This Weekend's Birthdays, December 30 - January 1
Bo Diddley, Skeeter Davis, Del Shannon, John Hartford, Dean Parrish, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Patti Smith, The Move, Daphne Oram, Odetta, Elisa Gabbai, Reparata & The Delrons, Burton Cummings, more
It’s the weekend, and there are many great birthdays to toast. With all the new year celebrating that gets done this time of year, I fear these people were or have been shortchanged throughout their lives. So, let’s raise a glass, shall we?
Bo Diddley was born in Mississippi on December 30, 1928. Diddley was a trailblazer on a number of fronts, but perha…
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