Topic: Jeannie C. Riley

On Oct. 19, 2005, a defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent as he went on trial in Baghdad on charges of murder and torture.

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Country music mogul Shelby Singleton, who helped jump-start the careers of singers like Roger Miller, died at the age of 77 in Nashville, a friend said.

Today's birthdays include David Guard of the Kingston Trio, who was born in 1934; reggae singer Peter Tosh in 1944; Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid and country's Jeannie C. Riley, both in 1945 (age 57); Wilbert Hurt of the Delfonics in 1947 (age 55); and

Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio born in Minneapolis, 1961. Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" in its 9th and final week at No. 1, 1955. Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." went gold, 1968. Charley Pride recorded "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone," 1969

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