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Aug 14

1971 – The great King Curtis (“Soul Twist”) is stabbed to death in New

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1971 – The great King Curtis (“Soul Twist”) is stabbed to death in New York. As well as playing for the Coasters and blowing on his own hits, Curtis led Aretha Franklin’s band the Kingpins.

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