Rocking50s Blog

Thursday March 25
Elton John ("Your Song") is 63
Aretha Franklin ("Chain Of Fools") is 68
The late Johnny Burnette ("Dreamin'") is born in 1934
Bonnie Guitar ("Dark Moon") is 86
Anita Bryant ("In My Little Corner Of The World") is 70
The late songwriter Hoyt Axton ("Joy To The World", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar" and others) is born in 1938
Buck Owens ("Act Naturally") dies of an apparent heart attack, 2006
Dion DiMucci marries his wife, Sue, 1963
Roy Orbison marries his second wife, Barbara, in Nashville, 1969
Jackson Browne's wife, Phyllis commits suicide, 1976
Elvis Presley appears in concert for the last time in eight years (a benefit for the U.S.A. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii), 1961
Bob Dylan wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for "Things Have Changed" from the movie "Wonder Boys", 2001
Michael Jackson escorts Madonna to the Academy Awards, 1991
Roy Orbison records "Only The Lonely", 1960
Ray Charles records "Georgia On My Mind", 1958

Thursday March 25
Elton John ("Your Song") is 63
Aretha Franklin ("Chain Of Fools") is 68
The late Johnny Burnette ("Dreamin'") is born in 1934
Bonnie Guitar ("Dark Moon") is 86
Anita Bryant ("In My Little Corner Of The World") is 70
The late songwriter Hoyt Axton ("Joy To The World", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar" and others) is born in 1938
Buck Owens ("Act Naturally") dies of an apparent heart attack, 2006
Dion DiMucci marries his wife, Sue, 1963
Roy Orbison marries his second wife, Barbara, in Nashville, 1969
Jackson Browne's wife, Phyllis commits suicide, 1976
Elvis Presley appears in concert for the last time in eight years (a benefit for the U.S.A. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii), 1961
Bob Dylan wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for "Things Have Changed" from the movie "Wonder Boys", 2001
Michael Jackson escorts Madonna to the Academy Awards, 1991
Roy Orbison records "Only The Lonely", 1960
Ray Charles records "Georgia On My Mind", 1958