Archive for 2012

BEACH BOY BRIAN WILSON IS 70 TODAY

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During  the summer of 2011, The Beach Boys reunited to re-record their
hit, "Do it Again" which will be made into a music video to promote a world
tour this year. The Beach Boys released their new album, That’s Why God
Made the Radio
, on June 5, 2012. The album’s title track was released as
its first single in April 2012

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MR. GUITAR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924

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Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins
(June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001)

Chet Atkins was a influential and unique guitarist and record producer who,
along with Owen Bradley, created the smooth country music style known as
the Nashville sound,

Atkins received, among many honors, 14 Grammy Awards as well as the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association
Instrumentalist of the Year awards, and was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum
.

 


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JOHN GOODMAN TURNED 60 TODAY

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John Stephen Goodman is a popular film, television, and 
stage actor. He is best known for his role as
Dan Conner 
on the ABC television series Roseanne (1988-1997) for 
which he won a
Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993.

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FAIRY SOAP, ONLY 5 CENTS

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July 1914 issue of “The Ladies’ World” magazine

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STOOGE BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1897

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   Moses Harry Horwitz
(June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)

He was known professionally as Moe Howard, an actor and
comedian best remembered as the leader of The Three
Stooges
, the farce comedy team who starred in motion
pictures and television for four decades. His distinctive
hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his
curls with a pair of scissors, producing a ragged bowl cut.

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The Three Stooges from left: Larry Fine,  Moe Howard,
and Curly Howard

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