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  2. Woody Guthrie - Wikipedia

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    Woodrow Wilson Guthrie ( / ˈɡʌθri /; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He inspired several generations both politically and musically with songs such as "This ...

  3. Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson - Wikipedia

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    Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. [1] [2] They had been seized from their cells in the Okemah county jail the night before by a group of up to 40 white men, reportedly including Charley Guthrie, father of the folk singer Woody Guthrie. [3]

  4. Guthrie, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    January 20, 1999. Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 10,191 at the 2010 census, a 2.7 percent increase from the figure of 9,925 in the 2000 census. [5] First known as a railroad station stop, after the Land Run of 1889, Guthrie immediately ...

  5. This machine kills fascists - Wikipedia

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    This machine kills fascists. Woody Guthrie in March 1943 with his labeled "This machine kills fascists". " This machine kills fascists " is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid 1940s, starting in 1943. [1]

  6. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Wikipedia

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    Karen and Richard Carpenter recorded the most successful version of the song. In 1970, " (They Long to Be) Close to You" was released by the Carpenters on their album Close to You (1970) and became their breakthrough hit. The song stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and eleven weeks in the Top 10.

  7. Bound for Glory (book) - Wikipedia

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    Bound for Glory is the partially fictionalized autobiography of folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie. The book describes Guthrie's childhood, his travels across the United States as a hobo on the railroad, and his recognition as a singer. Some of the experiences of fruit picking and a hobo camp are similar to those described in The Grapes ...

  8. George "Gabby" Hayes - Wikipedia

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    George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B- Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars Roy Rogers and John Wayne .

  9. List of show business families - Wikipedia

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    Guthrie-Irion. Folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was the father of fellow folk singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. Arlo in turn is the father of singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Guthrie, who performs with her husband as Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. Gwynne-Gilford-Pine. Actress Anne Gwynne was the mother of Gwynne Gilford