Rocking50s Blog

Saturday July 31
Gary Lewis ("Green Grass") is 65
Lobo (real name Kent Lavoie-- "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo") is 67
Bob Welch ("Sentimental Lady" and one-time member of Fleetwood Mac) is 64
Daniel Boone ("Beautiful Sunday") is 68
The late Ahmet Ertegun (founder of Atlantic Records) is born in 1923
Jim Reeves ("He'll Have To Go") dies in a plane crash near Nashville in 1964
Donny Osmond's wife gives birth to Donny, Jr. in 1979
"Mac Davis Day" is held in Lubbock, Texas as a street is named in his honor there, 2004
Elvis Presley makes his first concert appearance in 8 years, at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, 1969
The first Cream concert is held, in Windsor, England, 1966
The Starland Vocal Band Summer replacement TV show debuts on CBS in 1977
The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" film debuts in London, 1971
Tamla Records releases Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground", 1973
Neil Sedaka records "Oh Carol", 1959

Saturday July 31
Gary Lewis ("Green Grass") is 65
Lobo (real name Kent Lavoie-- "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo") is 67
Bob Welch ("Sentimental Lady" and one-time member of Fleetwood Mac) is 64
Daniel Boone ("Beautiful Sunday") is 68
The late Ahmet Ertegun (founder of Atlantic Records) is born in 1923
Jim Reeves ("He'll Have To Go") dies in a plane crash near Nashville in 1964
Donny Osmond's wife gives birth to Donny, Jr. in 1979
"Mac Davis Day" is held in Lubbock, Texas as a street is named in his honor there, 2004
Elvis Presley makes his first concert appearance in 8 years, at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, 1969
The first Cream concert is held, in Windsor, England, 1966
The Starland Vocal Band Summer replacement TV show debuts on CBS in 1977
The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" film debuts in London, 1971
Tamla Records releases Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground", 1973
Neil Sedaka records "Oh Carol", 1959