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Carlotta Bradley


Sir Sidney Poitier is celebrating his 89th birthday today.

Poitier spent time working as a dishwasher while his friends assisted
him in learning how to read the newspaper and speak without a
Bahamian accent. The American Film Institute called him one of
the 25 Greatest Male Stars of All Time in 1999.


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ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1958


Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly is singer Buddy Holly‘s debut solo album and his second
album overall (following The "Chirping" Crickets in 1957). Although
billed as a solo record, the personnel once again features Holly’s
band, the Crickets, accompanying him.  It contains one of Buddy’s
best known songs, "Peggy Sue".

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