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Dead Cool Show #4 - 14 Sept 2023
Episode 4 of The Dead Cool Show where Ronan Leonard brings you a bunch of recordings
of songs by people whose 'deathday' is sometime this week at some point in History...
and weaves a tapestry of ideas, facts and connections.
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A long show this week, subjects covered include: a Hazelnut Chocolate Fact, a R.E.M. reference, many swoops at the Beat Generation, and an incredibly queasy description of Louis XVIII
This week with 19 Songs, 55 People & 13 Nationalities
1 Hour 16 mins of Music : 1 Hour 15 mins of Talk
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People Mentioned:
Perez Prado
Jim Croce
Gram Parsons
Mary Travers
Norman Whitfield
Charles-Amédée Kohler
Thomas Wolfe
Clive Sinclair
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Dom Pérignon
Fiorello La Guardia
Condé Nast
John McCormack
Bill Evans
Patrick Swayze
Patsy Swayze
Grace Kelly
Harry Dean Stanton
Gertrude Berg
Beah Richards
La Wanda Page
Maria Callas
Marc Bolan
Richard Wright
Hippolyte Fizeau
Bertha Lutz
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Olga Erteszek
William Seward Burroughs I
Jimmy Yancey
Earl Palmer
Jimi Hendrix
Thomas Davis
Robert Emmet
Seán O'Casey
Ruth Baider Ginsberg
Louis XVIII
Jean Sibelius
Skeeter Davis
Prince Far I
Jimmy Greaves
Brian Clough
Leonard Skinner
Furry Lewis
Ethel Johnson
Alessandro Rolla
Johnny Ramone
Jackie Collins
Bunny Carr
Norm McDonald
Laura Ashley
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Slim Dusty
Peter Gutteridge
Red Foley
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