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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 10: Hockey writer/former commentator Brian McFarlane is 93. Country singer Jonie Mosby is 84. Quebec singer-songwriter Louise Forestier is 81. Actor James Reynolds ("Days of Our Lives") is 78.

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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 6: Children's performer Ella Jenkins is 100. Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 86. Tenor Paul Trepanier is 85. Actress Louise Sorel ("Days of Our Lives") is 84. Country singer Myrna Lorrie is 84. Actor Michael Anderson Jr.

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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 8: Actress Nita Talbot is 94. Actor Dustin Hoffman is 87. Actress Connie Stevens is 86. Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 85. Actor Larry Wilcox ("CHiPS") is 77.

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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 9: Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy is 96. Tennis Hall-of-Famer Rod Laver is 86. Jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette is 82. Comedian-director David Steinberg is 82. Actor Sam Elliott is 80.

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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 5: Country songwriter Bobby Braddock is 84. Actress Loni Anderson is 79. Actress Erika Slezak ("One Life To Live") is 78. Singer Rick Derringer is 77. Actress Holly Palance is 74. Singer Samantha Sang is 73.

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Today in Music History for Aug. 15: In 1925, jazz pianist Oscar Peterson was born in Montreal. Peterson began playing on Montreal radio stations and with local dance bands in the early 1940s.

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Today in Music History for Aug. 12: In 1838, Joseph Barnby, English organist and choirmaster, was born. He composed nearly 250 hymn tunes during his life. Of these the most enduring include "Now the Day is Over" and "We Give Thee But Thine Own.

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Today in Music History for Aug. 16: In 1935, Patsy Montana recorded "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," which turned out be the first million-selling country record by a female singer.

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Today in Music History for Aug. 11: In 1943, Jim Kale, the original bass guitarist with "The Guess Who," was born. He was also a member of "The Guess Who's" forerunner, "Chad Allan and the Expressions," a group formed in Winnipeg in the early 1960s.

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Today in Music History for Aug. 14: In 1810, Samuel S. Wesley, grandson of Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley, was born. Samuel Wesley penned over 130 original hymn tunes. The best remembered is "The Church’s One Foundation.
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