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TODAY IN HISTORY

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MICK FLEETWOOD IS 66 TODAY

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Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood

Fleetwood is a British musician best known for his role as the drummer and
co-founder of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname and
that of John McVie formed the name of the band. He was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

 

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Fleetwood Mac today

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BOBBY “BLUE” BLAND HAS DIED AT 83

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      Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland (January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013)

GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland, who blended Southern
blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further on
up the Road," has died.

Bland’s son Rodd said his father died about 5:30 p.m. Sunday at his Memphis
home surrounded by relatives. His son said he died from complications from
an ongoing illness.

Since 2008, Bland had been using a wheelchair to limit his walking but would
stand up at his performances, as he did in November when he sang at his
induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

He was inducted in 1992 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which hailed
him as "second in stature only to B.B. King as a product of Memphis’ Beale
Street blues scene."

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THE RETURN OF THE TWINKIE ANNOUNCED!

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(AP) – Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to
shelves starting on July 15.

The company that went bankrupt in early 2012 after an acrimonious fight with its 
unionized workers is back up and running under new owners, Metropoulos & Co.
and Apollo Global Management. The team bought Twinkies and other Hostess
cakes products for $410 million.

The company says the cakes will taste the same but that the boxes will now bear
the tag line "The Sweetest Comeback In The History Of Ever."

Twinkies were invented in the town of River Forest, Illinois on April 6, 1930 by
James Alexander Dewar, a baker for the Continental Baking Company.

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James A. Dewar

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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The Miracles

"The Tracks of My Tears" is considered by many to be among the
finest recordings of The Miracles, and it sold over one million
records within two years, making it The Miracles’ fourth million-
selling record. It has also been inducted into the
Grammy Hall
of
Fame
, and is listed by Rolling Stone magazine as #50 in its
listing of
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. turned 73 in February

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