1950
birthday
Donnie Iris is born
Singer-songwriter whose blue-eyed soul and R&B-influenced rock earned critical acclaim in the early 1980s.
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Singer-songwriter whose blue-eyed soul and R&B-influenced rock earned critical acclaim in the early 1980s.
Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton found Satellite Records in Memphis, Tennessee, which soon becomes Stax Records — home to Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and the raw Memphis soul sound.
Earth, Wind & Fire releases the album "That's the Way of the World," featuring "Shining Star." The album hits #1 on the Billboard 200, bringing cosmic soul-funk to the mainstream.
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