Archive for November 21st, 2014

TURN THOSE DEAD FLIES INTO CASH!

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1960

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The doo-wop song “Stay” was written by Maurice Williams in 1953 when
he was 15 years old. The song remains the shortest single ever to reach
the top of the record charts, at 1 minute 50 seconds in length. By 1990, it
had sold more than 8 million copies. It received a new lease of popularity
after being featured on the 1987 Dirty Dancing soundtrack. The song was
named as the Greatest Really Short Rock Song of all time by Digital Dream
Door.

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Maurice Williams, who turned 76 in April, is still active
in the music industry, residing in Charlotte, North
Carolina
. He was inducted into the North Carolina
Music Hall of Fame
in 2010.

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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JOSEPH CAMPANELLA IS 90 TODAY

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Joseph Campanella
Joseph Anthony Campanella was born in New York City, New York

Joseph Campanella is a character actor who has appeared in more than
two hundred television and film roles since 1955. He also starred in the
soap operas, Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives.

Before fame, he become one of the youngest skippers from the wartime
navy at age sixteen.

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Ken Curtis (left) and Joseph Campanella from an episode of 
Gunsmoke, 1968.

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ARRIVAL IN SAN ANTONIO ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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