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The kingdom is embarking on a big experiment as it diversifies its oil-based economy, and executives looking for investment are making their pitches.
A riveting revival of Stephen Adly Guirgisâs prison drama may be more timely today than at its premiere in 2000.
Political liberation has yet to translate into material gains for blacks. As one woman said, âIâve gone from a shack to a shack.â
The powerful voice of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico GarcĂa Lorca is still one that binds this nation in the midst of its current struggles.
Claims that atrocities were staged, along with stark hate speech against Rohingya Muslims, are blaring out from social media and official statements.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 18, 2017, covering October 24, 2017.
Shania Twain
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Demi Lovato
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Miley Cyrus
2017Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)[â ]
Antoine Caliste Domino Jr., known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955). Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.
2017Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)[â ]
Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Fishbone on television series "Good Times", Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night.
2017Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)[â ]
Girija Devi was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. She was dubbed as the 'Queen of Thumri' for her contribution in the genre. She died on 24 October 2017.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]