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SOPHIA LOREN IS 77 TODAY

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Italian actress Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone) won the Academy
Award for Best Actress in 1962 for her role in Two Women, along with 21
awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-
English-speaking performance. Loren has also won 50 international
award’s, including two Oscars, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy
Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. Her list of other films
include: Houseboat (1958), and El Cid (1961).

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Sophia Loren from Two Women

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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“Sugar, Sugar",written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, was recorded by fictional
characters The Archies, spent four-weeks at number one. It was originally
released on the album Everything’s Archie, the result of a group of studio
musicians managed by Don Kirshner with lead vocals by Ron Dante
accompanied by Toni Wine and Andy Kim. The use of multitracking
created the voices of the Archies.

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Don Krishner

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Toni Wine

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Andy Kim

 

the archies - everything's archie 1969 front

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