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Since Charlie Parker is our Dead of the Day, a couple of our favorite Parker recordings: We open with one of Parker’s signature songs, “Ko-Ko.” Based around the changes of a “Cherokee,”…
It’s been over 60 years since Charlie Parker died. But if you put on just about any of his recordings, it’s hard to believe he’s been gone that long. The music still…
A scientist has claimed to solve the disappearance of aviatrix Emilia Earhart one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th Century. Her plane vanished on July 2, 1937 while flying from Papua…
Christmas albums are like snowflakes: there are thousands of them, and every one is different. Smart songwriters and publishers quickly figured out that a Christmas hit was like an annuity. Even better,…
On December 19 of two different years, Hollywood lost two strong bright women who made names for themselves in this town, against all odds. Brittany Murphy passed away in 2006 at age…
For those of us who like everything black – not just dresses, shoes, boots, coats, pants, shirts, glasses, sweaters, handbags, hats – but in my case, sheets, pillow cases, curtains (with gold…
It’s hard to find any good news in dying – but we’re trying to have a sense of humor here. I found myself thinking – if people born on holidays (I was…
See if this doesn’t get your attention: “Nepal officials estimate that about 200 bodies remain scattered across Everest. A few are so familiar, so well preserved by the subfreezing temperatures, that they…
The death of a 31-year-old Australian at a Malaysian medical center after traveling there for an “extreme make-over” at a boutique medical facility had led to the nation’s coroner to warn what…
Ralph Carney, who died Saturday following a fall earlier this week, is one of those musicians whose name you never hear, but you’ve heard him play. The 61-year-old multi-instrumentalist put together a…
I don’t know when I first heard Keely Smith sing. It was probably one of her appearances on Ed Sullivan with her then-husband, Louis Prima. But from that moment, I was smitten.…
There are any number of things that people complain aren’t as good today as it was when they were younger: popular music, baseball teams, newspapers. We’d like. to add one more to…
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