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Tuesday May 4
Dick Dale ("Miserlou") is 73
The late Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back The Hands Of Time") is born in 1938
Nick Fortuna of the Buckinghams ("Don't You Care") is 64
Peggy Santiglia of the Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back") and Dusk ("Angel Baby") is 66
The Moody Blues form in 1964
Model Twiggy recommends Mary Hopkin to Paul McCartney (who eventually produces her first record), 1968
The first Grammy Awards are given out ("Volare" is Record of the Year), 1959
Alan Freed's "Rock 'n' Roll Revue" TV show premieres on ABC with the Dell-Vikings, the Clovers, Guy Mitchell, Sal Mineo and "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins), 1957
Bobby Rydell takes "American Bandstand" viewers on a tour of his Philadelphia home, 1960
Gene Vincent records "Be Bop-A-Lula", 1956
The Jarmels record "A Little Bit Of Soap", 1961

Tuesday May 4
Dick Dale ("Miserlou") is 73
The late Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back The Hands Of Time") is born in 1938
Nick Fortuna of the Buckinghams ("Don't You Care") is 64
Peggy Santiglia of the Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back") and Dusk ("Angel Baby") is 66
The Moody Blues form in 1964
Model Twiggy recommends Mary Hopkin to Paul McCartney (who eventually produces her first record), 1968
The first Grammy Awards are given out ("Volare" is Record of the Year), 1959
Alan Freed's "Rock 'n' Roll Revue" TV show premieres on ABC with the Dell-Vikings, the Clovers, Guy Mitchell, Sal Mineo and "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins), 1957
Bobby Rydell takes "American Bandstand" viewers on a tour of his Philadelphia home, 1960
Gene Vincent records "Be Bop-A-Lula", 1956
The Jarmels record "A Little Bit Of Soap", 1961