Saturday Water Cooler: Happy Birthday Mississippi Fred McDowell, Tex Ritter, Ruth Brown, and Long John Baldry |
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| By: dakine01 Saturday January 12, 2013 7:30 pm | |
So what is on your mind tonight?
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Then there was this day in 1951 when the following people were born:
1951 – Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ (Chicago Cubs)
1951 – Chris Bell, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Big Star)
1951 – Drew Pearson, former NFL all-pro receiver
1951 – Kirstie Alley, Wichita Ks, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca)
1951 – Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
1951 – Rush Limbaugh, Girardeau Missouri, American right wing radio personality
1951 – Ann Althouse, American law professor
YIKES!
Isn’t it great to be old? No. I don’t think so either.
Good morning dakine.
Long John Baldry…oh boy, what a great song! He also does my favorite version of In the Pines.
Yeah, I remember when I first heard that song. It took me years to find out who it was by (since I missed the original DJ announcement)