Episode 4 of The Dead Cool Show where Ronan Leonard brings you a bunch of recordings

of songs by people whose 'deathday' is sometime this week at some point in History...

and weaves a tapestry of ideas, facts and connections.

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A long show this week, subjects covered include: a Hazelnut Chocolate Fact, a R.E.M. reference, many swoops at the Beat Generation, and an incredibly queasy description of Louis XVIII

This week with 19 Songs, 55 People & 13 Nationalities

1 Hour 16 mins of Music : 1 Hour 15 mins of Talk

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People Mentioned:

Perez Prado

Jim Croce

Gram Parsons

Mary Travers

Norman Whitfield

Charles-Amédée Kohler

Thomas Wolfe

Clive Sinclair

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Dom Pérignon

Fiorello La Guardia

Condé Nast

John McCormack

Bill Evans

Patrick Swayze

Patsy Swayze

Grace Kelly

Harry Dean Stanton

Gertrude Berg

Beah Richards

La Wanda Page

Maria Callas

Marc Bolan

Richard Wright

Hippolyte Fizeau

Bertha Lutz

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Olga Erteszek

William Seward Burroughs I

Jimmy Yancey

Earl Palmer

Jimi Hendrix

Thomas Davis

Robert Emmet

Seán O'Casey

Ruth Baider Ginsberg

Louis XVIII

Jean Sibelius

Skeeter Davis

Prince Far I

Jimmy Greaves

Brian Clough

Leonard Skinner

Furry Lewis

Ethel Johnson

Alessandro Rolla

Johnny Ramone

Jackie Collins

Bunny Carr

Norm McDonald

Laura Ashley

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Slim Dusty

Peter Gutteridge

Red Foley

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