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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

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Singer Robert Anthony Plant is 73 today.

Plant is best known as the lead singer and lyricist
of the English
rock
band Led Zeppelin.

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A MUSIC ICON DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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Elvis Aaron Presley  (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

 

Rock music legend Elvis Presley died in Memphis, Tennessee. The
death of the “King of Rock and Roll” brought legions of mourning fans
to Graceland, his mansion in Memphis. Doctors said he died of a heart
attack, likely brought on by his addiction to prescription barbiturates.

 

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TONY BENNETT HEEDS DOCTOR’S ORDERS

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(Fox News) –
Tony Bennett has canceled his fall and winter 2021 tour
dates and retired from touring as per doctors’ orders.

The legendary crooner, 95, is pulling out of concerts in New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Arizona, Oklahoma and Canada.

The iconic singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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SANDY KOZEL

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English lead singer and one of the founding members of  the
Rolling Stones, Sir Michael Philip Jagger is 78 today.

In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame
, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the
Rolling Stones.

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AWARD-WINNING SINGER HAS DIED AT 78

100 Greatest CCM Albums of the '70s: #96 HOME WHERE I BELONG by B.J. Thomas (1977)

Hooked On a Feeling' Singer B.J. Thomas Dead at 78
Billy Joe Thomas (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021)

 

(AP) – B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed
success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits
as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On
My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” has died.

Thomas, who announced in March that he had been
diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications
of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas.

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