Anyone born on this date in 1955 will now qualify for certain senior citizen discounts, having reached the age of fifty-five. But it doesn't really seem that long ago that on March 12, 1955, Charlie Parker passed away in his sleep in the apartment of a friend.
So much has been said about him that there's little need to add more here. So I'll just post a piece of his work for appreciation. "Love for Sale" was among the last songs he recorded, and among the first I ever heard. A ten-inch disc in an English pressing called C.P. Plays C.P., of Parker playing Cole Porter songs, featured this song. I was hooked.
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