zebra) Alistair MacLean died of heart failure at age 64.
February 2, 1988…Pat Boone guest-starred on ABC-TV's "Moonlighting."
February 2, 1989…After nine years of military occupation, the last Russian troops left Kabul, Afghanistan.
February 2, 1989…George Michael accepted an apology and an undisclosed cash settlement (thought to be more than £100,000) from The Sun newspaper in England to settle a libel suit after the publication printed an article that claimed Michael was drunk and abusive at a party hosted by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
February 2, 1990…South Africa's President FW de Klerk promised to free Nelson Mandela. He also legalized the African National Congress and 60 other political organizations.
February 2, 1992…Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele welcomed the arrival of a son they name Rebop.
February 2, 1992…TV host (The Bert Parks Show, Break The Bank, Double Or Nothing, Stop The Music)/actor (That's The Way Of The World)/longtime Miss America Pageant emcee Bert Parks died of lung cancer at age 77.
February 2, 1993…Willie Nelson and the IRS settled their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson agreed to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance.
February 2, 1995…Celine Dion's album "The Color Of My Love" was certified Triple Platinum.
February 2, 1995…Actor (Centennial, Halloween, The Great Escape, Escape From New York, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Telefon, Oh God!, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Great Escape, The Eagle Has Landed, The Last Tycoon, You Only Live Twice, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Night of the Generals, Fantastic Voyage, Halloween 2, Look Back in Anger, Will Penny, Circus of Horrors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) Donald Pleasance died of surgical complications at age 75.
February 2, 1995…Actor (The Great Gildersleeve, Dennis the Menace, The Apartment, Auntie Mame, Mystery Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, It Happens Every Thursday, Get Yourself a College Girl, Hail, Sunny Side of the Street, Half a Hero, Has Anybody Seen My Gal, Francis Goes to the Races, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, No Man of Her Own, Hit Parade of 1951) Willard Waterman, the second person (after Harold Peary) to play the lead in the radio sitcom "The Great Gildersleeve," died at age 80. Waterman was a founding member of the radio union now known as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
February 2, 1996…Dancer/singer/actor (Going My Way, Singin' In The Rain, An American In Paris, On The Town, Léon: The Professional, Inherit the Wind, Marjorie Morningstar, Brigadoon, The Three Musketeers, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, The Pirate, Anchors Aweigh, For Me and My Gal, Les Girls, Invitation to the Dance, It's Always Fair Weather, 40 Carats, Xanadu, The Devil Makes Three, Deep in My Heart, It's a Big Country, Du Barry Was a Lady, Viva Knievel!, What a Way to Go!) Gene Kelly died after a stroke at the age of 83.
February 2, 1998…U.S. President Bill Clinton introduced his country's first balanced budget in 30 years.
February 2, 1999…Hugo Chávez Frías took office as the president of Venezuela.
February 2, 1999…Tex-Mex singer Freddy Fender received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 2, 2005…Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Max Schmeling died at 99.
February 2, 2007…R&B singer (The Rubberband Man, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, I'll Be Around) Billy Henderson, a founding and longtime member of the Spinners, died from complications of diabetes at 67.
February 2, 2007…Pianist Joe Hunter, a member of the Motown session band the Funk Brothers, died at age 79.
February 2, 2008…Actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999, The Changeling, Asylum, Running Scared, Murder By Phone, Justine, Cries in the Night, Klondike Fever, Love at First Sight, The Shape of Things to Come, Power Play, Kings of the Sun, One Man, To Kill the King, Daughter of Darkness) Barry Morse died at the age of 89.
February 2, 2009…To mark the 50th anniversary of the last performances of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, a tribute concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa raved on for six hours. The line-up included Graham Nash, Los Lobos, Wanda Jackson, Delbert McClinton, Joe Ely, Peter & Gordon, Dave Mason, Bobby Vee and Holly's original bandmates the Crickets.
February 2, 2010…Paul Anka sued his estranged wife for defamation.
February 2, 1848…The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signaled the end of the U.S.-Mexican War. Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming were turned over to the United States for $15,000,000 and acceptance of responsibility for all claims against Mexico by American citizens.
February 2, 1863…Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens used the nom de plume "Mark Twain" for the first time.
February 2, 1876…Baseball's National League was founded, with teams in eight cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Hartford and Louisville. The Boston and New York teams later moved to the American League. Louisville and Hartford are now minor-league baseball cities.
February 2, 1887…The first Groundhog Day was observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
February 2, 1897…In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capitol was destroyed by fire. A new statehouse was dedicated on the same site nine years later.
February 2, 1913…In New York City, Grand Central Terminal, now known as Grand Central Station, officially opened at 12:01 a.m. More than 150,000 people visited the largest terminal in the world on its opening day.
