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Ray Charles Fined $10,000 For Possessing Heroin

Singer Ray Charles was sentenced to five years probation and fined $10,000 today (December 3, 1966), after he was busted with heroin in 1964. The ordeal unfolded 1964, when Ray…

12/03/2012

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The Supreme’s Cindy Birdsong Kidnapped At Knife Point; Dramatic Escape

Cindy Birdsong, who served as Florence Ballard's replacement as singer of The Supremes, was kidnapped from her Hollywood apartment and abducted today (December 2, 1968). Cindy Birdsong was born in…

12/02/2012

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Aretha Franklin Files $50 Million Lawsuit Over Tabloid Boozing Reports

Legendary recording artist Aretha Franklin filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against American Media, Inc., publisher of the tabloid Star magazine today (November 28, 2001). The lawsuit was filed in…

grouchygreg 11/28/2012

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D-Day Doo-Wop

Today (December 7) is Pearl Harbor Day, the day the Japanese attacked U.S warships off the coast of Hawaii in 1941.

In addition to pulling the U.S. into a world war, the action unwittingly spawned thousands of songs created and sung by men and women who were shipped off to defend their respective countries.

grouchygreg 12/07/2009