Rockford Register Star, April 23, 1990
Music and Musicians
Booker Washington Community Chorus, 1940
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 23, 1990
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St. Peter’s Cathedral organ rededicated April 29, 2023
Source: The Observer, May 5, 2023, written by Lynne Conner
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Tina Turner Performed in Rockford on January 22, 1983
Tina Turner performed at the MetroCentre in Rockford on Saturday, January 22, 1983.
Enjoy these newspaper advertisements, photographs, and an article of the event.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 21, 1983, page 22.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 23, 1983, page 6. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 24, 1983, page 2. Photography by Brad Burt.
Source: Pat Cunningham, Rockford Register Star, January 26, 1983, page 9.
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First record album from Rockford Public Library collection was checked out on February 14, 1947
Source: Morning Star July 31, 1972 p.3
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Rockford High School band, with director John T. Haight, and teacher A. C. Norris as manager
Source: As yet undated photo of the Rockford High School band (formed in 1907) An article in the Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, January 18, 1908 refers to the “natty red uniforms.”
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Veterans Who Have Passed–Leon C. Raiford, Jr.
Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 9, 2019.
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Leontyne Price, October 20, 1985, Coronado Theatre
Sources: Color photo; Rockford Register Star, October 23, 1985
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Rainbo Room Hotel Faust April 21,1935
Source: Morning Star April 21,1935 pg.24
Source: Ebay Image
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Veterans Who Have Passed–Duane Nolley
Source: Rockford Register Star, Oct. 10, 2019.
