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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream

The Elegants a doo-wop vocal group, popular in the 1950’s. Little Star in 1958 spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 100.

I always have a strong sense about what's going on in P.E.I. Every morning I wake up and Corey Tremere's twitter account has all the latest from Prince Edward Island flowing. I'm two hours behind in the central time zone, so his midday show is my morning show. Ocean 100 has been the Island's #1 commercial radio station since it went on the air in 1974 at the 1190AM position. It then got a new address at 720AM in 1987, and a new frequency at Ocean 100.3FM in 2006. There's something wonderful about working at the radio station you grew up to, and Corey tells the story of how he started working in radio in Junior High, and worked his way up.

Badfinger were a Welsh/English rock band formed in Swansea that were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Joey Molland. They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre. It is estimated that the band sold 14 million albums

One of the first albums by Ray Conniff features what we would call funky music today. However one cut mild success in 1967 Just Boppin’, which I used as a theme song in my early years in radio

Consortium News has sued the Canadian TV network Global News for defamation in federal court in Virginia over a report that said CN was part of a "cyber influence" campaign "directed" by Moscow against a Canadian leader

Ferrell was best known for playing Berta on all 12 seasons of 'Two and a Half Men,' for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations

The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were an English–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album Cloud Nine, the band formed in April 1988 after the five members united to record a bonus track for Harrison's next European single

Bill Withers reached #1 in 1972 with Lean On Me. He was active from 1970 to 1985. Bill died in 2020 at age 81.

Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor.