Rocking50s Blog

Friday July 23
Tony Joe White ("Polk Salad Annie") is 67
David Essex ("Rock On") is 63
The late Bert Convy (sang "Black Denim Trousers" with the Cheers before becoming a game show host) is born in 1934
Paul McCartney becomes engaged to Heather Mills, 2001
Connie Francis is hospitalized in Long Island, New York with "dangerously high blood pressure" after suffering a fall, 2008
"James Brown Day" is held in Los Angeles, 1969
Badfinger sign with Apple Records as the Iveys, 1968
The Sun Records studio in Memphis is designated a national historic landmark, 2003 Chess Records releases the first Chuck Berry single, "Maybelline", 1955
Neil Young's first recording session is held, in Winnipeg, 1963

Friday July 23
Tony Joe White ("Polk Salad Annie") is 67
David Essex ("Rock On") is 63
The late Bert Convy (sang "Black Denim Trousers" with the Cheers before becoming a game show host) is born in 1934
Paul McCartney becomes engaged to Heather Mills, 2001
Connie Francis is hospitalized in Long Island, New York with "dangerously high blood pressure" after suffering a fall, 2008
"James Brown Day" is held in Los Angeles, 1969
Badfinger sign with Apple Records as the Iveys, 1968
The Sun Records studio in Memphis is designated a national historic landmark, 2003 Chess Records releases the first Chuck Berry single, "Maybelline", 1955
Neil Young's first recording session is held, in Winnipeg, 1963