Dolly Parton Dies

Her uncle Bill Owens recognized her extraordinary talent, gave her a guitar, helped her obtain early performing opportunities.

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky Mountains, the fourth of twelve children born to Robert Lee Parton Sr., a sharecropper and laborer, and Avie Lee Owens Parton, who sang and played music for the family. The Partons lived in severe poverty in a small cabin, without many of the comforts that most families took for granted, but Dolly later

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Genesis – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

Several big name acts and musicians would be forthcoming from this group!

Genesis, the English progressive rock band that would become one of the most commercially successful and artistically influential acts in rock history, formed at the end of the 1960s amid the creative ferment of British public school culture. The group originated at Charterhouse School in Surrey in 1967, where two separate songwriting duos—Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks on one side, and Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford on the other.

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Producer Lawrence Turman Dies

Turman’s producing career spanned 50 years

Lawrence Turman is a highly accomplished American Academy Award-nominated film producer and has been involved in numerous successful films throughout his career. Turman was born on May 6, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, United States, into a Jewish family. His parents were Jacob M. Turman and Esther Goldberg.

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