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Call it eerie. Call it prophetic. Both are appropriate for what happened April 12, 1966, when Jan Berry of pop duo Jan and Dean nearly died from a car accident near Deadman's Curve.
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When the Godfather of Soul spoke the audience listened.James Brown’s actions on April 5, 1968 during a concert in Boston de-escalated a situation that could have turned into a riot. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated the night before, and rioters were turning major cities into kindling.Brown's 'Can't Stand Myself' is the Song of the Day for April 5.
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Most teens make their bedrooms their sanctuaries; not many make them into recording studios where they record hit songs. Enter Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell.Eilish recorded her first album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” on March 29, 2019.
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Country singer Tammy Wynette already had been divorced twice when she recorded our Song of the Day, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” on March 22, 1968. It's a song she came to know too well.
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On March 15, 1972, Los Angeles police raided the studios of KHJ radio, fearing the station had been taken over by hippies or teenyboppers after the station played "Puppy Love" for 90 minutes straight.
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Today's Song of the Day puts the spotlight on the Pontiac Trans Am. The car was as much a movie and tv star as the actors who drove it. “Smokey & the Bandit,” “Knight Rider,” “Cannonball” to name a few. You have to wonder if its little brother Firebird was jealous.The Trans Am, named after the Sports Car Club of America racing series, was introduced to muscle-car lovers on March 8, 1969. The car was a Firebird on steroids. The 1960s birthed the age of muscle cars. Pontiac was competing with the Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Oldsmobile Toronado.
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Jim Morrison was accused of exposing himself on March 1, 1969, in Miami. He was arrested four days later and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. "Break on Through to the Other Side" is our Song of the Day
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Ska music got its start in Jamaica in the early 1960s, the precursor to reggae. Ska’s biggest U.S. spotlight came February 23, 1993 when the New Ritz in Manhattan sold out for the Skalapalooza concert. Our Song of the Day, “A Message to You Rudy,” is an example of early ska.
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The most famous Egyptian burial chamber discovery took place February 16, 1923, when British archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the chamber to King Tutankhamun. Sixty years later, The Bangles encouraged everyone to "Walk Like an Egyptian."
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Every generation has it seminal events. For Baby boomers one of them was February 9, 1964, when The Beatles played on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” "I Saw Her Standing There" is our Song of the Day.