The singing nun went by the stage name "Soeur Sourire" which is French for
Sister Sourire
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:19:29 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> October 17 Born –
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> Cozy Cole (aka William Cole, 1909) – drummer for Louis Armstrong's
> All-Stars.
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> Barney Kessel (1923) – Jazz/session guitarist with the Wrecking Crew.
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> Hilliard “Buddy” Saltzman (1924) – prolific New York session drummer.
>
> The Singing Nun (aka Jeanine Deckers, 1933) – singer/songwriter
> (“Dominique”).
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> Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez (1934) – trombonist for The Specials.
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> Alan Howard (1941) – Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.
>
> Jim Seals (1941) – Seals & Crofts.
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> Gary Puckett (1942) – Gary Puckett and The Union Gap.
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> Jim Tucker (1946) – guitarist for The Turtles.
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> Michael Hossack (1946) – drummer for The Doobie Brothers.
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> Bill Hudson (1949) – The Hudson Brothers.
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> Alan Jackson (1958) – Country singer.
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> Anne Rogers (1962) – bassist for The Popinjays.
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> René Dif (1967) – Aqua.
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> David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley (1968) – singer/songwriter, The Melody Makers.
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> Chris Kirkpatrick (1971) – ‘N Sync.
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> Derrick Plourde (1971) – drummer for Lagwagon, The Ataris, and Bad
> Astronaut.
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> Eminem (Marshall Mathers III, 1972) – rapper.
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> Wyclef Jean (1972) – The Fugees.
>
>
>
> October 17 R.I.P. –
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> Billy Williams (1972) – Age 61. The Charioteers ("I'm Gonna Sit Right
> Down And Write Myself A
> Letter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Sit_Right_Down_And_Write_Myself_A_Letter>
> ").
>
> Alberta Hunter (1984) – Age 89. Blues singer/songwriter (“Downhearted
> Blues”).
>
> "Tennessee" Ernie Ford (1991) – liver failure. Age 72. – Singer,
> television show host.
>
> Criss Olivia (1993) – car crash. Age 30. Guitarist for Savatage.
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> Chris Acland (1996) – suicide. Age 30. Drummer for Lush.
>
> Thomas Durden (1999) – Age 79. Songwriter/lyricist (“Heartbreak Hotel”).
>
> Jay Livingston (2001) – Age 86. Film composer ("Whatever Will Be, Will Be
> (Que Sera, Sera)").
>
> Bashful Brother Oswald (2002) – Age 90. Country musician, Roy Acuff’s
> Smoky Mountain Boys.
>
> Derek Bell (2002) – cardiac arrest. Age 66. Multi-instrumentalist for The
> Chieftains.
>
> Teresa Brewer (2007) – neuromuscular disease. Age 76. American pop singer.
>
> Levi Stubbs (2008) – died in his sleep. Age 72. The Four Tops.
>
> Vic Mizzy (2009) – Age 93. Television and movie theme composer (“The
> Addams Family”).
>
>
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> October 17 album releases –
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> The Rolling Stones – 12X5 (1964) U.S.
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> The Easybeats – Vigil (1968)
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> The Jazz Crusaders – Old Socks New Shoes New Socks Old Shoes (1970)
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> Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977)
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> Bruce Springsteen – The River (1980)
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> Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980)
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> Stacey Q – Better Than Heaven (1986)
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> Steve Earle – Copperhead Road (1988)
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> R.E.M. – Eponymous (1988)
>
> The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
>
> Suicidal Tendencies – Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu (1989)
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> KISS – Hot In The Shade (1989)
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> Belinda Carlisle – Runaway Horses (1989) U.S.
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> Yngwie Malmsteen – Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad (1989)
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> Stacey Latisaw – What You Need (1989)
>
> Skyclad – The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth (1991)
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> Jamiroquai – The Return Of The Space Cowboy (1994) UK
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> Steely Dan – Alive In America (1995)
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> Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)
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> Tupac Shakur – The Rose That Grew From Concrete (2000)
>
> The Cars – Unlocked: The Live Performances (2006)
>
> Aerosmith – Devil’s Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith (2006)
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> Sarah McLachlan – Wintersong (2006)
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> AC/DC – Black Ice (2008)
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> Chris Isaak – Live In Australia (2008)
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>
>
> October 17 events –
>
> 1919 – The General Electric Corporation and Westinghouse found the Radio
> Corporation of America (RCA) as part of a project with the U.S. government
> to monopolize long-distance radio communications.
>
> 1930 – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra records “Mood Indigo” in
> New York City.
>
> 1945 – Bandleader Artie Shaw marries actress Ava Gardner. The marriage
> lasts one year.
>
> 1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford releases his single, “You Don’t Have To Be A
> Cry Baby” b/w “Sixteen Tons” on Capitol Records.
>
> 1956 – Mickey and Sylvia record “Love Is Strange” in New York City.
>
> 1957 – Elvis Presley’s third movie, Jailhouse Rock, premieres at Loew’s
> State Theatre in Memphis.
>
> 1960 – Billboard magazine reports that Dion and The Belmonts have split
> up.
>
> 1960 – Ricky Nelson records two songs for his next single, “You Are The
> Only One” and “Milk Cow Blues” in Hollywood.
>
> 1962 – The Beatles make their very first television appearance anywhere
> when part of their afternoon show at the Cavern - filmed on August 22, 1962
> - is broadcast on Granada television's People And Places.
