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Remember the ’60s Singing Group The Vogues?
The high school friends from a Pittsburgh suburb earned four Top 10 singles including “You’re the One” and “Five O’Clock World.”
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Jan 11, 2017: Tommy Allsup, ‘Lucky’ Guitarist for Buddy Holly—Obituary
The pioneering rockabilly guitarist lost a coin toss and survived “the day the music died.” He went on to play with Willie Nelson and many others.
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David Bowie 1947 – 2016
The words “David Bowie dead” came as a shock. His Facebook noted he “died peacefully today after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer”
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Jan 9, 2016: Lemmy Kilmister Funeral Features Eulogies by Son and Rob Halford
The Motörhead frontman died at his Los Angeles apartment just 2 days after being diagnosed with cancer. His son, Paul, and other rockers delivered elegant eulogies
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Jan 9, 1981: Specials Band Members Fined for Inciting Riot
Though the ska revival band never scored a US hit, they began their career with a slew of Top 10 UK singles. On this day, some members were fined for inciting a concert riot
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Jan 8, 2022: Michael Lang, Who Gave Us Peace, Love and Music With the 1969 Woodstock Festival, Dies
He was the principal force behind the legendary festival, that for generations past, present and future became known simply as Woodstock
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Jan 8, 2020: Buck Henry, ‘Get Smart’ Co-Creator With Mel Brooks, Dies
The legend also wrote the screenplay to the groundbreaking film, The Graduate, and hosted Saturday Night Live an astounding 10 times in its first 5 seasons
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January 8, 2018: Eric Clapton Performs at Charity Gig
Slowhand performed for an intimate crowd of 1,700 in Guildford, U.K. at the annual Paul Jones and Friends concert, organized by the former Manfred Mann vocalist
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Jason Aldean Opens SNL With Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’
Saturday Night Live offered an unexpected–and welcome–start to its October 7 broadcast as the country singer offered a tribute to the Las Vegas victims and their families
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Remembering Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark
A fatal combination of alcohol along with legal and illegal drugs took the guitarist’s life while he was on a leave of absence from the band
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