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Benjamin Moore, Jr., who spent 14 years singing in the celebrated gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama, has died at the age of 80.

This year we remember some of the original influencers who passed away in 2021, celebrities who made a lasting impact with their life's work.

The single ranked #46 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966. “I’m Your Puppet” has remained a staple of oldies radio and has been covered by Dionne Warwick, Mickey Gilley, Sam & Dave, the Box Tops, Donny Osmond, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Yo La Tengo, Bobby Womack, Cliff Richard & Percy Sledge, and the duo of Elton John and Paul Young, the latter on John’s 1993  Duets album. The services and arrangements have not been determined. h/t to John Wilson of Sly, Slick & Wicked for notifying us of this story. Tags

Jan 23, 2021 7:02 AM There have been dozens of MLB players that have worn the number 44. Great players…Hall of Famers…not so great players…and absolute stiffs.But for me, and those of my generation the #44 will always be associated first with Henry Aaron. Aaron died this week and another piece of my childhood died with him. One of my first vivid memories is of being in the backyard of my house on Turner St and trying to hit whiffle balls over the roof…like Aaron and Matthews and Carty and the other Brave greats that I could hear on the transistor radio. Described by Earl G...

Today in Music History - Dec. 29 The Canadian Press 2020-12-18 Today in Music History for Dec. 29:   In 1849, the Christmas hymn by Edmund Sears, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," was first published in "The Christian Register." In 1939, Radio Luxembourg was given government permission to begin broadcasting. It was the only commercial radio station in Europe to broadcast in English during the 1950s and '60s, and was the only European station to play rock 'n roll. Part of Radio Luxembourg's Saturday night programming was a rebroadcast of disc jockey Alan Freed's show from the U.S. In 1941,...