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College Summer League Team’s Comeback Devolved Into Chaos When Stadium Lights Went Out

An eight-run comeback was cut short after the stadium’s lights shut off in the 12th inning.

Sports Illustrated

Lost Liverpool club that 'nothing has touched' since it closed

In its heyday, it welcomed many famous faces

Liverpool Echo

Jet Harris was Britain’s first bass guitar player, the first to own a Fender Precision, and its first rock’n’roll hellraiser too

Fights, car crashes, affairs with starlets – Jet Harris set the template for British bass players and bad behaviour, and along the way inspired everyone from McCartney to Lemmy

Guitar World

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UK's longest and most impressive canal tunnels to visit on narrowboat holidays

There are more than 50 tunnels on the country’s 2,000-plus miles of waterways, ranging in length from just 25 yards to more than three miles, and you can boat through most of them

Daily Mirror

Burt Bacharach: 20 essential songs

Music poured out of Burt Bacharach like martinis out of an ice-cold shaker.

Los Angeles Times

Burt Bacharach obituary

Songwriter whose hits, including I Say a Little Prayer and Walk On By, became classics of easy-listening pop

The Guardian - UK

Drifters singer Charlie Thomas dies at 85

Charlie Thomas, a singer and longtime member of the R&B group the Drifters, has died. He was 85.

Los Angeles Times

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Charlie Thomas death: The Drifters musician dies aged 85

The musician was known as a member of the band behind hits such as ‘Under the Boardwalk’ and ‘Sweets for my Sweet’

The Independent UK

Twitter queen Dionne Warwick discusses music, singing with Chance the Rapper and chiding Snoop Dogg

Before she became one of the biggest-selling female solo artists of the 20th century, Dionne Warwick was a teenaged piano major who earned tuition money as a background singer on records by The Drifters, Dinah Washington, Brook Benton, Solomon Burke and other vocal greats.

Tribune News Service

RTE radio host Ronan Collins pays tribute to pal and 'talented musician' Joey Gilheaney

The Drifters star died on Tuesday night

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