Mickey cogswell biography
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2014 INDUCTEE
Rock ‘n’ Roll/Country & Western
Composer, Producer, Performer
RHODE ISLAND’S OWN ROCKABILLY REBEL
The Story of Sun Records Pioneer
WINSTON “WAYNE POWERS” COGSWELL
(1928-2020)
by Rick Bellaire
WAYNE POWERS, 1958: Winston Cogswell’s Phillips International/Sun Records official promotional photo
It is not possible to overstate the importance of Winston Cogswell (a/k/a Wayne Powers and Wayne Cogswell) to Rhode Island music history. Not only was a Rhode Islander literally present at the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll inside the Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-1950s, but while there, he made numerous, innovative and significant contributions to what became known around the world as “The Sun Sound.”
The story begins when Winston was born in 1928 in northern Maine just two miles from the Canadian border. As a very young boy, his family relocated to Warwick, Rhode Island where
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Barton MacLane
Actor, playwright, screenwriter (1902–1969)
For the American composer, see Barton McLean.
Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy seriesI Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman.[1]
Early life
[edit]MacLane was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on Christmas Day, 1902.[2] He attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he excelled at American football. His first movie role, in The Quarterback (1926), was a result of his athletic ability.[3] He then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career
[edit]He made his huvudgata debut in 1927, playing the assistant district attorney in Bayard Veiller's The Trial of Mary Dugan.[4] He then performed in the 1928 B
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Howard Zinn
American historian and socialist thinker (1922–2010)
Howard Zinn | |
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Zinn in 2009 | |
| Born | (1922-08-24)August 24, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2010(2010-01-27) (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, educator, author, playwright |
| Spouse | Roslyn Shechter (m. 1944; died 2008) |
| Children | 2, including Jeff |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Thesis | Fiorello LaGuardia in Congress (1958) |
| Institutions | Spelman College Boston University |
| Main interests | Civil rights, war and peace |
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)[1] was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was