>
> 1963 – The Beatles record their first fan club Christmas record, after
> which they record the two songs for their next single, “I Want To Hold Your
> Hand” and “This Boy.”
>
> 1963 – Bobby Goldsboro records “See The Funny Little Clown” at Bell Sound
> in New York City.
>
> 1965 – The Animals and Sam The Sham and The Pharoahs appear on The Ed
> Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Pat Boone and The McGuire Sisters.
>
> 1966 – The Elvis Presley movie Spinout premieres in Memphis.
>
> 1967 – Bob Dylan begins recording his John Wesley Harding album at
> Columbia Studios in New York City.
>
> 1967 – The musical Hair premieres off-Broadway at the Public Theatre and
> runs for a limited engagement of six weeks.
>
> 1967 – The Beatles attend a small memorial service for manager Brian
> Epstein at the New London Synagogue on Abbey Road. Other NEMS artists in
> attendance include Cilla Black, Gerry Marsden, members of The Fourmost and
> Billy J. Kramer.
>
> 1967 – Phil Spector, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart all appear as themselves
> on the "Jeannie, The Hip Hippie" episode of NBC’s I Dream Of Jeannie.
>
> 1969 – The Kinks return to the American stage after a four year ban at
> Fillmore East as an opening act with The Bonzo Dog Band for headliners,
> Spirit.
>
> 1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for possession of
> marijuana in Honolulu, Hawaii.
>
> 1969 – Led Zeppelin begins their fourth North American tour at Carnegie
> Hall in New York City: the first “hard rock” act to play there since The
> Rolling Stones in 1964.
>
> 1970 – Elvis Presley attends the Gospel Quartet Convention in Memphis, and
> sings backstage with The Blackwood Brothers and The Statesmen Quartet, both
> early influences on Elvis.
>
> 1970 – Eric Clapton releases his single, “After Midnight” b/w “Easy Now.”
>
> 1973 – The Rolling Stones perform two shows at Foret Nationale in
> Brussels, Belgium, with opening acts Billy Preston and American group
> Kracker. Saxophonist Bobby Keys misses the shows, which gets him banned by
> Mick Jagger from further Stones concerts until 1989.
>
> 1975 – Maurice Gibb marries his second wife, Yvonne Spencely. They remain
> married until his death in 2003.
>
> 1978 – Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand record "You Don't Bring Me
> Flowers" at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.
>
> 1981 – One man is killed and another injured in an attempted robbery at a
> Rolling
> Stones concert ticket office in Maryland.
>
> 1987 – The Bee Gees become the first group to score a #1 hit in the UK in
> three separate decades - the ‘60s, '70s and '80s - when their new song,
> “You Win Again,” hits #1.
>
> 1991 – Sixties singer Sandie Shaw is arrested for refusing to take an
> alcohol breathalyzer test after being stopped by police outside her
> apartment in London.
>
> 1994 – Billy Joel opens the new Gund Arena in Cleveland with a concert.
>
> 1995 – Rhino Home Video issues the complete series of The Monkees as a
> deluxe VHS boxed set, containing all 58 episodes, plus the pilot and the
> 1969 special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per
> Monkee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33%E2%85%93_Revolutions_Per_Monkee>,
> on a total of 21 videotapes.
>
> 1995 – Sting's former accountant, Keith Moore, is sentenced to six years
> in jail after being found guilty of embezzling £6 million from the singer's
> 108 bank accounts.
>
> 1995 – During an interview with The Observer magazine, Oasis’ Noel
> Gallagher says he wishes Damon Albarn and Alex Cox of Blur would die from
> AIDS. He will later retract his statement.
>
> 1998 – In an interview in the UK’s Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper,
> R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe admits to being gay after skirting the issue
> for years.
>
> 1999 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band open the new Staples Center
> in Los Angeles with a concert.
>
> 2000 – A flat in Montagu Square, London, once owned during the '60s by
> Ringo Starr, goes on the market for £575,000. During the ‘60s, Jimi
> Hendrix, John and Yoko, and Paul and Linda McCartney all lived there at one
> point or another.
>
> 2000 – George Michael buys the upright piano John Lennon wrote “Imagine”
> on for £1.67 million at a charity auction set up by Mick Fleetwood in
> London.
>
> 2001 – The heirs of Bing Crosby file a $16 million lawsuit against
> Universal Music Group for underpaying royalties on the singer’s recordings.
>
> 2004 – Michael Jackson's long-time lawyer, Steve Cochran, leaves the
> star's defense team, who is fighting child abuse charges.
>
> 2005 – Freddie Mercury's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow fails to sell in
> an eBay auction, having not met its reserve price.
>
> 2005 – 77-year old Fats Domino returns to his home for the first time
> after Hurricane Katrina to find it in ruins. He is able to salvage a few
> momentos and only three of his 21 gold records.
>
> 2007 – A section of West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, which runs in front
> of what was once the Motown studios, is officially renamed Berry Gordy Jr.
> Blvd.
>
> 2007 – The California State Franchise Board claims singer and resident Dionne
> Warwick owes the state $2.67 million in unpaid taxes.
>
> 2008 – Madonna and movie director husband Guy Ritchie split after eight
> years of marriage.
>
> 2009 – Actor Johnny Depp presents Keith Richards with the “Rock Immortal”
> Award at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of this year’s Scream
> Awards.
>
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