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#RIP #OTD in 2004, operatic baritone Robert Merrill died at his home in New Rochelle, New York, aged 87, while watching Game 1 of the 2004 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. Sharon Gardens Cemetery in Valhalla, New York https://t.co/OG3EZ0SDyZ pic.twitter.com/e9Y1psxJn5
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 23, 2023
23 October 2014. Glam rock star, Alvin Stardust, died (aged 72). He previously used the stage name Shane Fenton, and had 4 UK top 40 hits in the early 1960s. He was far more successful as Stardust having a number of hits in the 1970s including the No.1 hit Jealous Mind. pic.twitter.com/YTv22PTPCR
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 23, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1969: The Archies - Sugar Sugar https://t.co/WlqM6AzMRq via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 23, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1984: Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You https://t.co/KeOvxG5e5A via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 23, 2023
Remembering #PeteBurns who sadly died today in 2016 aged 57. pic.twitter.com/zstc9gPmSh
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 23, 2023
Happy Birthday 🎈🏁#PaulineBlack 7️⃣0️⃣#Selecter
‘On My Radio’https://t.co/w2Syqd1mjc via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/NFkMczp8AY
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 23, 2023
#TheFrankAndWalters
‘New York’ from the album ‘Glass’ released in October 2000‘Spending days just walking streets
And the nights with Village queens
She wasn’t scared of the dark
While walking around Prospect Park
She fell in love with New York’https://t.co/8F7lDmEvBy pic.twitter.com/OOM7LyV1Yx— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 23, 2023
#TheWeddingPresent
‘Brassneck’ from the album ‘Bizarro’ released in 1989https://t.co/joBvuOD9q6 via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/DEO3b55QNa— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 23, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2017, pianist and singer-songwriter ("Ain't That A Shame", "Blueberry Hill") Fats Domino died in Harvey, Louisiana at the age of 89. Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana https://t.co/L6uuVxp65T pic.twitter.com/iku9ZWZL9L
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 24, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2018 singer-songwriter ("Polk Salad Annie", "Rainy Night in Georgia"), guitarist, the Swamp Fox, Tony Joe White died from a heart attack at his home in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, aged 75. Polk Salad Valley Ranch in Stone County, Arkansas https://t.co/L6uuVxp65T pic.twitter.com/Xfi5Bz8K9s
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 24, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1961: Dion- Runaround Sue https://t.co/hunOI5zkxB via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 24, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1962: The Tornados - Telstar https://t.co/jMVYKiY3oK via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 24, 2023