Music podcast from the early 20th Century
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Novelist, William Kennedy, turns 97 today. Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for Ironweed, a novel that was made into a film with Jack Nicholson.
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Children's author, Michael Bond, was born 100 years ago today. Bond created the Paddington Bear character. Over 30 million copies of the Paddington books have been sold.
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Country singer, Ray Price, was born 100 years ago today. His hits included: Heartaches By the Number, Crazy Arms, City Lights and For the Good Times.
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Coming up on Monday: Centennials 2026. Miles Davis, Big Mama Thornton, Tony Bennett and more.
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Actor, Kerwin Mathews, was born 100 years ago today. He starred in The 7th Voyage of Sindbad, The Three Worlds of Gulliver and Jack the Giant Killer.
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Actress, Terry Moore, turns 97 today. Moore starred in Come Back Little Sheba, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef & Daddy Long Legs. She claimed to have been secretly married to Howard Hughes.
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Naturalist, zoo owner and writer, Gerald Durrell, was born 100 years ago today. Durrell's memoir, My Family And Other Animals. was a best seller.
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Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, Ralph Branca, was born 100 years ago today. In 1951, Branca gave up a home run to Bobby Thomson to lose the pennant to the NY Giants in what became known as The Shot Heard Round The World. Branca is buried near Babe Ruth.
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Bob Dylan's album, Desire, was released 50 years ago today. It contained the singles, Hurricane & One More Cup of Coffee. Emmylou Harris sang on some of the tracks.
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Producer and composer, George Martin, was born 100 years ago today. Martin produced most of the Beatles recordings. He also worked with Gerry and the Pacemakers, Shirley Bassey, Kenny Rogers and Jeff Beck. The surviving Beatles attended his funeral.
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Coming up on Monday: The Music of 1926. Paul Whiteman. Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and more.
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Barry White's album, Let the Music Play, was released 50 years ago today.
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Actor, Matthew Beard Jr., who played the character, Stymie in the Our Gang/Little Rascals films, was born 100 years ago today.
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31 Dec 2025
Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi film, Metropolis, was set in 2026.
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30 Dec 2025
Actor, Russ Tamblyn, turns 91 today. Tamblyn starred in West Side Story, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Twin Peaks.
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29 Dec 2025
The Emmylou Harris album, Elite Hotel, was released 50 years ago today. It contained the singles: Sweet Dreams, Together Again and One of These Days.
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28 Dec 2025
French actress and animal rights activist, Brigitte Bardot, has died at 91.
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