Rocking50s Blog

Friday March 26
Diana Ross ("Touch Me In The Morning") is 66
Johnny Crawford ("Cindy's Birthday") is 64
Alan Arkin of the Tarriers ("Banana Boat Song" and later an Academy Award winning actor) is 74
The late Rufus Thomas ("Walking The Dog") is born in 1917
Fred Parris of the Five Satins ("In The Still Of The Night") is 74
Vicki Lawrence ("The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia") is 61
The late Teddy Pendergrass of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("The Love I Lost") is born in 1950
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith ("Walk This Way") is 62
The late Rod Lauren ("If I Had A Girl") is born in 1940
Jan Berry of Jan & Dean ("Drag City") dies in 2004
Jon Jon Poulos of the Buckinghams ("Don't You Care") dies of heart failure, 1980
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary is arrested in Washington, DC for taking "immoral liberties" with a 14 year-old girl (he pleads guilty and spends three months in jail), 1970
The photograph for the "butcher" cover for the Beatles' American "Yesterday And Today" album is taken, 1966
Barbra Streisand opens on Broadway in "Funny Girl", 1964
Former Beatles drummer Pete Best appears on CBS-TV's "I've Got A Secret", 1964
The movie version of "Tommy" premieres in London, 1975
Pat Boone guests on CBS-TV's "Beverly Hillbillies", 1969
Ricky Nelson records his first tunes-- "I'm Walkin'" and "A Teenager's Romance", 1957
Chuck Berry records "No Particular Place To Go", 1964
Dee Clark records "Hey Little Girl", 1958

Friday March 26
Diana Ross ("Touch Me In The Morning") is 66
Johnny Crawford ("Cindy's Birthday") is 64
Alan Arkin of the Tarriers ("Banana Boat Song" and later an Academy Award winning actor) is 74
The late Rufus Thomas ("Walking The Dog") is born in 1917
Fred Parris of the Five Satins ("In The Still Of The Night") is 74
Vicki Lawrence ("The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia") is 61
The late Teddy Pendergrass of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("The Love I Lost") is born in 1950
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith ("Walk This Way") is 62
The late Rod Lauren ("If I Had A Girl") is born in 1940
Jan Berry of Jan & Dean ("Drag City") dies in 2004
Jon Jon Poulos of the Buckinghams ("Don't You Care") dies of heart failure, 1980
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary is arrested in Washington, DC for taking "immoral liberties" with a 14 year-old girl (he pleads guilty and spends three months in jail), 1970
The photograph for the "butcher" cover for the Beatles' American "Yesterday And Today" album is taken, 1966
Barbra Streisand opens on Broadway in "Funny Girl", 1964
Former Beatles drummer Pete Best appears on CBS-TV's "I've Got A Secret", 1964
The movie version of "Tommy" premieres in London, 1975
Pat Boone guests on CBS-TV's "Beverly Hillbillies", 1969
Ricky Nelson records his first tunes-- "I'm Walkin'" and "A Teenager's Romance", 1957
Chuck Berry records "No Particular Place To Go", 1964
Dee Clark records "Hey Little Girl", 1958