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Friday March 19
Clarence "Frogman" Henry ("But I Do") is 73
Robin Luke ("Susie Darlin'") is 68
Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can") is 64
Luther Ingram ("If Loving You Is Wrong") dies of heart failure, 2007
Jefferson Airplane becomes Jefferson Starship, 1974
Elvis Presley buys Graceland mansion for $102,500 ($37,000 of which is mortgaged), 1957
Aretha Franklin is admitted to a hospital after an allergic reaction to antibiotics (she stays there five days), 2004
Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers is "abducted" by British students raising money for charity, 1966
A musical based on the lifeof Cliff Richard opens in London, 2003
Bobby Sherman guests on ABC-TV's "Partridge Family", which leads to his getting his own series ("Getting Together"), 1971
Lesley Gore guests on the last "Donna Reed Show" on ABC-TV, 1966

Friday March 19
Clarence "Frogman" Henry ("But I Do") is 73
Robin Luke ("Susie Darlin'") is 68
Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can") is 64
Luther Ingram ("If Loving You Is Wrong") dies of heart failure, 2007
Jefferson Airplane becomes Jefferson Starship, 1974
Elvis Presley buys Graceland mansion for $102,500 ($37,000 of which is mortgaged), 1957
Aretha Franklin is admitted to a hospital after an allergic reaction to antibiotics (she stays there five days), 2004
Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers is "abducted" by British students raising money for charity, 1966
A musical based on the lifeof Cliff Richard opens in London, 2003
Bobby Sherman guests on ABC-TV's "Partridge Family", which leads to his getting his own series ("Getting Together"), 1971
Lesley Gore guests on the last "Donna Reed Show" on ABC-TV, 1966