Cilla Black, R.I.P.
Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE, the singer and, later, UK television personality, better known as Cilla Black, died this past weekend at the age of 72. I was waiting impatiently for Dustbury’s...
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My single most important retrospective purchase was likely the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 box set.
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Sam Moore was blown away, and uttered "Play it, Steve" spontaneously.
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Art and music at First Presbyterian Church Albany May 6.
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MAYBE, when our concert ends, I'll have time to rush over the half-dozen blocks to the Cathedral.
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