Tag: Billboard hits
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Floyd Cramer master of the ‘slip note’
Floyd Cramer’s unique slip-note style became a key “Nashville sound” of the 1950s and 1960s and influenced a generation of pianists.
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Surviving Everly brother has died
Don Everly, the last brother of what Rolling Stone Magazine called “the most important vocal duo in rock” died Saturday at the age of 84.
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A cold death for seven souls
Otis Redding, 26, and five teenage members of his band were killed Dec. 10, 1967, when their twin-engine aircraft plunged into frigid Lake Monona in Wisconsin.
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Jude Jude Judy Judy Judy
Paul McCartney’s rock anthem ‘Hey Jude’ was released on this day August 26, 1968. His notes for the song — a few lines scribbled on a piece of paper — sold for $910,000 at auction.
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Bill Haley rocked Conservative America
Remembering Bill Haley, the guy who shook up 1950s conservative white America with Rock Around the Clock, died on February 9, 1981, at the age of 55.
Mary Saves the Day 