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SINGER DON EVERLY IS 77 TODAY

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The Everly Brothers singing duo were from left: Phil and Don

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Paul Simon (left) with Don Everly during the Old Friends tour in 2003

Country/rock singer Isaac Donald "Don" Everly recorded “Wake Up Little Susie”
and many other hits along with his brother Phi who recently died on January 3
of this year.



Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. January 23, 1960

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THIS WAS A GREAT TELEVISION TEAM!

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Talk show host Johnny Carson (right), band leader Doc Severinsen (left) and announcer/sidekick Ed McMahon. They WERE “The Tonight Show with Johnny
Carson” on NBC from 1962 to 1992.

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BROADWAY VETERAN IS 93 TODAY

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Carol Elaine Channing

Channing is a singer, actress, and comedian who has received
three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a
Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She is best remembered
for originating on Broadway the musical-comedy roles of widowed
matchmaker Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1964) and Lorelei Lee in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949). Carol Channing was born in 
Seattle, Washington where her father ,George Channing, was
formerly the city editor of the Seattle Star newspaper.

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ACTRESS DOROTHY MALONE IS 89 TODAY

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Young Dorothy, 1940s

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Dorothy Malone (Dorothy Eloise Maloney)

Dorothy  Malone won a Best Supporting Actress award for her
role in Written on the Wind in 1956. Her film career reached its
peak by the beginning of the 1960s. She achieved later success
with her ABC television role as Constance MacKenzie on Peyton
Place
from 1964 to 1968.

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Oprah Gail Winfrey is 60 today

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