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A BEATLE’S GUITAR SELLS BIG AT AUCTION

 

George Harrison‘s Maton Mastersound guitar, used during the Beatles’ live performances in the summer of 1963, sold for $485,000 at Julien’s Auctions 
Friday. The auction, which focused entirely on unique items from throughout
music history, also featured a black sequined glove worn by Michael Jackson,
a stage-worn tank top donned by Madonna and Elvis Presley’s marriage
certificate and tour bus, but it was Harrison’s used guitar that sold for the
highest bid at the auction, which took place at New York’s Hard Rock Café.



George Harrison

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ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the Beach Boys.it initially met a
lukewarm critical and commercial reception, but In later years, garnered
enormous worldwide acclaim by critics and musicians alike, and is regarded
as one of the most influential pieces in the history of popular music.

The album was produced by Brian Wilson, who also wrote and composed
almost all of its music. Sessions were conducted several months after he
had quit touring with the Beach Boys in order to focus his attention on
writing and recording.

   

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BLUES MUSICIAN B.B. KING IS DEAD AT 89


B.B. King (born Riley B. King; September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015)

On May 1, 2015, after two hospitalizations caused by complications from high
blood pressure and diabetes. King announced on his website that he was in
hospice care at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.

      

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‘STAR TREK’ ACTRESS HAS DIED AT 85

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Whitney in the role of Yeoman Janice Rand in “Star Trek”.

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Grace Lee Whitney
(born Mary Ann Chase(April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015)

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant
on the original "Star Trek" series, has died.

Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town
of Coarsegold, about 50 miles north of Fresno, according to her son Jonathan
Dweck. 

Whitney played Yeoman Janice Rand in the first eight episodes before being
written out of the series. In her 1998 autobiography "The Longest Trek: My
Tour of the Galaxy," she wrote that her acting career largely came to an end
and she became an alcoholic.

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SOUL SINGER BEN E. KING HAS DIED AT 76

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Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl King) (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015)

King’s agent said he suffered from "coronary problems" at the time of his death
on Thursday.

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