On this day in 1971 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted on CBS-TV.  

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Born on this day in 1819 writer Herman Melville
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9CmZ531N1s

Born on this day in 1899 conductor William Steinberg
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhR2r0oKOWI

Born on this day in 1921 contralto Lili Chookasian
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjPaLv805oo

Happy 89th birthday bass Theo Adam
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSdFAI0tVOM

Happy 83rd birthday soprano Elinor Ross
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXjWD5TocgI

Born on this day in 1933 actor Dom DeLuise
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws1Y13AeGc4

Born on this day in 1936 designer Yves Saint-Laurent
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQoO9r_CuY

Born on this day in 1931 tenor and teacher Nico Castel
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LusiQAlvaDk

Happy 73rd birthday tenor Claes H Ahnsjö
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkL78851Ne8

And your humble servant Windy City Operaman enters his sixth decade today!

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