The Boomtown Rats are known for the song “I Don’t Like Mondays.”
Born June 16
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The Holland-Dozier-Holland team wrote hits like “Baby Love” and “Heat Wave.”
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Ryland became the first Black pro tennis player in 1959, at the World Pro Championships.
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Appeared on the Dr. Demento radio show and “The Midnight Special.”
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He was a Yale classics professor and screenplay writer when he turned a proposed movie about two college students — preppy Oliver and smart-mouthed Jenny — into a novel.
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No rapper is as complex, as multifaceted, as challenging.
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