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I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.
Johnny Otis
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Johnny Otis
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 28
Died: 2012
Died: January 17
Bandleader
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Vallejo
California
Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes
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