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My father had a couple of Mitch Miller records and a Spike Jones record, and that was it. My older brother had two or three Elvis Presley singles, and that was about it. The rest of it I did on my own.
George Thorogood
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George Thorogood
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 24
Baseball Player
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Wilmington
Delaware
George Lawrence Thorogood
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I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
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Pain I keep to myself my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.
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Everybody funny, now you funny too.
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