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Stories of Standards Surrey with the Fringe on Top Linda Hillshafer Share Tune in to hear our favorite versions of “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” as presented by Rodney Franks on Stories of Standards on weekday mornings at 7:50 and 8:50 am beginning Monday, March 8. Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp. “The Surrey With the Fringe On Top” was written for the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma.” First performed by by Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde, Miles Davis adopted it into his repertoire in the 1950s and many others followed. Sonny Rollins recorded it in 1959; Mel Tormé in 1961. Wes Montgomery and Marian McPartland are among those who have included this song in their repertoire. ....
61-year-old man killed in apartment fire, officials say Updated Feb 01, 2021; A 61-year-old man was killed early Monday during a fire that started while he was cooking in the kitchen of an East Orange apartment, officials said. The blaze broke out at about 4:45 a.m. at Norman Towers on the 500 block of North Walnut Street, a city spokeswoman said. When firefighters entered the apartment they found the resident, Charles Rodgers, unconscious on the kitchen floor with a small stove on top of him. Rogers was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:36 a.m. , though his exact cause of death remains under investigation, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. ....