Rocking50s Blog

Monday July 12
Bill Cosby ("Little Ole Man") is 73
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac ("Go Your Own Way") is 67
Walter Egan ("Magnet & Steel") is 62
The late Barbara (Mama) Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is born in 1928
Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You") dies of breast cancer in 1979
Micky Dolenz of the Monkees marries British TV hostess Samantha Juste (it lasts just six years), 1968
Earl Nelson of Bob & Earl ("Harlem Shuffle") dies after suffering Alzheimer's Disease, 2008
New Orleans names its suburban airport after Louis Armstrong, 2001
Rod Stewart receives the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, 2007
Beatles producer George Martin is honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as the most successful producer of all time, 2008
The first Rolling Stones concert is held at the Marquee Club in London (Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts weren't even members yet), 1962
An anti-disco demonstration at Comiskey Park in Chicago causes the White Sox to forfeit a baseball game when the field becomes unplayable, 1979
Frankie Lymon, the Everly Brothers and Connie Francis star on Alan Freed's first official "Big Beat" TV show on ABC (it had two previous "test runs"), 1957
"The Temptations!" syndicated TV special airs, 1969
The Hues Corporation record "Rock The Boat", 1973
Floyd Cramer records "Last Date", 1960
The Beach Boys record "Sloop John B", 1965

Monday July 12
Bill Cosby ("Little Ole Man") is 73
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac ("Go Your Own Way") is 67
Walter Egan ("Magnet & Steel") is 62
The late Barbara (Mama) Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is born in 1928
Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You") dies of breast cancer in 1979
Micky Dolenz of the Monkees marries British TV hostess Samantha Juste (it lasts just six years), 1968
Earl Nelson of Bob & Earl ("Harlem Shuffle") dies after suffering Alzheimer's Disease, 2008
New Orleans names its suburban airport after Louis Armstrong, 2001
Rod Stewart receives the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, 2007
Beatles producer George Martin is honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as the most successful producer of all time, 2008
The first Rolling Stones concert is held at the Marquee Club in London (Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts weren't even members yet), 1962
An anti-disco demonstration at Comiskey Park in Chicago causes the White Sox to forfeit a baseball game when the field becomes unplayable, 1979
Frankie Lymon, the Everly Brothers and Connie Francis star on Alan Freed's first official "Big Beat" TV show on ABC (it had two previous "test runs"), 1957
"The Temptations!" syndicated TV special airs, 1969
The Hues Corporation record "Rock The Boat", 1973
Floyd Cramer records "Last Date", 1960
The Beach Boys record "Sloop John B", 1965