February 2, 1932…Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ivie Anderson and solos by Johnny Hodges and Joe Nanton, recorded "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
February 2, 1937…Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians recorded "Boo Hoo."
February 2, 1945…British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt left for Yalta and a summit meeting with Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
February 2, 1946…The radio quiz show "Twenty Questions," with sportscaster Bill Slater as emcee, made its debut on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The program ran for eight years on radio and six years on television.
February 2, 1950…The quiz show "What's My Line?" began its 25½-year run on CBS-TV. The live program, initially titled "Occupation Unknown," debuted on a Thursday at 8:00 p.m., ET. After airing on alternate Wednesdays, then alternate Thursdays, it finally settled into its weekly Sunday 10:30 p.m. slot in October 1950 and remained there until 1975. Veteran radio and TV newsman John Charles Daly was the host for its entire run.
February 2, 1955…Ten years before gaining attention in the U.S., Petula Clark had her first major hit on the UK record charts with a song called "Majorca."
February 2, 1956…The Coasters signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
February 2, 1956…In New York, Perry Como recorded "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)."
February 2, 1957…Dale Hawkins recorded "Susie-Q."
February 2, 1957…Fats Domino sang "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday" on NBC-TV's "The Perry Como Show."
February 2, 1959…At the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their final show. Admission was $1.25. Your editor's pal and radio colleague Bob Hale was the emcee. The last song of the night was the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."
February 2, 1959…Pat Boone was pictured on the cover of LIFE magazine.
February 2, 1959…Frankie Avalon released "Venus."
February 2, 1959…The Coasters released "Charlie Brown."
February 2, 1960…In Los Angeles, Bobby Darin recorded "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" and "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby."
February 2, 1963...The Beatles began their first British tour at the Gaumont Cinema in Bradford, England, opening for Helen Shapiro. The Fab Four were at the bottom of the six-act bill and split wages of £80 (about $225 US) a week.
February 2, 1964…Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas recorded "Little Children," produced by George Martin.
February 2, 1965…Frank Avalon guest-starred in an episode of ABC-TV's military drama series "Combat! "
February 2, 1968…Simon & Garfunkel recorded "Mrs. Robinson."
February 2, 1969…Actor (Thriller, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Frankenstein, The Bride Of Frankenstein, Son Of Frankenstein, The Body Snatcher, The Mummy, The Raven, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Invisible Ray, Scarface, The Black Cat, House of Frankenstein, Mr. Wong Detective, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, Isle of the Dead, Charlie Chan at the Opera, Voodoo Island, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Walking Dead)/narrator (TV's How The Grinch Stole Christmas) Boris Karloff died of emphysema at 81.
February 2, 1969…Yoko Ono divorced her first husband, Tony Cox and was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko. Yoko married John Lennon six weeks later.
February 2, 1970…Nobel Prize-winning author (A History Of Western Philosophy)/philosopher Bertrand Russell died at 97.
February 2, 1972…Actress (North By Northwest, To Catch A Thief, Airport, Goodbye Again, My Man Godfrey, The Girl He Left Behind, It Happens Every Spring, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Critic's Choice, Boys' Night Out, My Foolish Heart, Gidget Goes to Rome, Bon Voyage!) Jessie Royce Landis died of cancer at 67.
February 2, 1973…James R. Schlesinger became the ninth director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, succeeding Richard Helms.
February 2, 1973…Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboard player Keith Emerson injured his hands when a rigged piano prematurely exploded during a concert in San Francisco.
February 2, 1973…Boxer Muhammed Ali met Elvis Presley in Las Vegas and presented him with boxing gloves inscribed "You're the greatest" (on the left glove) and "To Elvis, my main man, from Muhammad Ali" (on the right). Ali later recalled: "I felt sorry for him because he didn't enjoy life the way he should. He stayed indoors all the time. I told him he should go out and see people."
February 2, 1973…NBC-TV debuted a new Friday night pop concert series, "Midnight Special," with Helen Reddy as the first host. Wolfman Jack later took over hosting chores for the show's eight-and-a-half-year run.
February 2, 1976…"The Rich Little Show," a variety program hosted by the impressionist, began a five-month run on NBC-TV.
February 2, 1978…Van Halen signed with Warner Bros. Records.
February 2, 1978…Actress (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dead End, Wings Over Honolulu, The Saint Strikes Back, A Date with the Falcon, Submarine Alert, The Saint in Palm Springs, The Saint Takes Over, Give Her a Ring, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Five Came Back, The Gay Falcon, Forever and a Day, Follies Girl, Public Enemies, Who Killed Aunt Maggie?) Wendy Barrie died following a stroke at 65.
February 2, 1979…While celebrating his freedom after serving seven weeks in jail for assault, Sid Vicious (born Simon Ritchie) died of a drug overdose after injecting heroin that his mother had bought for him. The former Sex Pistol bass player was 21.
