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Monday July 26
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones ("Jumpin' Jack Flash") is 67
Bobby Hebb ("Sunny") is 69
Brenton Wood ("Oogum Boogum Song") is also 69
Dobie Gray ("The 'In' Crowd") is 68
Mary Wells ("My Guy") dies of larynx cancer in 1992
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. of the Fifth Dimension get married in 1969
The Jackson 5 sign with Motown Records, 1968
Paul Anka marries his second wife, Anna Yeager on the island of Sardinia, 2008
Tom Jones is inducted into the Gaming (as in "casinos") Hall of Fame, 2003
The last Three Dog Night concert is held (until their 1981 reunion), in Los Angeles, 1976
The Monkees record "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", 1966
Jeannie C. Riley records "Harper Valley P.T.A.", 1968
Hank Ballard records "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go", 1960
Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" is released, 1960

Monday July 26
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones ("Jumpin' Jack Flash") is 67
Bobby Hebb ("Sunny") is 69
Brenton Wood ("Oogum Boogum Song") is also 69
Dobie Gray ("The 'In' Crowd") is 68
Mary Wells ("My Guy") dies of larynx cancer in 1992
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. of the Fifth Dimension get married in 1969
The Jackson 5 sign with Motown Records, 1968
Paul Anka marries his second wife, Anna Yeager on the island of Sardinia, 2008
Tom Jones is inducted into the Gaming (as in "casinos") Hall of Fame, 2003
The last Three Dog Night concert is held (until their 1981 reunion), in Los Angeles, 1976
The Monkees record "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", 1966
Jeannie C. Riley records "Harper Valley P.T.A.", 1968
Hank Ballard records "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go", 1960
Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" is released, 1960