Rocking50s Blog

Wednesday July 21
Cat Stevens ("Morning Has Broken"-- now known as Yusuf Islam) is 62
Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 63
Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") is 88
Producer Kim Fowley ("Alley-Oop", "Nutrocker" and the Runaways) is 68
Plas Johnson (studio sax player on such hits as "The Great Pretender", "Purple People Eater" and Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel") is 79
Herb Kalin of the Kalin Twins ("When") dies of a heart attack, 2006
Mary Wilson of the Supremes is given a "day" in her honor in her hometown of Detroit, 1973
"Wanda Jackson Alley" is dedicated in Oklahoma City, 2009
Nancy Sinatra is given the Excellence in Arts award from the Vietnam Veterans of America in Springfield, Illinois, 2007
Linda Ronstadt joins the Rolling Stones onstage at their Tucson, Arizona concert, singing "Tumblin' Dice" with them, 1977
Diana Ross' free concert in New York's Central Park is stopped by heavy rain and rescheduled for the next day, 1983
Brian Hyland guests on CBS-TV's "To Tell The Truth", 1960
The Beatles begin recording "Come Together", 1969

Wednesday July 21
Cat Stevens ("Morning Has Broken"-- now known as Yusuf Islam) is 62
Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 63
Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") is 88
Producer Kim Fowley ("Alley-Oop", "Nutrocker" and the Runaways) is 68
Plas Johnson (studio sax player on such hits as "The Great Pretender", "Purple People Eater" and Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel") is 79
Herb Kalin of the Kalin Twins ("When") dies of a heart attack, 2006
Mary Wilson of the Supremes is given a "day" in her honor in her hometown of Detroit, 1973
"Wanda Jackson Alley" is dedicated in Oklahoma City, 2009
Nancy Sinatra is given the Excellence in Arts award from the Vietnam Veterans of America in Springfield, Illinois, 2007
Linda Ronstadt joins the Rolling Stones onstage at their Tucson, Arizona concert, singing "Tumblin' Dice" with them, 1977
Diana Ross' free concert in New York's Central Park is stopped by heavy rain and rescheduled for the next day, 1983
Brian Hyland guests on CBS-TV's "To Tell The Truth", 1960
The Beatles begin recording "Come Together", 1969