Talk about being up your own arse ffs.
Groucho's Fact Hunt
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AKA one foot in the grave.
Billysgingham.
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Nice work.
Alan Whittle
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Heavyweight boxer Ernie Terrell who fought Muhamed Ali for the World title had a sister (Jean) who replaced Diana Ross as lead singer of The Supremes.
Alan Whittle
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Former World Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier ( with his backing band, The Knockouts) had a single which was a huge hit on the Northern Soul scene; "First Round Knockout". The record company spelt his name wrong on the label;"Joe Fraizer". There is no record of what happened when Joe found out.
I was at Highbury for Arsenal's 1st Division match against Sunderland in 1964. Cloughie down as centre forward for Sunderland in the programme, but didn't play due to injury.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
In Tutankhamun's tomb were discovered 145 pairs of underpants, so there.
And she was, I think, a far superior singer.(Nathan Jones a good example)
deipnosophist
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Yes, Toto had some very notable session musicians. The drummer on the best selling album of all time* was a Toto member (he's dead now).
*globally, that's Michael Jackson's Thriller. Interestingly, it's only the second biggest seller in the US...The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-75 is #1
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
..I suppose the world would be a very different place if it was an order from the brain!!
Black Belt Jones
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Harry Greb - greatest middleweight of all time (and up for discussion as THE greatest pfp fighter ever) fought half his career blind in one eye.
Although it would be hard to form a direct opinion of him nowadays, as no footage of any of his 300+ fights exists. Speculation that there must be some out there, stored in a forgotten attic somewhere, as he was a hugely high profile fighter in the biggest sport in the world at the time, but none has ever been found.
Although it would be hard to form a direct opinion of him nowadays, as no footage of any of his 300+ fights exists. Speculation that there must be some out there, stored in a forgotten attic somewhere, as he was a hugely high profile fighter in the biggest sport in the world at the time, but none has ever been found.
Used to happen to a lot of the condemned during hanging. Automatic response.
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