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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra: Born 74 Years Ago Today
Always My Big Sister. Always My Bitty. Your gifts—your love, support, advice, and comfort—are alive in my heart. Today is the seventy-fourth anniversary of your birth. I miss you so very much. And I will always love you.
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2340
Song of the Day: The Heart to Break the Heart features the words and music of Tony Green, who lent supporting vocals to this track. It was released on this date as part of the 1980 France Joli album, “Tonight“. This song by the disco legend went to #3 on…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2339
Song of the Day: Dirty Diana, words and music by Michael Jackson, was one of five #1 singles from the artist’s 1987 album, “Bad“. The recording features a solo by guitarist Steve Stevens, longtime Billy Idol songwriting collaborator. The music video, directed by Joe Pytka, was filmed in March 1988…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2338
Song of the Day: Dance No More, words and music by Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles, is a funky throwback from Styles’s 2026 album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” I love that title! Styles kicks off a 30-date Madison Square Garden residency tonight that runs through the end of…
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Continue reading →: Dolly Parton, RIP
Singer, composer, actress, and entrepreneur Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80. Winner of 10 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Parton sold over 100 million records in her lifetime that went far beyond her country roots. She…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2337
Song of the Day: El Hombre [YouTube link], composed by jazz guitarist Pat Martino, is the title track to the artist’s debut album, which was released in 1967. On this date in 1944, Martino was born. He began playing professionally when he was 15 and grew into a formidable jazz…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2336
Song of the Day: Blue in Green is one of five trailblazing tracks to appear on “Kind of Blue“, the all-time best-selling jazz album. The song was originally credited to Miles Davis, but it has long been speculated that pianist Bill Evans was its sole composer. Later releases credit both…
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Continue reading →: Tommy John, RIP
While watching this year’s Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, I was very touched when the Yankees shared a poignant message from former pitcher Tommy John. In part, it read: I want to thank the Yankees organization and the Steinbrenner family for giving me this opportunity to say goodbye to…
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Continue reading →: Vacation Planning
Writing for “New York’s Hometown Paper” (the New York Daily News for those not in the know), John Ficarra provides lots of laughs with his exploration of “the art and science of vacation packing.” (That’s a gift link!)
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2335
Song of the Day: Joy Spring, composed by the great jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, was the artist’s signature tune. It was recorded twice by him in 1954, once on August 6, and again on August 12. The first studio session included such musicians as Harold Land on tenor sax and…
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Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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