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Happy Birthday to the amazing Sheryl Lee Ralph (born December 30, 1956) whose DIVA (Divinely Inspired Victoriously Aware) Foundation https://t.co/45fh5Hywxn does important work fighting AIDS. Here's her classic In The Evening (1984) https://t.co/pH9p23DNxT @thesherylralph #disco pic.twitter.com/IuCsBR4sbq
— DJ Moon Ra (@JointzOfTheDay) December 31, 2020
#RIP #OTD in 1953, singer-songwriter, Luke the Drifter, Hank Williams, died in the back seat of a 1952 baby blue Cadillac convertible somewhere between Bristol, Virginia and Oak Hill, West Virginia, aged 29. Oakwood Annex Cemetery, Montgomery AL https://t.co/0V3q8jNwmB pic.twitter.com/b6XZao2ofN
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 1, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1997, singer, songwriter (“If I Needed You”, “To Live Is to Fly”, "Pancho and Lefty"), Townes Van Zandt died from a heart attack at his home in Smyrna, Tennessee, aged 52. Cremated remains Van Zandt family plot, Dido Cemetery in Dido, Texas https://t.co/0V3q8jNwmB pic.twitter.com/r7r5zYFCac
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 1, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 2013 singer ("With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming"; "Tennessee Waltz"; "All My Love (Bolero)"), actress Patti Page died at the Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas, California, aged 85. El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego https://t.co/0V3q8jNwmB pic.twitter.com/yOOuD0PM5T
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 1, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1972 singer ("Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi"), actor (The Love Parade, The Big Pond, One Hour with You, Love Me Tonight) Maurice Chevalier died; Necker Hospital in Paris; kidney failure, aged 83. https://t.co/0V3q8jNwmB pic.twitter.com/t0VOaivwe0
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 1, 2024
1 January 1982. In Stockholm, Sweden, ABBA, performed their last live concert. The group were one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide. In the UK, ABBA had 9 No.1 hits. They sold over 400 million records worldwide. pic.twitter.com/vtD0H1lSLA
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 1, 2024
USA No.1 on this day in 1966: Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence https://t.co/sGDCOak1Fa via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 1, 2024
UK No.1 on this day in 1969: Marmalade- Ob La Di Ob La Da https://t.co/yktbCxsSSt via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 1, 2024
Happy Birthday 🎈6️⃣6️⃣#GrandmasterFlash🎤
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
‘New York New York’https://t.co/98QW65R4Mi via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/gDPKLo77Xd
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) January 1, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1974, singer ("I'm Wastin' My Tears on You", "Jealous Heart", "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often") actor, father of actor John Ritter, Tex Ritter, died of a heart attack in Nashville aged 68. Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Texas https://t.co/vNP8CSppeB pic.twitter.com/pc32YPRZEL
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 2, 2024
UK No.1 on this day in 1953: David Whitfield- Answer Me https://t.co/uo6gdo3Yn5 via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 2, 2024
USA No.1 on this day in 1975: Helen Reddy - Angie Baby https://t.co/FpXULMom7G via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 2, 2024