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March 21, 2021

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Fascinating Facts From March 1940

News, Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from March, 1940: Author Richard Llewellyn's book How Green Was My Valley tops the best-seller lists; When You Wish Upon a Star is the #1…

March 14, 2021

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Folks, Facts, & Fun From March 1931

News Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from February, 1931: Ann Harding stars in the classic movie East Lynne; Cab Calloway records Minnie the Moocher; Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller The…

March 3, 2021

Biography,
Music

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ABBA's Dancing Queen, Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish songbird Agnetha Fältskog showed musical promise at an early age, writing her first song at age six. (Agnetha Fältskog 2013 Photo: Stockholm Pride / mynewsdesk.com) Born in Jonkoping, Sweden…

February 17, 2021

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Folks, Facts & Fun From February 1931

News Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from February, 1931: Classic horror film Dracula premieres, starring Bela Lugosi, Ozzie Nelson's Orchestra records Dream a Little Dream Of Me, and fizzy Alka-Seltzer is…

February 10, 2021

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Black History Month: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

February is Black History Month. One of the most important cultural legacies of any country, ethnicity, or religion, is music. The haunting spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot goes all the…

January 27, 2021

Biography,
Music

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Peter Frampton Shows Us the Way

If you were a pre-teen or older pop-rock music lover who listened to radio hits in the mid-1970s, thee was no escaping the monster success of Peter Frampton's double album…

January 17, 2021

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Folks, Facts & Fun From January 1931

News Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from January, 1931: "Happy New Year 1931" with actress Anita Page; Oscar-winning classic western movie Cimarron premieres; French singer-actress Lily Pons Metropolitan Opera debut. Classic…

January 3, 2021

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Done in January 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1951: Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz is #1, Classic film-noir Storm Warning premieres, and the previously thought extinct Cahow is discovered. Patti Page has the #1…

December 27, 2020

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Fascinating Facts from December 1940

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant & James Stewart; Artie Shaw's Frenesi is the #1 hit…

December 24, 2020

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Farewell to Mountain's Leslie West

A mountain of a man in his heydey, legendary rock guitarist Leslie West died of a heart attack on December 22, 2020 at the age of 75. (Leslie West 2008…