Monday July 12
Bill Cosby ("Little Ole Man") is 73
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac ("Go Your Own Way") is 67
Walter Egan ("Magnet & Steel") is 62
The late Barbara (Mama) Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is born in 1928
Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You") dies of breast cancer in 1979
Micky Dolenz of the Monkees marries British TV hostess Samantha Juste (it lasts just six years), 1968
Earl Nelson of Bob & Earl ("Harlem Shuffle") dies after suffering Alzheimer's Disease, 2008
New Orleans names its s...
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Tuesday June 22
Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon ("Woman") is 66
Todd Rundgren ("Hello It's Me") is 62
Howard Kaylan (Eddie of the Turtles-- "Eleanore") is 63
Jimmy Castor ("Troglodyte") is 67
Kris Kristofferson ("Why Me") is 74
The late Dotty Todd ("Chanson D'Amour" with husband Art) is born in 1913
Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson of the Dell-Vikings ("Whispering Bells"), dies of prostate cancer, 1990
George Carlin ("Wonderful WINO") dies of heart failure, 2008
Mark Chapman pleads guilty to the murde...
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Wednesday May 26
Stevie Nicks ("Leather And Lace" and member of Fleetwood Mac) is 62
The late Peggy Lee ("Is That All There Is") is born in 920
Little Willie John ("Fever") dies of pneumonia (some say a heart attack) while in a Washington state prison, 1968
Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley (it lasts two years), 1994
A 14 year-old dies of a heart attack after a London David Cassidy concert, 1974
Jerry Lee Lewis is booed off the stage in England, two days after announcing his marriage ...
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Thursday May 20
Cher ("Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves") is 64
Joe Cocker ("You Are So Beautiful") is 64
Jill Jackson (Paula of Paul & Paula-- "Hey Paula") is 68
Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills ("Hair") is 50
The late Teddy Randazzo ("The Way Of A Clown" and writer of seven of Little Anthony's hits) is born in 1930
Rudy Lewis of the Drifters dies of a drug-related brain seizure, 1964
George Harrison visits the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first time, 1967
Peter Cetera ("Glory Of Love" and member of Ch...
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Saturday May 15
Trini Lopez ("If I Had A Hammer") is 73
Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells") is 57
The late Eddy Arnold ("Make The World Go Away") is born in 1915
June Carter Cash ("Jackson" with husband Johnny Cash) dies of complications from heart surgery the previous week, 2003
Elvis Presley inhales the cap from one of his teeth and is taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung, 1957
Ike Turner spends a day in a Los Angeles jail over a mistaken warrant, 2007
Paul McCartney ...
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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" ...
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Saturday January 30
Phil Collins ("Follow You, Follow Me" with Genesis, later a solo star) is 59
Marty Balin ("Hearts" and member of Jefferson Airplane/Starship) is 68
The late Horst Jankowski ("A Walk In The Black Forest") is born in 1936
Norma Tanega ("Walking My Cat Named Dog") is 71
Producer Bob Thiele (produced Teresa Brewer-- who he also married; Buddy Holly, the McGuire Sisters and many more) dies in 1996
The Beatles perform "Get Back" on the roof of Apple Records in London for the "Let...
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Late rock 'n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison has been honored

with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Orbison's widow Barbara accepted the star in front of the

Capitol Records building on his behalf on Friday. Orbison

died in 1988 at the age of 52, in the midst of a comeback

with The Traveling Wilburys, a whimsical supergroup that

included Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff

Lynne.

Lynne attended the ceremony, as did Eric Idle, Chris Isaak,

Joe Walsh and Dwight Yoakam....

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Patsy Cline
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Burman Shave

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Thursday January 7
Paul Revere ("Hungry") is 72
Kenny Loggins ("Your Mama Don't Dance" with Jim Messina) is 62
The late Danny Williams ("White On White") is born in 1942
The late Eldee Young of Young/Holt Unlimited ("Soulful Strut") and the Ramsey Lewis Trio ("Wade In The Water") is born in 1936
Bob McFadden ("The Mummy") dies of ALS, 2000
Carly Simon and James Taylor become the parents of daughter Sarah, 1974
Chubby Checker's "The Twist" returns to #1 (the only rock song to do that by the sam...
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Monday December 28
Alex Chilton of the Box Tops ("Soul Deep") is 59
The late Dorsey Burnette ("Tall Oak Tree") is born in 1932
The late Roebuck "Pops" Staples of the Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There") is born in 1915
Edgar Winter ("Free Ride") is 63
The late Billy Williams ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter") is born in 1910
Bobby Comstock ("Garden Of Eden") is 66
Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations") drowns in 1983
The body of Barry Cowsill of the Cowsills ...
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