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Herman Santiago ( born February 18, 1941 ) is a rock and roll pioneer and songwriter who claimed to have written the iconic hit " Why Do Fools Fall In Love ".
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The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.
He befriended their lead singer, Herman Santiago, and he eventually became a member of the group, now calling itself both The Ermines and The Premiers.
Although early single releases of " Why Do Fools Fall in Love " credit Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, and Jimmy Merchant as co-writers, later releases and cover versions were attributed to Lymon and George Goldner.
In 1987, Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant, both then poor, sued Morris Levy for their songwriting credits.
Eventually, Garnes and Merchant had added lead singer Herman Santiago and baritone Joe Negroni to their lineup and evolved into The Coupe De Villes.
It was revealed that Goldner conned " the Teenagers " into signing a contract which was not valid by law and that the song was in fact written by Herman Santiago and that he ( Goldner ) had received all of the royalties and that Santiago never received a cent as author of the song ; the Court then ruled that none of the widows were entitled to the rights of the song.
In December 1992, the U. S. federal court ruled that the rights to the song belonged to Herman Santiago and that Jimmy Merchant and Emira Lymon ( the true widow ) were also entitled to receive royalties dating back to 1969.
Herman Santiago was by now homeless and living in a car when he received the news and soon went from being homeless to becoming a millionaire.
In 1993, the original members of " the Teenagers "— Herman Santiago, Frankie Lymon, Sherman Garnes, Joe Negroni and Jimmy Merchant — were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2000 into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
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Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, the third of eight children of Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melvill.
Saint Herman of Alaska ( born 1756 or 1760 in Serpukhov, Russia – died December 13 or November 15, 1837 on Spruce Island, Alaska ) was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.
Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana, the son of Herman Willkie, a German immigrant from Aschersleben whose family name originally was " Willcke ", and his wife Henrietta Trisch.
In August 1976, Science published a retrospective cohort study by Educational Testing Service psychologist Herman Witkin and colleagues that screened the tallest 16 % of men ( over 184 cm ( 6 ' 0 ") in height ) born in Copenhagen from 1944 – 1947 for XXY and XYY karyotypes, and found an increased rate of minor criminal convictions for property crimes among sixteen XXY and twelve XYY men may be related to the lower intelligence of those with criminal convictions, but found no evidence that XXY or XYY men were inclined to be aggressive or violent.
Bix Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Bismark Herman and Agatha Jane ( Hilton ) Beiderbecke.
Radner was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Jewish parents Henrietta ( née Dworkin ), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a businessman.
Herman Carl McCall ( born October 17, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts ) is a former Comptroller of New York State and was the Democratic candidate for state governor in 2002.
Jerry Herman ( born July 10, 1931 ) is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater.
The following important figures were also born in Villa Rica: Coca-cola business tycoon and former mayor of Atlanta Asa Griggs Candler ; former Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and tenth president of Emory University Warren Akin Candler ; former baseball star Fred " Dixie " Walker ; former University of Georgia offensive tackle Ken Shackleford ; and former NFL punter Herman " Thunderfoot " Weaver.
Helms was born in St. Davids, Pennsylvania in 1913 to Marion Helms and Herman Helms, an executive for Alcoa.
He was born in Austrian Alland, the only son of Margrave Herman VI of Baden and Gertrude of Babenberg, niece and heiress of late Duke Frederick II of Austria.
Alexis Margaret Herman ( born July 16, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama ) was the 23rd U. S. Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton.
Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger, a Colorado-born lawyer.
Bernard Herrmann born Max Herman ( June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 ) was an American composer noted for his work in motion pictures.
Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Jeanette ( née Seicol ) and Herman Lear, who worked in sales.
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George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).
Herman Charles Bosman ( 3 February 1905 – 14 October 1951 ) is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer.
Maxwell Herman Alexander " Max " Newman, FRS ( 7 February 1897 – 22 February 1984 ) was a British mathematician and codebreaker.
Little news was forthcoming for months as Berman and Brannon Braga developed the untitled series, known only as " Series V ", until February 2001, when Paramount signed Herman Zimmerman and John Eaves to production design Series V. Within a month, scenic designer Michael Okuda, another long-time Trek veteran, was also signed.
Together, Wilhelm and Henriette had four children: Jacob Grimm ( 3 April 1826 – 15 December 1826 ), Herman Friedrich Grimm ( 6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901 ), Rudolf Georg Grimm ( 31 March 1830 – 13 November 1889 ), and Barbara Auguste Luise Pauline Marie ( 21 August 1832 – 9 February 1919 ).
* Herman " Junior " Cook ( July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992 ) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.
* Herman " Junior " Cook ( July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992 ) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.
Another documentary, titled Tulia, Texas, filmed by Cassandra Herman and Kelly Whalen, premiered in 2008 at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin and aired on PBS February 10, 2009.
Herman Kahn ( February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983 ) was one of the preeminent futurists of the latter third of the twentieth century.
Herman Dooyeweerd ( 7 October 1894, Amsterdam-12 February 1977, Amsterdam ) was a Dutch juridical scholar by training, who by vocation was a philosopher and the founder of the philosophy of the cosmonomic idea.
However, German counterattacks on 1 – 2 February — conducted by the Herman Göring Panzer and 71st Infantry Divisions — failed to recapture any of the ground from the Allies and suffered severe casualties.
Re-releases of the album bear the line " With love to Steve Herman who died on the 4th of February 1989 " on the back cover.
In February 2003, he was one of the featured speakers at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco where other notable speakers included names such as author Alice Walker, singer Joan Baez, United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland.
Herman Merivale CB ( 8 November 1806 – 8 February 1874 ) was an English civil servant and historian.
After the speech of Herman Van Rompuy on 24 February 2010 in the European parliament, Farage — to protests from other MEPs — addressed the first long-term President of the European Council saying that he had the " charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of low grade bank clerk ".
* Mankiewicz, Herman J. Fiction, " A New Yorker in the provinces ," The New Yorker, February 6, 1926, p. 16
Herman Ole Andreas Wold ( December 25, 1908 – February 16, 1992 ) was a Norwegian-born econometrician and statistician who had a long career in Sweden.
" Nature Boy " Buddy Rogers ( February 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992 ), born Herman Gustav Rohde Jr., was an American professional wrestler and one of the biggest wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era.
Herman Hupfeld ( February 1, 1894June 8, 1951 ) was an American songwriter whose most notable composition was " As Time Goes By.
Herschelle Herman Gibbs ( born 23 February 1974 ) is a South African cricketer, more specifically known as a batsman.
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