Moderately Interesting Morning Fact for Friday, June 15, 2012: Trouble with a Capital T Edition

Jun 15

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Meredith Willson died 28 years ago today. The Mason City, Iowa, native penned the fight song for the University of Iowa, Iowa State University‘s “For I, For S” and the hit holiday single, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” His most famous work is the musical “The Music Man.” Three songs from musical became hits off the stage and screen: “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Gary, Indiana” and “Till There Was You,” which was recorded by The Beatles‘ for their albums “With The Beatles.” Paul McCartney controls the rights to Willson’s song catalog.

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A misanthrope, iconoclast and general grouch since the late 1980s, Daniel P. Finney has been a professional paragraph stacker since 1993. He reports. He writes. He blogs. He tweets. He beats deadlines. He amuses (himself, at least.) He informs. He adapts. He keeps moving forward. He eschews gatherings. The highlights of his week are Sunday chicken wings, new comics Wednesday and naps during televised sporting events. He does not wonder if there is a player to be named later in his life and spends most of his waking hours desperately trying to be left alone.

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