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Tommy McLain (MSL)
Tommy McLain (March 15, 1940 – July 24, 2025) was an American musician, best known as a singer but who also played keyboards, drums, bass guitar, and fiddle. Life and career McLain first began performing in the 1950s, along with country music, country singer Clint West. The two were both members of The Vel-Tones in the late 1950s and the Boogie Kings in the 1960s, and they sound recording and reproduction, recorded a duet (music), duet, "Try to Find Another Man", in 1965. He also performed on Dick Clark's ''Caravan of Stars'' in the 1960s and Disc jockey, DJed at Louisiana radio station, KREH. McLain's greatest fame was with his recording of the song "Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson song), Sweet Dreams", which hit No. 15 on the United States, U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1966. In RPM (magazine), Canada it was No. 7. It reached No. 49 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. He also wrote Freddy Fender's hit single, "If You Don't Love Me Alone (Leave Me Alone)" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonesville, Louisiana
Jonesville is the largest town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States, at the confluence of the Ouachita, Tensas, and Little rivers. The three rivers become the Black River at Jonesville. The Jonesville population was 2,265 at the 2010 census. The four rivers which intersect near Jonesville are all subject to flooding. There are surrounding soybean and cotton fields. A few plantation houses still stand, built during the former slavery-based, planter-dominated economy. The population fell significantly when a textile mill shut down in the late 1980s. History Jonesville was once the site of the Troyville Earthworks, built by Native Americans who occupied the site from 100 BCE to 700 CE. Once home to between 9-11 mounds, most have been leveled to make way for the construction of the modern town, including the Great Mound which was once in height. It was the tallest mound in Louisiana and the second tallest in the United States, after Monks Mound at Cahokia in Illin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
