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  • – December 5, 1951), nicknamed Shoeless Joe, was an American baseball ... Betsy, Frequently Asked Questions about Joe Jackson. To this day, Shoeless ...
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  • Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1922 - June 6, 2013) was a United ... For more than a decade during Hollywood's Golden Age Williams ...
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  • Quartet, which Goodman led besides his big band. The Trio and Quartet ... Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Cootie Williams, Harry James, Ben Webster ...
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  • an emotional resonance that elevated Big Band jazz beyond the conventions ... for outstanding jazz greats that included Joe "King" Oliver, Edward ...
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  • Although he reportedly considered Hank Williams his idol, one of his ... McClinton, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Billy Joe Shaver, Emmylou Harris, Ray ...
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  • of superstar caliber. Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ed Walsh, Addie Joss ... Another big change came in 1977, when the AL expanded again (this ...
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  • the right-handed Babe Ruth and ended his big-league career as a pitcher ... * Rains, Robert. Rawlings Presents Big Stix: The Greatest Hitters ...
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  • him, giving him hope that he could make it big. In an interview with Rolling ... slide on his electric guitar. Meanwhile, Big Bill Broonzy, the top blues ...
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  • to a local policeman and boxing trainer, Joe Martin. Martin suggested that ... to the United States to face Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams in the ...
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  • used the new Fender Telecaster guitars, a big drum beat, and dance style ... by his followers. People like Hank Williams, Sr., Merle Haggard, Waylon ...
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  • into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame ... , Paul Chambers (double bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Musically, ...
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  • spent millions over the two seasons of The Big Show starring "the glamorous ... was not blamed for the failure of The Big Show—television's growth ...
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  • his time there that he completed his first big novel, The Big Rock Candy ... his first novel until the publication of The Big Rock Candy Mountain in 1943 ...
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  • of the century emerged as the first modern big business entertainment. Each ... Names like Percy Williams, John Considine, Marcus Loew, Martin Beck ...
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  • Darby and Norwood (1970) with Kim Darby and Joe Namath. ... In the mid-1970s, Campbell had more big hits with "Rhinestone ...
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  • quot;Concerto for Cottie" for Cootie Williams. Ellington as a composer ... He was replaced by trumpet great Cootie Williams who equally mastered the ...
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  • He was also strongly influenced by Marion Williams, from whom he got his trademark ... He also recorded duets in the 1990s with Jon Bon Jovi, Hank Williams ...
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  • with the girl who would become his wife, Gracie Williams. ... valley] and those German machine guns and big shells getting us hard.York ...
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  • on Good-bye, My Lady (1956). Wellman was a big name, he had previously directed ... Sidney Poitier, Regal Star of the Big Screen, Dies at 94] The Hollywood ...
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  • artist, behind only Roy Acuff, and Hank Williams, to receive the Grammy Lifetime ... By the time Wells scored her final major hit in 1968, "My Big ...
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