THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (December 11th): 1926: Big Mama - TopicsExpress



          

THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (December 11th): 1926: Big Mama Thornton was born -- she died in 1984 and Janis Joplin covered her song Ball And Chain 1944: Brenda Mae Tarpley was born -- you know her better as Brenda Lee 1961: Blue Hawaii started a 20-week run at #1 on the US album charts for Elvis Presley 1961: Please Mr. Postman was at #1 on the US singles charts for The Marvelettes -- Marvin Gaye (age 22) was a session player on drums 1964: Bertha Franklin, manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California, shot and killed Sam Cooke in self-defense -- Cooke was found in Franklins apartment wearing only a sports jacket and shoes
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:45:14 +0000

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