The Year Was 2009–on the music charts, Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga, “Right Round” by Flo Rida and “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson…movies premiering included “The Hangover,” “Avatar” and “The Blind Side”…among the new television shows were “Glee” and “Shark Tank”…and in the news, Barack Obama became president, the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane crash in New York and Michael Jackson died at age 50.
KXEL@80–2009
Jeff Stein
May 30, 2023 | 10:21 PM
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