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Happy 81st birthday to American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive Smokey Robinson born 19 Feb 1940. With The Miracles he had the 1970 UK & US No.1 single ‘The Tears Of A Clown’. As a solo artist Robinson scored the 1981 UK No.1 & US No.2 single ‘Being With You’. He became […]
5 Feb 2016, A new species of black tarantula that lives near Folsom Prison, California, was named after Johnny Cash. Aphonopelma johnnycashi was among 14 new tarantula species from the southern US which were described by biologists in the journal ZooKeys. https://youtu.be/wG0fS4DoGUc Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues – Live at San Quentin (Good sound […]
David Bowie – Sound And Vision • TopPop Read the full article at The Day InMusic!: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10164413691955167
5 Jan 1998, American singer, producer, and politician Sonny Bono was killed in a skiing accident at a resort near Lake Tahoe, aged 62. Bono who was one half on Sonny and Cher scored the 1965 UK & US No.1 single ‘I Got You Babe’ and had become a US Congressman. The United States Sonny […]
28 Nov 1964, The Shangri-Las went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the ‘teen death song’, ‘Leader Of The Pack’. When released in the UK the song was refused airplay by the BBC, (probably due to its deathSee More theme), where it went on to chart three times: No.11 in 1965; No.3 in […]