Today In Patriots History April 3: AWTE Russ Francis

Pape said:

one would think robert kraft is becoming much more cognizant of this...

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Actual Pats Fan said:

Often when people get older, they get even more stubborn and ignorant than they were during their adulthood.

Other people, however, soften and become more open to change and ideas. George Wallace evidently gained compassion for non-whites toward the end, perhaps due to his physical frailty.

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Pape said:

i was more referring to his own chase of the gold jacket, having been denied several times over at this time...

but i understand your point

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jmt57 said:

The Hall is way overdue for a Senior Committee inductee.
There was a time that they met once every four years, but for whatever reason they have not done so in seven years.
That's the only way people like Russ Francis or the three you mentioned above are ever going to get in.

Unfortunately it will be posthumously if it is anyone other than Fred Marion, just as it was for Houston Antwine (who was more deserving than half of the initial class of ten back in 2001), and Leon Gray.

Why wait until after a person is dead to honor them?


Senior Inductees:
2011 - Jon Morris
2015 - Houston Antwine
2019 - Leon Gray

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DarrylS said:

Darryl Stingley is often overlooked & should be included in any Senior Committee inductee...

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jmt57 said:

Today in Music History
April 3​

1922:
Actress, singer, and animal welfare activist Doris Day is born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio. She turns to singing when a car accident wrecks her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. She starred in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense film, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) with James Stewart and sang two songs in the film, 'Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and 'We'll Love Again'. She died in 2019 at the age of 97.

1955:
Fred Astaire appeared on television for the first time on "The Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan.




1956:
Elvis Presley makes the first of two appearances on The Milton Berle Show, live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock. He earns $5,000 for performing "Heartbreak Hotel", "Money, Honey" and "Blue Suede Shoes". It's estimated that one out of every four Americans watches the show.

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1959:
The BBC bans The Coasters' song "Charlie Brown" because of the word "spitball." Officials said they didn't want to encourage school children to partake in offensive of behavior. Two weeks later, due to listener demands, they would change their decision and start to play the single, which rose to #6 on the charts.

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1960:
Working at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, Elvis Presley pulls an all-nighter, recording nine songs, finishing with "Are You Lonesome Tonight" in the wee hours of the morning. The mournful song becomes one of his biggest hits, going to #1 in America for six weeks.

Elvis also records "It's Now or Never" the same day. With a melody lifted from the 1907 song "O Sole Mio," it veers away from rock and roll but is a huge hit, and the song Elvis later says is his favorite of all his recordings. The song will rise to the top of the record charts in ten countries around the world, including the US and the UK, and sell in excess of twenty million copies.




1963:
The Elvis Presley film, It Happened At The World's Fair opens in Los Angeles. He sang ten songs in the movie, which, despite poor reviews, made $2.25 million at the box office.




1965:
Bob Dylan made his singles chart debut with “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” which rose to #9. Interestingly, the much-covered title track of Dylan’s third album was never issued as a single in the US.




1965:
Peaking at #93, The Who make the US singles chart for the first time, with "I Can't Explain."

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1965:
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs was released.

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1968:
The LP "Bookends" by Simon And Garfunkel was released on Columbia Records. Five singles were issued from the album, "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (#13 in 1966), "At the Zoo" (#16 in 1967), "Fakin' It" (#23 in 1967) "Mrs. Robinson" (#1 in 1968) and "America" (#97 in 1972) The album went to #1 in the UK and the US, and has been certified 2X Platinum.




1969:
The Doors' Jim Morrison turns himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles. He is charged with inter-state flight to avoid prosecution on six charges of lewd behavior and public exposure at a concert in Miami on March 2nd, 1969. He is later released on $2000 bail.

1971:
The Temptations hit the top of the Billboard Pop chart for the third time with "Just My Imagination", a #8 hit. They would place eleven more songs in the US Top 40 during the next twenty years, but this would be the group's last single with original member Eddie Kendricks, who left soon after to pursue a solo career.

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1975:
Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes of a friend, Benita Diorio. When police arrived at Miller's house, Diorio was putting out the flames, Miller then got into a fight with some of the policemen and was charged with resisting arrest.




1976:
A then-unknown Sex Pistols opened for The 101'ers at The Nashville Rooms in London. The 101ers were a pub rock band, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join The Clash.




1976:
Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It would become the first record to be given the newly introduced Platinum Award by The Recording Industry Association of America.




1980:
In Memphis during their first US tour, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders was involved in an altercation at a bar and was arrested for disorderly conduct. She kicked out the window of the police cruiser sent to take her away and spent the night in jail. Her group performed the next night at Poet's Music Hall.

1989:
Madonna was officially dropped as a spokesperson by PepsiCo following controversy surrounding her "Like a Prayer" music video. The deal came to an end after religious groups protested imagery that included burning crosses. Despite the cancellation, the singer reportedly kept her fee, which was widely reported to be about $5 million.

1993:
Ray Charles became the first performer to have hits on Billboard's charts in five different decades when his version of Leon Russell's "A Song For You" entered the R&B singles chart, where it would peak at #57. Despite its modest chart success, the record would go on to win the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

1994:
About 300 radio stations accept Pearl Jam's offer to broadcast their concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta for free. It goes over so well, the band does a series of similar broadcasts over the next few years, bringing a steady stream of live music to their fans.

1995:
The RealAudio Player is introduced, allowing users to stream audio over the internet for the first time. Over the next few years, many artists use it to post songs (or samples of them) on their websites.




1998:
With the big "alternative" acts now squarely in the mainstream, the Lollapalooza festival is officially cancelled, with Green Day, Radiohead and Foo Fighters among the bands turning down offers to headline. The festival launched in 1991 with Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails and Siouxsie and the Banshees at the top of the bill.




2008:
Mariah Carey surpassed Elvis Presley’s tally of 17 US #1's when “Touch My Body” became her 18th chart-topping single. She was still two #1's short of the record held by The Beatles, however, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 20 times.




2008:
Apple became the number one music seller in the United States.




2026:
The American Federation of Musicians officially defended Bruce Springsteen after President Donald Trump targeted him with a series of personal insults on social media. "We can not remain silent as one of our most celebrated members is singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States... Musicians have the right to freedom of expression, and we stand in complete solidarity with Bruce and every member who uses their platform to speak their conscience. Local 802 and Local 47 will always defend that right.

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