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James Jones (June 2, 1930 [1] – August 2, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. [2] According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, "best known for his 1960 R&B smash 'Handy Man', Jones sang in a smooth yet soulful falsetto modeled on the likes of Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke."
The song made a minor appearance on the U.S. pop charts, reaching #84 in the fall of 1957. [1] It was the first of two charting songs about Chicago recorded by Sinatra. The other was " My Kind of Town " from 1964, which reached U.S. #110.
"Harry Truman" is a song written by Robert Lamm for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VIII (1975), with lead vocals by Lamm. The first single released from that album, it reached number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [1] It also reached number 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 16.
The house is described as the oldest surviving house in Chicago, [4] although part of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in the Norwood Park neighborhood was built in 1833. (However, Norwood Park was not annexed to Chicago until 1893.) [ 5 ] The Clarke-Ford House was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 14, 1970. [ 6 ]
Berger Park, officially Park #1255 of the Chicago Park District, is a small (3.34-acre (1.35 ha)) recreational area bordering Lake Michigan in the Edgewater neighborhood of North Side, Chicago, Illinois. The park features the historic Downey House and Samuel H. Gunder houses.
On the surface, the track, 2005’s “America First” by country legend Merle Haggard, seems like a solid fit. After all, it shares a name with one of Donald Trump’s signature slogans, ...
The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company, and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the house was built in 1896 by Richard Schmidt and, possibly, Hugh M.G. Garden, two architects later prominent in ...
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