Archive for July 16th, 2015

RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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The song “Poison Ivy” went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was The Coasters third top-ten
hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came
Jones
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The Coasters of today

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RECAPPING NEWS OF THE PAST

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Ross Simpson

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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

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Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath in Missouri)
(July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

Rogers appeared as the dance partner of Fred Astaire in a number
of classic movie musicals such as Top Hat (1935), and Swing Time
(1936). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role
in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100
Stars
list of actress screen legends.

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