by Tim | Jun 27, 2025 | Music, ThisDayInArt
Jerome Solon Felder, better known by his stage name Doc Pomus, was born on June 27, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in a Jewish immigrant family, he contracted polio at the age of six and spent most of his life on crutches or in a wheelchair. But Doc didn’t...
by Tim | Jun 9, 2025 | Music, Technology, ThisDayInArt
Born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9, 1915, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Les Paul grew up in a German-American family. He was the second child of George and Evelyn Polsfuss and had an older brother named Ralph. After his parents’ divorce, Les was largely raised by his...
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