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1986 Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77
1975 George Stevens, U.S. director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 1975 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54 1973 Gene Krupa, U.S. swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57 1971 Waqar Younis, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani fast/swing bowler 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1959 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies 1959 Corrinne Drewery, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out 1955 Martin Jackson, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out 1952 Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush 1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing 1950 Ed Harris, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma 1950 Christine Lahti, born in Detroit, actress, Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift 1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing 1947 Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972 1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 1944 Jonathan Demme, born in Baldwin, New York, actor and director, Caged Heat, Swing Shift 1934 Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist, with Stanley Turrentine 1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests 1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1913 Sammy Kaye, saxophonist, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 1909 Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader, King of Swing 1895 Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches 1891 Helen Broderick, U.S., comedienne/actress/singer, Swing Time |
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