February 2, 1980…The U.S. FBI released details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials suspected of accepting bribes for political favors.
February 2, 1987…Writer (The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Ice Station Zebra) Alistair MacLean died of heart failure at age 64.
February 2, 1988…Pat Boone guest-starred on ABC-TV's "Moonlighting."
February 2, 1989…After nine years of military occupation, the last Russian troops left Kabul, Afghanistan.
February 2, 1989…George Michael accepted an apology and an undisclosed cash settlement (thought to be more than £100,000) from The Sun newspaper in England to settle a libel suit after the publication printed an article that claimed Michael was drunk and abusive at a party hosted by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
February 2, 1990…South Africa's President FW de Klerk promised to free Nelson Mandela. He also legalized the African National Congress and 60 other political organizations.
February 2, 1992…Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele welcomed the arrival of a son they name Rebop.
February 2, 1992…TV host (The Bert Parks Show, Break The Bank, Double Or Nothing, Stop The Music)/actor (That's The Way Of The World)/longtime Miss America Pageant emcee Bert Parks died of lung cancer at age 77.
February 2, 1993…Willie Nelson and the IRS settled their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson agreed to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance.
February 2, 1995…Celine Dion's album "The Color Of My Love" was certified Triple Platinum.
February 2, 1995…Actor (Centennial, Halloween, The Great Escape, Escape From New York, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Telefon, Oh God!, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Great Escape, The Eagle Has Landed, The Last Tycoon, You Only Live Twice, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Night of the Generals, Fantastic Voyage, Halloween 2, Look Back in Anger, Will Penny, Circus of Horrors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) Donald Pleasance died of surgical complications at age 75.
February 2, 1995…Actor (The Great Gildersleeve, Dennis the Menace, The Apartment, Auntie Mame, Mystery Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, It Happens Every Thursday, Get Yourself a College Girl, Hail, Sunny Side of the Street, Half a Hero, Has Anybody Seen My Gal, Francis Goes to the Races, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, No Man of Her Own, Hit Parade of 1951) Willard Waterman, the second person (after Harold Peary) to play the lead in the radio sitcom "The Great Gildersleeve," died at age 80. Waterman was a founding member of the radio union now known as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
February 2, 1996…Dancer/singer/actor (Going My Way, Singin' In The Rain, An American In Paris, On The Town, Léon: The Professional, Inherit the Wind, Marjorie Morningstar, Brigadoon, The Three Musketeers, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, The Pirate, Anchors Aweigh, For Me and My Gal, Les Girls, Invitation to the Dance, It's Always Fair Weather, 40 Carats, Xanadu, The Devil Makes Three, Deep in My Heart, It's a Big Country, Du Barry Was a Lady, Viva Knievel!, What a Way to Go!) Gene Kelly died after a stroke at the age of 83.
February 2, 1998…U.S. President Bill Clinton introduced his country's first balanced budget in 30 years.
February 2, 1999…Hugo Chávez Frías took office as the president of Venezuela.
February 2, 1999…Tex-Mex singer Freddy Fender received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 2, 2005…Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Max Schmeling died at 99.
February 2, 2007…R&B singer (The Rubberband Man, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, I'll Be Around) Billy Henderson, a founding and longtime member of the Spinners, died from complications of diabetes at 67.
February 2, 2007…Pianist Joe Hunter, a member of the Motown session band the Funk Brothers, died at age 79.
February 2, 2008…Actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999, The Changeling, Asylum, Running Scared, Murder By Phone, Justine, Cries in the Night, Klondike Fever, Love at First Sight, The Shape of Things to Come, Power Play, Kings of the Sun, One Man, To Kill the King, Daughter of Darkness) Barry Morse died at the age of 89.
February 2, 2009…To mark the 50th anniversary of the last performances of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, a tribute concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa raved on for six hours. The line-up included Graham Nash, Los Lobos, Wanda Jackson, Delbert McClinton, Joe Ely, Peter & Gordon, Dave Mason, Bobby Vee and Holly's original bandmates the Crickets.
February 2, 2010…Paul Anka sued his estranged wife for defamation.
I Did Not Know That!
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art. - Bliss Carman
Joke du Jour A man and his wife walk into a dentist's office.
The man says to the dentist, “Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic, just pull the tooth, and be done with it. We have a 10:00 AM tee-time at the best golf course in town and it's 9:30 already. I don't have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!”
The dentist thinks to himself, “My goodness, this is surely a very brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything to kill the pain.”
So the dentist asks him, “Which tooth is it, sir?”
The man turns to his wife and says, “Open your mouth, honey, and show him which one.”
Answer:
John Lennon. Four of his Top 10 solo hits came between 1981 and 1984, following his death in late 1980. Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award was given posthumously in 1991. He was inducted, as a solo performer, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, six years after he was enshrined as a member of the Beatles.
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