Tuesday August 17

• The late Mark Dinning ("Teen Angel") is born in 1933
• The late Georgia Gibbs ("Tweedle Dee") is born in 1919
• Paul Williams of the Temptations ("My Girl") dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Detroit, 1973
• John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas is arrested as part of a drug ring, 1980
• Wayne Newton files for bankruptcy, owing $20 million, 1992
• Gladys Knight appears on ABC-TV's "Dating Game", 1972
• The Beatles perform for the first time outside England-- at t...

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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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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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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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Tuesday August 17

• The late Mark Dinning ("Teen Angel") is born in 1933
• The late Georgia Gibbs ("Tweedle Dee") is born in 1919
• Paul Williams of the Temptations ("My Girl") dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Detroit, 1973
• John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas is arrested as part of a drug ring, 1980
• Wayne Newton files for bankruptcy, owing $20 million, 1992
• Gladys Knight appears on ABC-TV's "Dating Game", 1972
• The Beatles perform for the first time outside England-- at t...

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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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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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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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