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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
REMEMBERING BOBBY DARIN
Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
(May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973)
Darin started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, and
recorded his own first million-seller "Splish Splash" in
1958. In 1962, he won a Golden Globe for his first film
Come September, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee
(pictured below).
Featuring Neil Sedaka on piano (1959)
ADVICE COLUMNIST DIES AT 85
Joyce Diane Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013)
(AP) – Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality
Dr. Joyce Brothers has died.
Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New
York City.
Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called "The
$64,000 Question." She became the only woman to ever win the show’s
top prize.
SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966
“Sunny Afternoon” peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles
chart in early autumn of 1966.
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