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Died On This Date (September 7, 2012) Dorothy McGuire / The McGuire Sisters

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Dorothy McGuire
February 19, 1928 – September 7, 2012

Dorothy McGuire who, along with her sisters, Phyllis McGuire and Christine McGuire, performed as the McGuire Sisters, a very popular singing group during the 1950s and ’60s. It was back in 1935, when youngest sister, Phyllis was just four years old, that the girls began singing together. Before they knew it, they were singing at weddings, church revivals, and military bases. In 1952, the McGuire Sisters appeared on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts and were hired by Godfrey to perform at his shows for the next seven years. They also signed a recording contract with Coral Records that same year. Throughout their recording career, the McGuire Sisters scored six gold records and had hits with songs like “Sincerely” and “Sugartime.” They were immensely popular guests on television shows hosted by the likes of Dean Martin, Milton Berle, Andy Williams, and Ed Sullivan. They performed for Queen Elizabeth II as well as Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush. The group retired in 1968 after reportedly being blacklisted from many venues due to Phyllis’ relationship with mobster, Sam Giancana. They reunited in 1986 and performed in Las Vegas and beyond well into 2000s. In later years, they opened McGuire’s Pub near Sarasota, Florida. Dorothy McGuire was 84 when she passed away on September 7, 2012.

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Died On This Date (August 27, 1990) Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Stevie Ray Vaughan
October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990

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Stevie Ray Vaughan was a Texas rock and blues artist who exploded on to the scene thanks, in part to a firey performance at the July 17, 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival whose audience included David Bowie and Jackson Browne. After meeting backstage, Bowie hired Vaughan to play guitar on Lets Dance which became his best selling album, and Browne offered his recording studio at no charge for him to record his demos. Not long after, a tape of Vaughan’s Montreux set found its way to legendary scout, John Hammond Sr. who got him a deal with Columbia Records. Quickly building a reputation as one of the greatest electric guitar slingers popular music has ever known, Vaughan’s albums became bestsellers and his concert performances became stuff of legend. Unfortunately, his long-time drug addictions were also catching up with him, both creatively and physically. In September of 1986, Vaughan collapsed while on tour in Germany. After checking himself into rehab, he was clean and sober by the end of the year. Over the next few years, Vaughan won a Grammy, headlined the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and performed and George Bush Sr.’s inauguration party. While on tour with Eric Clapton in August of 1990, Vaughan opted to take a helicopter in order to avoid local traffic after his Alpine Valley (Troy, WI) show. Due to multiple factors including heavy fog, the pilot crashed the helicopter into a nearby hillside shortly after takeoff, killing Vaughan, the pilot and three of Clapton’s associates on impact. Stevie Ray Vaughan was 35 at the time of his death.