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HIS FINAL TOUR BEGAN THIS DAY IN 1959

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Buddy Holly steps off the bus

After terminating his partnership with The Crickets, Buddy Holly
assembled a new band consisting of Waylon Jennings,Tommy
Allsup
, and Carl Bunch to play on the Winter Dance Party tour
along with Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and the Big
Bopper.The musicians set out on a twenty–four day tour of the
mid-western states by bus.

The first stop on the tour was a performance in Milwaukee, Wis. 
at Devines Million Dollar Ballroom (now the Eagles Ballroom).

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From left: Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, and Tommy Allsup

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Ritchie Valens
 

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(L-R) The Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson)
 and Tommy Allsup

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NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY!

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Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates) (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008)

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ACTRESS MARY TYLER MOORE IS 76 TODAY!

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Freshman year High School (1952)

MARY TYLER MOORE
CBS-TV from 1961 to 1966

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CBS-TV from 1970 to 1977

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Before fame, Mary Tyler Moore gained her first acting role 
as a dancing elf named "Happy Hotpoint".

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‘’RAT PACK’’ MEMBER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1925

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Sammy was primarily known as a dancer and singer. He started his
successful career in Vaudeville at the age of 3 with his father and
uncle. He went on to become a world famous recording artist, TV
and film star. Davis was also a member of Frank Sinatra‘s "Rat Pack".

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The “Rat Pack” from left: Peter Lawford, Sammy, Frank
Sinatra, Joe Bishop, and Dean Martin.

 

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COMIC BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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                        Imogene Fernandez de Coca

                  (November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001)

Imogene Coca was a comic actress best known for her role
opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows, a live 90-minute
variety show that appeared Saturdays (9-10:30 p.m. ET) on
NBC from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954. Coca took
Lessons in piano, dance, and voice as a child and while still a
teenager moved from Philadelphia to New York City to become
a dancer. She got her first job in the chorus of the Broadway
musical When You Smile

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