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Nov 28, 1944Soul singer R.B. Greaves is born in Georgetown, British Guyana. A nephew of Sam Cooke, he nets a pop hit in 1969 with "Take A Letter Maria," revamped as a country hit the following year by Anthony Armstrong JonesAug 19, 1969R.B. Greaves records the pop hit "Take A Letter Maria" at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. Anthony Armstrong Jones will score a country hit with a cover of the song the following yearNov 3, 1969Johnny Cash sings "Blistered" and "See Ruby Fall" on the ABC-TV show "The Music Scene." Among the episode's other performances: Della Reese doing "MacArthur Park," Bobby Sherman singing "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and R.B. Greaves with "Take A Letter Maria"Nov 17, 1969Paul Anka performs the future Elvis Presley hit "My Way" during ABC's "The Music Scene." Also aboard: The Cowsills, with "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"; R.B. Greaves, with "Take A Letter Maria"; and B.B. KingSep 27, 2012R&B singer R.B. Greaves dies of prostate cancer at his Los Angeles home. He wrote the 1969 pop hit "Take A Letter Maria," which became a country hit in 1970 after it was remade by Anthony Armstrong Jones
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