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When stores ran out of Woodstock album on its release 50 years ago today
TORONTO: May 11, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the iconic 3 record album of the historic Woodstock festival. What is well known is that the Woodstock festival took place in the summer of ’69. However, what is not so well known is that the first album of the three-day festival that extended…
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How Little Richard pioneered rock `n’ roll with his super-hit `Tutti Frutti’
This morning I learnt that one of the great legends of rock and roll, whose music we would listen and dance to and still do, passed away from bone cancer at Tullahoma, Tennessee, at the age of 87. Little Richard –just mention his name and just about every old-time rocker will go bonkers! He was…
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Remembering Kent State University massacre on 50th anniversary
The massacre of four students protesting against the Vietnam war by US National Guard on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970, changed America forever We were enjoying a nice sunny spring on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, during April 1970. Everywhere students were out enjoying…
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Why India is letting down its airlines and aviation industry
WINNIPEG: Having been involved in the aviation industry for a long time, I cannot even imagine the fate that awaits this industry in the Corona-ravaged world. I have watched the growth of this industry in my native India from close quarters and I cannot resist the temptation of putting down my random thoughts here. Flights…