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On this day in 1933 — 90 years ago — eager motorists parked their cars on the grounds of Park-In Theaters, the first-ever drive-in movie…
On this day in 1933 — 90 years ago — eager motorists parked their automobiles on the grounds of Park-In Theaters, the first-ever drive-in movie theater…
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Laurie Anderson, performance artist, is 76 years old today
Laurie Anderson is 76 years old today. Anderson is an experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in…
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Michelle Phillips, the last survivor of the Mamas & the Papas, is 79 years old today
Michelle and John Phillips Michelle Phillips is 79 years old today. A singer, songwriter and actress, Phillips was a member of the 1960s group, The…
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Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, was born 97 years ago today
Allen Ginsberg with Frank Beacham, 1975 Allen Ginsberg was born 97 years ago today. A poet and one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation of…
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Charlie Watts, longtime drummer for the Rolling Stones, was born 82 years ago today
Charlie Watts was born 82 years ago today. Watts was drummer for the Rolling Stones and also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial…
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Marilyn Monroe — beauty icon of the 1950s and 60s — was born 97 years ago
Marilyn Monroe reading, 1953 Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt Marilyn Monroe was born 97 years ago. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles, she was later…
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May 2023
Peter Yarrow, member of Peter, Paul and Mary, is 85 years old today
Peter Yarrow and his daughter, Bethany, sing in their apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 2010. In the background is Tom Chapin, Jorma…
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Benny Goodman, King of Swing, was born 114 years ago today
Benny Goodman, 1958 Photo by Don Hunstein Benny Goodman, King of Swing, was born 114 years ago today. A jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and…
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Harry Smith — visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian & mystic —was born 100 years ago
Photo by Gavin Friday Harry Smith, visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic and largely self-taught student of…
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T-Bone Walker, blues musician, was one of the most influential pioneers and innovators of the jump blues and electric blues sound
T-Bone Walker was born 113 years ago today. Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was a critically acclaimed blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and…
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Junior Parker, Memphis blues singer remembered for his velvet-smooth voice, was born 91 years ago today
Junior Parker was born 91 years ago today. A Memphis blues singer and musician, Parker is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described…
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Miles Davis, jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, was born 97 years ago today
Photo by David Gahr Miles Davis was born 97 years ago today. A jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, Davis is widely considered one of the…
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