Rocking50s Blog

Monday February 22
The late Ernie K-Doe ("Mother-In-Law"-- his real last name was "Kador") is born in 1936
The late Oliver ("Jean"-- his real last name was "Swofford") is born in 1945
Bobby Hendricks ("Itchy Twitchy Feeling" and one-time member of the Drifters) is born in 1938
The late Norman "Hurricane" Smith ("Oh Babe, What Would You Say") is born in 1923
Florence Ballard of the Supremes ("Back In My Arms Again") dies of cardiac arrest, 1976
Earth, Wind & Fire perform at a dinner for U.S. governors at the White House, 2009
Stevie Wonder wins a plagiarism lawsuit filed against him in Los Angeles over the song, "I Just Called To Say I Love You", 1990
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame inducts Boyd Bennett and Tommy Shaw of Styx, 2008
The Mississippi state legislature passes a resolution praising the "musical contributions" of the late Ike Turner, but not the man himself, 2008
The last Ten Years After concert is in London, 1974
The Beatles form their Northern Music publishing company (now owned by Michael Jackson), 1963
The Alan Freed movie, "The Big Beat" (with Fats Domino, the Diamonds and the Del-Vikings) debuts in Detroit, 1958

Monday February 22
The late Ernie K-Doe ("Mother-In-Law"-- his real last name was "Kador") is born in 1936
The late Oliver ("Jean"-- his real last name was "Swofford") is born in 1945
Bobby Hendricks ("Itchy Twitchy Feeling" and one-time member of the Drifters) is born in 1938
The late Norman "Hurricane" Smith ("Oh Babe, What Would You Say") is born in 1923
Florence Ballard of the Supremes ("Back In My Arms Again") dies of cardiac arrest, 1976
Earth, Wind & Fire perform at a dinner for U.S. governors at the White House, 2009
Stevie Wonder wins a plagiarism lawsuit filed against him in Los Angeles over the song, "I Just Called To Say I Love You", 1990
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame inducts Boyd Bennett and Tommy Shaw of Styx, 2008
The Mississippi state legislature passes a resolution praising the "musical contributions" of the late Ike Turner, but not the man himself, 2008
The last Ten Years After concert is in London, 1974
The Beatles form their Northern Music publishing company (now owned by Michael Jackson), 1963
The Alan Freed movie, "The Big Beat" (with Fats Domino, the Diamonds and the Del-Vikings) debuts in Detroit, 1958