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Nov 15, 1932R&B singer Clyde McPhatter is born in Durham, North Carolina. The original lead vocalist for The Drifters, he pursues a solo career, earning a pop hit in 1958 with "A Lover's Question." Jacky Ward revives it in country music in 1978Aug 16, 1957"True Love Ways" songwriter Buddy Holly makes an unlikely appearance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The lineup also features Clyde McPhatterJun 13, 1972R&B singer Clyde McPhatter dies of a heart attack in the Bronx. A former member of The Dominoes and The Drifters, he grabbed a solo pop hit in 1958 with "A Lover's Question," remade as a country hit in 1978 by Jacky WardJan 21, 1987The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria HotelOct 3, 2009Randy Travis, Earl Scruggs and Mike Curb enter the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis along with James Taylor, Ben E. King, Johnny Bristol, Kate Smith and Clyde McPhatter
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