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SANDY KOZEL


Andrew Lloyd Webber (Baron Lloyd-Webber) is 68 today.

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ROSS SIMPSON


Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) is 90 today.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1959


Venus
became Avalon’s first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot
100
chart, where it spent five weeks atop the survey. The song
also reached number ten on the R&B chart

               


Frankie Avalon (Francis Thomas Avallone) is 75

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

The song "Dizzy" was recorded by Tommy Roe, with instrumental
backing from L.A. session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew.

“Dizzy” was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number
one
on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, and one 
week on the UK Singles Chart in June 1969.


Thomas David "Tommy" Roe will be 74 in May.

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SINGER MIKE LOVE IS 75 TODAY


Michael Edward "Mike" Love was born in Los Angeles,
California
.

Singer and songwriter Mike Love is a member of the iconic surfer
rock band The Beach Boys. They became known for such hit songs
as "Surfin’ U.S.A." and "Good Vibrations." He attended Dorsey High
School and later helped found the band The Pendeltones, which
went on to become The Beach Boys.

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