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Monday December 28
Alex Chilton of the Box Tops ("Soul Deep") is 59
The late Dorsey Burnette ("Tall Oak Tree") is born in 1932
The late Roebuck "Pops" Staples of the Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There") is born in 1915
Edgar Winter ("Free Ride") is 63
The late Billy Williams ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter") is born in 1910
Bobby Comstock ("Garden Of Eden") is 66
Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations") drowns in 1983
The body of Barry Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is discovered in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 2005
Meri Wilson ("Telephone Man") dies in a car crash in Americus, Georgia, 2002
Bobby Vee marries his wife, Karen in Orchard Lane, Michigan, 1963
A son named Adrian is born to Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell of the New Bohemians, 1992
"Temptations Day" is declared in Detroit, 1969
Gary Glitter is deported from Cambodia because of his conviction in England for child pornography, 2002
Keith Moon of the Who emcees a Sha-Na-Na concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1971
Michael Jackson is interviewed on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes", 2003
Hugh Masekela guests on CBS-TV's "To Tell The Truth", 1964

Monday December 28
Alex Chilton of the Box Tops ("Soul Deep") is 59
The late Dorsey Burnette ("Tall Oak Tree") is born in 1932
The late Roebuck "Pops" Staples of the Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There") is born in 1915
Edgar Winter ("Free Ride") is 63
The late Billy Williams ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter") is born in 1910
Bobby Comstock ("Garden Of Eden") is 66
Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations") drowns in 1983
The body of Barry Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is discovered in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 2005
Meri Wilson ("Telephone Man") dies in a car crash in Americus, Georgia, 2002
Bobby Vee marries his wife, Karen in Orchard Lane, Michigan, 1963
A son named Adrian is born to Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell of the New Bohemians, 1992
"Temptations Day" is declared in Detroit, 1969
Gary Glitter is deported from Cambodia because of his conviction in England for child pornography, 2002
Keith Moon of the Who emcees a Sha-Na-Na concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1971
Michael Jackson is interviewed on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes", 2003
Hugh Masekela guests on CBS-TV's "To Tell The Truth", 1964