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Photojournalist and film correspondent Wilbur Henry Durborough was born on October 11, 1882, in Rising Sun, Kent County, Delaware. After trying a number of different occupations, he decided to try photography, and was hired by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1909.
"California Sun" was eventually featured on the band's debut album Let's Have a Party. A later version was released later that year as "California Sun '65" on their second and final album, Campus Party. The song was used in the 1987 movie Good Morning, Vietnam, as well as on its soundtrack album. It was also featured in the 1991 biopic The Doors.
Glendale, California, was a sundown town at least until the 1960s. [24] In 2020, Glendale's city council passed a resolution that formally apologized for its past sundown town status. [24] Hawthorne, California, had a sign during the 1930s that read, "Nigger, Don't Let the Sun Set on You in Hawthorne."
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The album was reissued in Sweden in 1967 with the name California Sun!! by Sonet and Grand Prix Records. [3] Another album sharing the title Let's Have a Party was released in Sweden in 1989 by Star-Club Records, but features an entirely different track listing; Side A is non-LP single tracks, and Side B has tracks from Campus Party. [4]
The band had its only hit in 1964 with a cover version of the song "California Sun" by Joe Jones. It climbed the pop charts when the No. 1 song was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles. [3] Fortson, Pennell and Nolte left the group for the Marine Corps shortly after recording "California Sun". They were replaced by Jim Boal (lead guitar ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Delaware (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə w ɛər / ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) [10] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states [11] region of the United States. [12] It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.