Archive for March, 2012

BLUEGRASS LEGEND EARL SCRUGGS HAS DIED

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Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

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      Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012)
 
 

Scruggs died of natural causes Wednesday morning in a Nashville, Tenn.
hospital. He was 88.

 

 

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‘’THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY’’ IS 57 TODAY

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Country music artist Reba Nell McEntire has released 26 studio albums
and has had 35 number-one singles. She branched out into film starting
with 1990’s Tremors. Reba starred in the Broadway revival of Annie Get
Your Gun
and also starred in her own TV sitcom, Reba on WB (20001-
2007) for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for best
Performance by an Actress in a Television Series-Musical or Comedy.

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(Academy Of Country Music Awards 2011)

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NUCLEAR ACCIDENT ON THIS DAY IN 1979

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          3mileisland time mg
           April 9, 1979

    

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RECORDED BY THE KING ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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Burning Love went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Presley’s
final top ten pop hit. Reportedly, Elvis didn’t not care for the song,
and was not comfortable performing it.

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‘’IKE’’ DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Dwight David
"Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

 

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