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Did you know Betts co-wrote "Bougainvillea" with Don Johnson who started on Miami Vice?
Did you know that Betts was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band?
December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024)
Did you know that Betts was the writer and singer on the Allmans' hit single "Ramblin' Man"?
Did you know that Betts was ousted from the band in 2000 over a conflict regarding his continued drug and alcohol use?
Did you know that Betts Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson is the last living founding member of the Allman Brothers Band?
Did you know that Betts was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995[?
Did you know that Betts and also won a best rock performance Grammy Award with the band for "Jessica" in 1996?
Did you know that Betts was ranked No. 58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003?
Did you know Betts co-wrote "Bougainvillea" with Don Johnson who started on Miami
Vice?Did you know according to Betts, he went to went to arbitration with the band before they kicked him out of the band?
Did you know that Betts was married five times?
Did you know that Betts died from cancer and COPD at his home in Osprey, Florida, on April 18, 2024?
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Did you know that Mandisa album Overcomer won a grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category?
Did you know that Mandisa Lynn Hundley was a American gospel and contemporary Christian recording
artist?
Did you know that Mandisa began her solo career as a contestant in the fifth season of American Idol finishing in ninth place.?
Did you know that Mandisa album Overcomer won a grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category?
Did you know that Mandisa became the fifth American Idol alumnus to win a Grammy?
Did you know that Mandisa attended Fisk University for vocal performance, where she was a member of the school's "Jubilee Singers"?
Did you know that Mandisa graduated from Fisk in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music?
Did you know before her solo career, Mandisa worked for a short time as a recording session backup singer for artists such as Sandi Patty, Shania Twain, and Trisha Yearwood?
Did you know that Mandisa was eliminated from American Idol on April 5, 2006, and she finished in the top nine?
Did you know that Mandisa's first full-length album True Beauty was released on July 31, 2007?
Did you know that True Beauty debuted at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums charts, making it the first time a new female artist has debuted at No. 1 in the chart's 27-year history?
Did you know that Mandisa won the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Overcomer at the 56th Grammy Awards?
Did you know that Mandisa lived in Franklin, Tennesse?
Did you know that on April 18, 2024, Mandisa was found dead at her home in Franklin, Tennessee?
Did you know that Mandisa was 47 when she died?
Did you know that Terry Carter won an Emmy Award in Los Angeles, for Best Series for Children and Youth, 1985, for K*I*D*S
Did you know that Terry Carter was born John Everett DeCoste?
Did you know that Carter from 1965 to 1968 worked as a weekend newscaster for WBZ-TV in Boston,[6] where he became an anchor-reporter?
Did you know that Terry Carter during his three-year stint, served as New England television's first black opening-night movie and theater critic.?
Did you know that Carter also starred as Dennis Weaver's partner, Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in the detective series McCloud for seven years?Did you know that in 1975, Carter started a small Los Angeles corporation, Meta/4 Productions, Inc. for which he
produced and directed industrial and educational presentations on film and videotape for the federal government?
Did you know that Terry Carter produced and directed award-winning dramatic and documentary programs for presentation on PBS and distribution worldwide?
Did you know that Terry Carter died in New York City on April 23, 2024, at the age of 95?
Did you know that Terry Carter won an Emmy Award in Los Angeles, for Best Series for Children and Youth, 1985, for K*I*D*S?
Did you know that Terry Carter won an Award for Excellence, in the L. A. Film Review Board, 1977, for Child Abuse & Neglect Series?
Did you know that the Michael Pinder was the last surviving member of the Moody Blues’ original lineup?
- Did you know that the Mellotron allowed Pinder to create a unique variations of string movements and play various instruments within the Moody Blues’ songs?
Did you know that Pinder was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group The Moody Blues. Alongside Denny Laine, Graeme Edge, Ray Thomas, and Clint Warwick, he helped form the band in 1964?Did you know that Pinder co-wrote all the original songs on the band’s debut album, The Magnificent Moodies, which also featured his lead vocal on a cover of James Brown’s "I Don’t Mind?
Did you know that Pinder played a crucial role in enlisting singer Justin Hayward as Denny Laine’s replacement, forming the Moody Blues’ “classic” lineup?
Did you know that the quintet (Pinder, Hayward, Lodge, Thomas, and Edge) recorded eight albums together, including the iconic Days of Future Passed and Nights in White Satin?
- Did you know that the Michael Pinder was the last surviving member of the Moody Blues’
original lineup? - Did you know that the Pinder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues in 2018?
- Did you know that the Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide, including 18 platinum and gold LPs?
- Did you know that the Moody Blues produced 16 studio albums, six of which made the US Top 20 (with two reaching No. 1) and eight of which made the UK Top 20 (with three reaching No. 1)?
- Did you know that Pinder’s music has remained relevant and impactful for over 50 years?