Guide my feet while I run this race, for I don’t want to run this race in vain. I‘m your child while I run this race, for I don’t want to run this race in vain. Search my heart while I run this race, for I don’t want to run this race in vain. Stand [...]
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~Diary~ Thursday June 5, 2008 First Day Ever to Disneyland My mom and I went to Disneyland. The first ride we both went on was Mount Everest Mountain. It was fun and scary! When we got there we sure didn’t know what to do but have fun! One thing I remember is when we went [...]
“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.” –Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois, on May 25, 1926. There were also two other children, an older sister and a younger brother. In 1928 the family moved to St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis’s father became a successful oral surgeon. At the [...]
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Posted on March 08th, 2010 in awards, family, famous, Genre, history, jazz, Money, Music, musicians, Rap
“During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy because the music was so interesting, and you forgot to eat, anyway.” –Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams was born on May 10, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia, as [...]
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