Rocking50s Blog

Wednesday March 24
The late Billy Stewart ("Summertime") is born in 1937
Nick Lowe ("Cruel To Be Kind") is 61
Dave Appell of the Applejacks ("Mexican Hat Rock") is 88
The late Nervous Norvus ("Transfusion"-- real name is Jimmy Drake) is born in 1912
Harold Melvin ("If You Don't Know Me By Now") dies after suffering a stroke, 1997
Henson Cargill ("Skip A Rope") dies following complications from surgery, 2007
Bill Wyman, bass player with the Rolling Stones is knocked unconscious by an electrical shock onstage in Denmark, 1965
Private Elvis Presley (serial number US53310761) is inducted into the U.S. Army, 1958
Future Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards make their professional stage debut with the group called Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys at a club in Ealing, England, 1962
Lou Reed is bitten in the derriere by a "fan" at a Buffalo, New York concert, 1973
"Duane Allman Boulevard" is dedicated in Macon, Georgia, near where he died in a motorcycle crash, 2001
Perry Como appears on the cover of Newsweek magazine, 1958
The pilot for Michael Parks' TV show, "Then Came Bronson", airs on NBC, 1969
The Everly Brothers record "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)", 1960

Wednesday March 24
The late Billy Stewart ("Summertime") is born in 1937
Nick Lowe ("Cruel To Be Kind") is 61
Dave Appell of the Applejacks ("Mexican Hat Rock") is 88
The late Nervous Norvus ("Transfusion"-- real name is Jimmy Drake) is born in 1912
Harold Melvin ("If You Don't Know Me By Now") dies after suffering a stroke, 1997
Henson Cargill ("Skip A Rope") dies following complications from surgery, 2007
Bill Wyman, bass player with the Rolling Stones is knocked unconscious by an electrical shock onstage in Denmark, 1965
Private Elvis Presley (serial number US53310761) is inducted into the U.S. Army, 1958
Future Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards make their professional stage debut with the group called Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys at a club in Ealing, England, 1962
Lou Reed is bitten in the derriere by a "fan" at a Buffalo, New York concert, 1973
"Duane Allman Boulevard" is dedicated in Macon, Georgia, near where he died in a motorcycle crash, 2001
Perry Como appears on the cover of Newsweek magazine, 1958
The pilot for Michael Parks' TV show, "Then Came Bronson", airs on NBC, 1969
The Everly Brothers record "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)", 1960