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#6961 · September 30, 2024, 9:56 pm

The story goes that Kris Kristofferson delivered a demo of this song to Johnny Cash via helicopter. The helicopter part was true but the recording artist who first had faith in this song was Ray Stevens. Kristofferson was moved to tears—I’m guessing around the 1.40 mark—when he first heard it. The label never got behind it. Johnny Cash heard this version, went on to play it live on TV and the rest is history.

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#6962 · September 30, 2024, 10:39 pm

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#6963 · September 30, 2024, 11:20 pm

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#6964 · October 1, 2024, 1:51 pm

1 October 2014. Lynsey de Paul died suddenly (aged 66). She had chart hits in UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single Sugar Me in 1972. She was the 1st British female to achieve a No 1 hit with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands).

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#6965 · October 1, 2024, 1:52 pm

#RIP #OTD in 2018 singer/songwriter ("Que c'est triste Venise", "She", "The Old Fashioned Way", "Comme ils disent"), actor, diplomat Charles Aznavour died from a heart attack at his home at Mouriès, France aged 94. Cimetière de Montfort l'Amaury, France thefinalfootprint.com/2024/10/01/day

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#6966 · October 1, 2024, 1:53 pm

#RIP #OTD in 2019 blues guitarist, singer (Back in Business) Beverly ‘’Guitar’’ Watkins died in Atlanta from a heart attack aged 80. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2024/10/01/day

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#6967 · October 1, 2024, 1:53 pm

UK No.1 on this day in 1970: Freda Payne - Band Of Gold.

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#6968 · October 1, 2024, 1:54 pm

USA No.1 on this day in 1983: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around).

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#6969 · October 1, 2024, 10:08 pm

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#6970 · October 1, 2024, 10:09 pm

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#6971 · October 1, 2024, 10:10 pm

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#6972 · October 2, 2024, 2:05 pm

2 October 1955. Phil Oakey was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire. He’s best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and songwriter, of the British synth-pop band, Human League. Their biggest hit was the UK and US No 1 hit Don’t You Want Me?

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#6973 · October 2, 2024, 2:06 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1981 jazz/classical pianist, singer, actress (Rhapsody in Blue, The Hazel Scott Show), civil rights/McCarthyism activist, Hazel Scott died of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan aged 61. Flushing Cemetery, New York thefinalfootprint.com/2024/10/02/day

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#6974 · October 2, 2024, 2:06 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1998 singer, songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again"), actor, The Singing Cowboy, founding owner of MLB’s California Angels, Gene Autry died; lymphoma; home in Studio City, California aged 91. Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles thefinalfootprint.com/2024/10/02/day

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#6975 · October 2, 2024, 2:07 pm

#RIP #OTD in 2017, singer-songwriter ("Refugee", "The Waiting", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'"), musician, actor, Traveling Wilburys member, Tom Petty died; accidental overdose; UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California aged 66. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2024/10/02/day