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Curtis Mayfield

Cover for never published comic book by R. Crumb

Artwork by 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘁 - inspired by Robert Crumb - from the book Legends of the Blues (Abrams, 2013).

Coffee break

Peter Weir’s DEAD POETS SOCIETY was released in selected U.S. theaters #OnThisDay in 1989.

The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in London.

The Beatles released their eighth studio album, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,’ on June 1, 1967 in the United Kingdom. (It dropped in the U.S. a day later)

Alanis Morissette *June 1, 1974

The album would prove to be the group’s best-selling album to that point, selling more than 1 million copies and peaking at #15 on the US charts. The album included the single “Burning Down the House,” which peaked at #9 in the US and remains the band’s only Top Ten single.

1979 photo by Bonnie Schiffman.

Happy 89th, Morgan Freeman.