musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:58:36 -0500
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* Today in Black History - December 14 *
1920 - Clark Terry is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will become a
trumpeteer and flugelhorn player who will be known for his
association with Duke Ellington on the 1950's, his innovative
flugelhorn sound, and unusual mumbling scat singing.
1945 - Stanley Crouch is born in Los Angeles, California. He will
become a drummer, poet, and writer for "The Village Voice."
Among his books will be "Notes of a Hanging Judge," published
in 1990.
1963 - Singer Dinah Washington joins the ancestors after a sleeping pill
overdose at the age of 39 in Detroit, Michigan. She popularized
many, many great songs, including "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes",
"Unforgettable" and several hits with Brook Benton, including
"Baby (You've Got What it Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To
Mess Around and Fall in Love)".
1968 - Sammy Davis Jr. is awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his
"superb and many-faceted talent," and his contributions to the
civil rights movement.
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