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Reebee Garofalo is an American musician, activist and music scholar known for his work organizing street festivals such as the HONK! Fest and writing books about popular music. [ 1 ] Garofalo created a Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music chart which was reproduced in Edward Tufte's book Visual Explanations.
Performing under the name Gene and Eunice, in the Fall of 1954 Forrest and Levy made the first recording of the song, [11] backed by Jonesy's Combo (which included saxophonist Brother William Woodman's band), [14] [15] in the studio in the basement of veteran musician Jake Porter's home, and released in November 1954 on his Combo label (Combo 64) as their first single.
The Barrie Flyers were a dominant team during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and one of a few clubs to win multiple Memorial Cup championships. The Flyers won the Ontario championship 4 times, the Eastern Canadian championship 3 times, and the national championship twice. Memorial Cup appearances 1948, Lost to Port Arthur West End Bruins
The Kursaal Flyers were a British pop band, formed in Southend-on-Sea in 1973. They are most famous for their 1976 single "Little Does She Know" (which was a top 20 hit) and were the subject of a BBC documentary following them on tour in 1975.
Kimbrough was born in Hudsonville, Mississippi, [2] and lived in the north Mississippi hill country near Holly Springs.His father, a barber, played the guitar, and Junior picked his guitar as a child. [5]
The Dixie Flyers played at the Carlisle Bluegrass Festival in 1975, [3] where they met Bill Monroe, and were subsequently invited to play at Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana, USA. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The band also played at the Cambridge Millrace Festival [ 9 ] and the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in Stony Plain, Alberta . [ 10 ]
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown (/ ˈ r iː b i /; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series The Jacksons.
Eric Reed Boucher was born in Boulder, Colorado, the son of Virginia Boucher (née Parker), a librarian, and Stanley Wayne Boucher, a psychiatric social worker and poet. [7] [8] His sister, Julie J. Boucher, was Associate Director of the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library; she died in a mountain-climbing accident on October 12, 1996.