Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:49 am

RIP OTD in 1995 singer ("A Little Bitty Tear", "A Holly Jolly Christmas") musician, actor (The Big Country, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Burl Ives died; oral cancer; his home in Anacortes, Washington, aged 85. Mound Cemetery, Hunt City Township, Illinois https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/14/day-in-history-14-april-simone-de-beauvoir/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:50 am

RIP OTD in 1999, popular singer and songwriter Anthony Newley died (aged 67). He had a dozen UK hits between 1959 and 1962 including two No 1’s. He also co-composed a number of classic songs including: Feeling Good, Bond theme Goldfinger, and The Candy Man.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Newley

Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:53 am

RIP OTD in 2015, R&B, soul and gospel singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman") Percy Sledge died of liver cancer at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 73. Baton Rouge's Heavenly Gates Cemetery https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/14/day-in-history-14-april-simone-de-beauvoir/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:54 am

USA No.1 on this day in 1985: USA For Africa - We Are The World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wNuru4U0I

Quote from Anne On on April 14, 2025, 6:55 am

UK No.1 on this day in 1995: Take That - Back for Good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ICtCO8TCw

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Quote from Anne On on April 15, 2025, 6:50 am

RIP OTD in 2001, musician, singer-songwriter ("Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"), lead vocalist of the Ramones, Joey Ramone (Jeff Hyman) died at the age of 49; lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Hillside, Lyndhurst, New Jersey https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/15/day-in-history-15-april-abraham-lincoln/

 

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 15, 2025, 6:51 am

USA No.1 on this day in 1972: Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbi_YjpA-Y

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UK No.1 on this day in 1989: The Bangles - Eternal Flame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoOFn3wQV4

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Quote from Anne On on April 16, 2025, 7:15 am

UK No.1 on this day in 1969: Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wSXTN2EfRo

Quote from Anne On on April 16, 2025, 7:15 am

USA No.1 on this day in 1974: Elton John - Bennie and the Jets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO6vBPe8Zig

Quote from Anne On on April 17, 2025, 1:58 pm

RIP OTD 1960. Rock ‘n’ Roll star Eddie Cochran (aged 21) was killed in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire. He was travelling in a taxi that was carrying him from a show in Bristol when it crashed en route to Heathrow Airport, London, to catch a flight back home to the USA.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran

Quote from Anne On on April 17, 2025, 1:59 pm

RIP OTD in 1998, musician, photographer, animal rights activist, Linda McCartney died from breast cancer at the age of 56 at the McCartney family ranch in Tucson, Arizona with her family. Cremated remains scattered; the McCartney farm in Sussex, England https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/17/day-in-history-17-april-benjamin-franklin/…

 

 

Quote from Anne On on April 17, 2025, 2:00 pm

UK No.1 on this day in 1972: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLXOWimMY8

Quote from Anne On on April 17, 2025, 2:01 pm

USA No.1 on this day in 1975: Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcmvKvc91Q