Archive for August 22nd, 2015

NUMBER-ONE SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The Supremes’ version of “Where Did Our Love Go” is ranked #475 on Rolling
Stone
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s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also the first of five Supremes
songs in a row to reach number one.

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VALERIE HARPER IS 76 TODAY

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Valerie Kathryn Harper

Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore
Show (1970-1977) and on the spin-off series Rhoda (1974-1978). She earned
four Emmy Awards for her role as Rhoda across the two series. Her career in
roles began as a dancer and chorus girl in various Broadway productions
and made her big screen debut in the 1956 feature Rock Rock Rock!
  
On March 6, 2013, Harper announced that tests from a hospital stay revealed
she has a rare condition in which cancer cells spread into the meninges, the
membranes surrounding the brain. Last year Harper said she was responding
well to chemotherapy treatment.

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PAST HEADLINE NEWS STORIES

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CINDY WILLIAMS IS 68 TODAY

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Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams

Williams starred as Shirley Feeney on the ABC series Laverne
and Shirley
from 1976 to 1983. She was also Laurie Henderson
in the hit 1973 coming of age film American Graffiti. She debuted
as an actress through a variety of commercials for Foster Grant
sunglasses. She made her big screen debut in the 1970 Roger
Corman
film Gas-s-s-s.

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Cindy Williams with Ron Howard in American Graffiti

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