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FORMER TRAIL BLAZER IS 52 TODAY

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Clyde Austin Drexler

Drexler is a Hall of Fame guard/forward known as Clyde “The Glide”. He 
won an Olympic gold medal with the legendary Dream Team in 1992; was
selected to 10 NBA All-Star games as a member of the Portland Trail
Blazers and Houston Rockets and won an NBA Championship with the
Rockets in 1995. In his best season came in 1992 with Portland; he
finished second in MVP voting behind the legendary Michael Jordan.

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BRIAN WILSON IS 72 TODAY

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Brian Douglas Wilson

Wilson co-wrote over twenty-five top forty hits as co-founder of The
Beach Boys
, including such hits as “Good Vibrations” in 1966 and
“Surfin’ USA” in 1963.

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TV SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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Gale Storm and co-star Charles Farrell

My Little Margie is sitcom starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that
alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was
created by Frank Fox and produced in Los Angeles, California at Hal
Roach Studios
by Hal Roach, Jr. and Roland D. Reed.

My Little Margie premiered on CBS as the summer replacement for I
Love Lucy
on June 16, 1952, under the sponsorship of Philip Morris
cigarettes.When the series moved to NBC for its third season in the
fall of 1953, Scott Paper Company became the sponsor.    

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INFLUENTIAL SINGER DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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       Clyde Lensley McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972)

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This 1970 album was Clyde McPhatter’s final and was not a success. He died
two years later.

McPhatter is perhaps the most widely imitated R&B singer of the 1950s and 1960s. making him a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. He is best known for
his solo hit "A Lover’s Question" and for being the founder of the original group,
The Drifters in 1953. 
He left a legacy of over 22 years of recording history. 

Clyde McPhatter was the first artist in music history to become a double inductee
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  

McPhatter died in his sleep at the age of only 39 from complications of heart, liver, 
and kidney disease, brought on by alcohol abuse. Thus McPatter’s hopes for a 
major comeback ended. 

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SINGERS TOGEATHER ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Elvis Presley (center) and Buddy Holly (far right) appear together at Fair Park 
Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas where Buddy opened for Elvis. They also both appeared at an autograph session at Connelly’s Pontiac car dealership in 
Lubbock to promote the gig.

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