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REMEMBERING THE WINTER DANCE PARTY


From left: Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly and Tommy Allsup performing
on the 1959 Winter Dance tour.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Brian Thomas

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A Beechcraft 35 Bonanza similar to N3794N, the 1947
accident aircraft.

 

04/10/11 Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens/J.P. Richardson Crash Site/Memorial, Clear Lake, IA
The memorials made by fans at the corn field crash site where the
plane came to rest.

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REVIEWING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Carlotta Bradley


Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly
(August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996)

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ANOTHER AIRPLANE SINGER HAS DIED AT 74


Jefferson Airplane


Signe Toly Anderson (September 15, 1941 – January 28, 2016), born
in Seattle and raised in Portland, Oregon after her parents divorced.

Beaverton, Oregon  (AP) – Signe Toly Anderson, a vocalist and original member
of the Jefferson Airplane who left the band after its first record and was replaced
by Grace Slick, has died.

Anderson died Thursday at her home in Beaverton, Oregon, according to her
daughter, Onateska Ladybug Sherwood. Anderson had been suffering from
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Signe Anderson, who survived cancer
in her 30s, died on the same day that another Airplane member, Paul Kantner,
died.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1939


Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman, the “King of Swing”
(May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)


                          (November 14, 1915 – December 8, 2006)

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