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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
21 Apr
Last month it was 1986 and 1976. The songwriter here was used in the 1986 countdown, and we talked about his dramatic change for the worse in songwriting. Today, in this song that’s now 60 years old, I’ll show you what I mean....
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
1 Mar
Since I deviated from my “regular” formula last month, a reminder that the music lists are back to normal: alphabetical for the first part of the month, then my ten favorites at the end. With that said, let’s dive into 1986 with...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
10 May 23
Things are getting more interesting as they report about those tornados Sunday. They said it was on the ground for six minutes, which is three radar scans. Someone was asleep on the job! (They’ll probably promote him,...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
4 Aug 22
The other day I mentioned that interesting time in history when the BBC banned the Kinks’ song “Lola” because it mentioned a brand name in the lyrics. The Kinks changed “Coca Cola” to “cherry cola” and everything was fine....
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
15 Dec 20
It’s time for more diamonds! It’s an unintentional dual countdown: songs with diamond in the title, and Neil Diamond songs. We’ll get to Neil in a few minutes, but first, for today’s diamond song, here’s another boy from...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
2 Oct 20
Oh, baby, is fall here! Nice and cool this morning! Perfect weather for a drive to look at the progress of the foliage. It’s also the perfect time for another song with “baby” in the title. Another one without much suspense as...
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
5 Nov 19
Election Day - Get out and vote!
National Love Your Red Hair Day
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to...
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
13 Oct 19
National M&M Day
National Yorkshire Pudding Day
1792 - The cornerstone of the U. S. Executive Mansion (called the White House in 1818) is laid.
1983 - The first U. S. cellular network is launched in Chicago by Ameritech...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jan 19
Musician Paul Simon, 77, who is retiring from doing concert tours is leaving a positive imprint on the city of Portland Oregon by donating $10,000 dollars to the Portland Public School system.
Half of the donation will go to the...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
20 Nov 18
With today's entry most people who know me know what the top two will be, so my "announcements" for favorite albums from 1986 in essence ends today. It's just a guess which album is #1 from here, right? I started this after...
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
10 Aug 17
Doing My Morning Reading
It is my habit to read while I have my morning cup of coffee. Today, I found something interesting, as I usually do, and I would like to share it with you.
I had purchased a tiny little book, published...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
27 Dec 16
By now I'm sure everyone has heard the sorrowful news that actor and author Carrie Fisher died today (12/27), four days after suffering cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles.
Did you know she has a couple of music...
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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
8 Aug 16
The album "Rhythm of the Saints" (one of my favorite albums) was released Oct 22, 1990 and uber talented singer / songwriter / musician Paul Simon showed everyone that he had even "Further to Fly!" [i]“It was Simon's...
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Tony
@Tonycn (76)
• Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
13 Oct 08
This is one of my favorite,written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie,published in 1980's.Over 40 greatest singers involved in the song.Include Stevie Wonder,Paul Simon,Kenny Rogers,Tina Turner etc.Selfless sentiment abounded...
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p3halliwel2005
@p3halliwel2005 (3156)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
Wouldn't you want to know what transpired during the year you were born on? I would want to know all the details. It is nice to know of the history of the past.I was born on April 26, 1973 and here is what happened then that...
1973
anne
assembly
bahamas
belize
birth
bob marley
chrysler
dark side
diana ross
elton john
elvis
elvis presley
events
flood
floyd
guides
marley
michael jackson
mississippi
moody blues
navy
pageant
paul mccartney
paul simon
pink floyd
prime minister
rod stewart
rolling stones
ryan
simon
stevie wonder
the eagles
the rolling stones
triple
vietnam
vietnam war
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