Friday March 5
Paul Evans ("Midnight Special") is 72
Eddie Hodges ("I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door") is 63
The late Andy Gibb ("Shadow Dancing") is born in 1958
The late Tommy Tucker ("Hi-Heel Sneakers") is born in 1939
Murray Head ("Superstar") is 64
John Belushi of the Blues Brothers ("Soul Man") dies of a drug overdose, 1982
Patsy Cline ("Crazy") dies in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, along with country stars Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, 1963
Michael "Smitty" Smith, drummer for Paul Revere & the Raiders ("Kicks"), is found dead from natural causes, 2001
Dusty Springfield collapses while taping a TV appearance, 1969
Elvis Presley is discharged from the U.S. Army, 1960
Rod Stewart meets actress Britt Eklund at a party at Joni Mitchell's house, beginning a five-year romance, 1975
Marianne Faithfull receives a lifetime achievement honor from the Women's World Awards in Vienna, Austria, 2009
Jerry Lee Lewis opens as Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of Shakespeare's "Othello", in Hollywood, 1968
Elvis Presley makes his first TV appearance, on the "Louisiana Hayride" program, 1955
Smokey Robinson appears on NBC-TV's "Police Story", 1974
Neil Sedaka guests on CBS-TV's "I've Got A Secret", 1965
DJ Alan Freed guests on CBS-TV's "To Tell The Truth", 1957
Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston record "Rocket 88", 1951
Bobby Darin records "Dream Lover", 1959