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Jimmie Davis, American politician, singer and songwriter, known for "You Are My Sunshine", was born on Sep. 11, 1899 (d. 2000).

The song was "published and copyrighted in 1940 by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. Davis went on to be governor of Louisiana [1944-1948, 1960-1964] and used the song for his [campaigns]." It became Louisiana's State Song in 1977. (Wikipedia)

Jimmie Davis - "You Are My Sunshine" (Disputed authorship) (1940)

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R.I.P. James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 โ€“ September 9, 2024)

"James Earl Jones, the first guest to ever appear on Sesame Street, recites the alphabet."

Sesame Street: James Earl Jones Says The Alphabet (1969)

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Counting the days until we're rid of seeing this chaos agent attempting to be president. With the hard work of many ... and a bit of luck. 56 days.

The New Yorker (August 22, 2016)

"There you stood on the edge of your feather / Expecting to fly"

Neil Young - "Expecting to Fly" (Neil Young) (1969, The Riverboat Coffee House, Yorkville, Toronto)

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Carol Decker, English singer and musician, lead vocalist of the band T'Pau, was born on Sept. 10th.

T'Pau - "Heart and Soul" (Ron Rogers, Carol Decker) (2013, Live, Isle Of Wight)

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Carol Decker, English singer and musician, lead vocalist of the band T'Pau, was born on Sept. 10th.

T'Pau - "Heart and Soul" (Ron Rogers, Carol Decker) (1987)

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Joe Perry, American musician "best known as the founding member, lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Aerosmith" (Wikipedia), was born on Sept. 10th.

Aerosmith - "Dream On" (Steven Tyler) (1978, Capitol Center, Largo, MD)

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Barriemore Barlow, English musician, "best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980" (Wikipedia), was born on Sept. 10th.

Jethro Tull - "Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) (1976, British TV Show "Supersonic")

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Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer, one of the three lead vocalists of Three Dog Night, was born on Sep. 10th.

Three Dog Night - "Black and White" (David I. Arkin, Earl Robinson) (1972), Danny Hutton singing lead

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The song which was adapted by Johnny Cash as "Folsom Prison Blues":

Gordon Jenkins - "Crescent City Blues" (Gordon Jenkins) (1953), sung by Beverly Mahr

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Bruce Palmer, "Canadian musician best known as the bassist in the seminal Canadian-American folk rock band Buffalo Springfield" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 9 in 1946 (d. 2004).

Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) Live 1967

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Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter, "considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 9, 1941 (d. 1967).

"Cupid" (Sam Cooke)

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Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter, "considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 9, 1941 (d. 1967).

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) (1967, released posthumously in 1968)

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โ€œIโ€™m tired of seeing texts from children in a school telling their parents that theyโ€™re afraid and that they love them,โ€ the North Carolina governor said in an interview with CBSโ€™s Margaret Brennan on โ€œFace the Nation.โ€ โ€œWe cannot normalize this.โ€

Yet Republicans think โ€œDo Nothingโ€ is a solution. They want to normalize school shootings. Republicans believe the right to own guns should come at the expense of you childโ€™s life.

Vance even said so.

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