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The Beetles Rubber Soul 1965
Radios were abuzz with such groundbreaking
singles as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and
“Like a Rolling Stone.” That December, the
Beatles met th eir peers’ challenge head-on with
Rubber Soul, a stunning collection that preserved the taut pop focus of the band’s earlier
LPs while introducing newfound sophistication
and depth. Producer George Martin described
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new, growing Beatles to the world,” and so it
was.
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Lesson Overview ■ Study the poignant lyrics of songs
people wrote to memorialize epic events. Use your research skills to search the American Memory collections
to broaden your understanding of how people have dealt
with disaster. Then share your learning by creating a presentation for others in which you assume the role of a
witness to such an event and create your own personal
account. Lesson Objective ■ Students will be able to: 1.
Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to
understand human experience. 2. Read to acquire information from a variety of sources. 3. Orally communicate
information, opinions, and ideas effectively to an audience for a particular purpose. 4. Interpret history using a
variety of sources, such as biographies, diaries, artifacts
and eyewitness interviews. ■ www.loc.gov/teachers
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MISS VIKKI CARR THE
VOICE OF EL PASO
ORIGINAL STORY EL PASO TEXAS
Vikki Carr El Paso
-A legendary star of the stage and screen Vikki Carr
has captivated audiences nationally and abroad for
over 50 years with her melodic voice and presence.
She is one of the best-loved and most accomplished
entertainers in the United States, Latin America and
Europe. In her illustrious career she has garnered
four Grammy Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy and has-
“I was born Florencia Bisenta de
Casillas Martinez Cardona
in El Paso Texas.“ -Vikki Carr
released
over
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recordings. She
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Presidents, wartime
soldiers
in Vietnam and
sold-out audiences around the
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music embraces four languages and she is among
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States and Latin America, paving the way for many
performers today.
Born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona in El Paso. Texas and raised in Southern California, the eldest of seven children, who would later
change her name to Vikki Carr, began performing at
the age of four singing Adeste Fidelis in Latin at a
Christmas program.
She was signed to a contract with Liberty Records
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became a hit in Australia. That title was soon followed by the unforgettable release, It Must Be Him,
which charged up the charts in England.
One year later, the single was released in the United
States and earned Carr three Grammy Award nominations. The international hit emerged again when
she and the song were featured in the storyline of
the Academy Award winning movie Moonstruck.
After It Must Be Him came a string of hits including With Pen In Hand, for which she received her
fourth Grammy Award nomination, The Lesson,
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You and For Once in
My Life. -END
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