NBC tv 75th Anniversary celebration
NYP2002050513- NEW YORK, May 05 (UPI) - Mitch Miller who hosted "Sing Along with Mitch" series attends the NBC tv 75th Anniversary ceremonies held on May 5, 2002, at New York City's Rockerfeller Center. ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
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The weekly UPI Today in Music package for Oct. 19-25.
ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ray Conniff -- the Grammy-winning arranger, bandleader, composer and trombonist behind some of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s and '60s -- has died. He was 85
Today's birthdays include Samuel Moore, "Sam" of Sam and Dave, who was born in 1935 (age 67); Melvin Franklin of the Temptations in 1942; Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt in 1948 (age 54); and Dave Vanian of The Damned in 1956 (age 46).
The weekly UPI Today in Music package for Oct. 12-18.
Strike up the band. Composer George Gershwin was born this day in 1898 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He established the standard for popular song in America -- songs that have long been favorite covers for jazz players.
Today's birthdays include Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia, who was born in 1933 (age 69); Jesse Russell of the Persuasions in 1939 (age 63); keyboardist John Locke of Spirit and Nazareth, Onnie McIntyre of the Average White Band, and Gary Alexander of The Ass
The weekly package of Today in Music for Sept. 21-27.
The weekly Today in Music package for Sept. 21-27.
Today is Thursday, July 4, the 185th day of 2002 with 180 to follow.