Laura Nyro, songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose songs "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "And When I Die", "Eli's Comin'" were hits for others, was born on Oct. 18, 1947 (d. 1997). #LauraNyro

"Eli's Comin'" (Laura Nyro) (1968)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFD-s66VG8

Laura Nyro, songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose songs "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "And When I Die", "Eli's Comin'" were hits for others, was born on Oct. 18, 1947 (d. 1997). #LauraNyro

"And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) (1967)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Jvry-y_Wg

Laura Nyro, songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose songs "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "And When I Die", "Eli's Comin'" were hits for others, was born on Oct. 18, 1947 (d. 1997). #LauraNyro

"Save the Country" (Laura Nyro) (Live, 1971)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJNo9iIPa98

Laura Nyro, songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose songs "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "And When I Die", "Eli's Comin'" were hits for others, was born on Oct. 18, 1947 (d. 1997). #LauraNyro

"Stoned Soul Picnic" (Laura Nyro) (1968)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1CfSgsvqJE

Cynthia Weil, "American songwriter who wrote many songs with her husband Barry Mann" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 18, 1940 (d. 2023). #CynthiaWeil

This is another one of those songs:

The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) (1965)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hziqpg7HeBY

Cynthia Weil, "American songwriter who wrote many songs with her husband Barry Mann" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 18, 1940 (d. 2023). #CynthiaWeil

This is one of those songs:

The Animals - "We've Gotta Get out of This Place" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) (1966)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PclhNB8BiwI

Chuck Berry, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, was born on Oct. 18, 1926 (d. 2017). #ChuckBerry

Who were these guys who were great live and did such great covers? 😉

"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) (Live, 1964)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90uCp8Jj_TU

Chuck Berry, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, was born on Oct. 18, 1926 (d. 2017). #ChuckBerry

"Maybellene" (Chuck Berry) (Live, 1958)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v124f0i0Xh4

Chuck Berry, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, was born on Oct. 18, 1926 (d. 2017). #ChuckBerry

"You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry) (1964)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULVrZrj_veo

Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen], American singer, songwriter and guitarist, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music", "a major influence on subsequent rock music (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 18, 1926 (d. 2017). #ChuckBerry

"Maybellene" (Chuck Berry) (1955)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npkoS9Q3QYk

Anita O'Day, American jazz singer, was born on Oct. 18, 1919 (d. 2006). #AnitaODay

"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (Stan Kenton) (1944, w/ Stan Kenton - 78rpm version, Capitol)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xFHfCaBY_4

Anita O'Day, American jazz singer, was born on Oct. 18, 1919 (d. 2006). #AnitaODay

"Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) (1942)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAdZ_c1bds4

Lotte Lenya [Karoline Blamauer], "Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, known for her performances of Kurt Weill songs" (Wikipedia), was born on Oct. 18, 1898 (d. 1981). #LotteLenya

Lotte Lenya - "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eO7MKEZAY

The muskrat is a bit thick, methinks.

Margaret Atwood, 84 years old, attempting to burn an unburnable copy of her novel The Handmaid's Tale with a flamethrower.
A single unburnable copy was created to raise awareness about increasing censorship. The unburnable copy was auctioned off after her flamethrowing attempt, raising $130,000 for PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization.
As Atwood asserted in her poem Spelling: "A word after a word after a word is power."

The vile muskrat has donated mega millions to 🍄rum’s campaign and now he is holding events in Pennsylvania". but muskrat’s events are likely illegal. 
The events aren’t open to everyone. To attend, people must sign a petition (“free speech”/guns) and must have already voted in Pennsylvania. 
Federal law prohibits an expenditure to any person to vote, withhold their vote, or to vote for or against any candidate. Violators can be fined or face up to one year in prison. 
⚖️🗳️

https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/why-elon-musks-events-in-pennsylvania

Jim Seals, musician, member of the duo Seals and Crofts, was born on October 17, 1942 (d. 2022). #JimSeals

Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) (1975, BBC Old Grey Whistle Test, originally released in 1972)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KnK3z6DKaI

Jim Seals, musician, member of the duo Seals and Crofts, was born on October 17, 1942 (d. 2022). #JimSeals

The B-Side of the "Summer Breeze" single:

Seals and Crofts - "East of Ginger Trees" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) (1972)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZQw-wVDuU

Jeannine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, known as Sœur Sourire and The Singing Nun, was born on Oct. 17, 1933 (d. 1985). #SœurSourire #TheSingingNun #JeannineDeckers

The appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show:

"Alleluia" (Soeur Sourire [Jeannine Deckers]) (1964)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRr6bBiUrLE

Jeannine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, known as Sœur Sourire and The Singing Nun, was born on Oct. 17, 1933 (d. 1985). #SœurSourire #TheSingingNun #JeannineDeckers

The B-Side of the "Dominique" single (1963):

"Entre les étoiles (Among the Stars)" (Soeur Sourire [Jeannine Deckers]) (1963)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sGky46WHFA