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Friday July 16
The late Desmond Dekker ("Israelites") is born in 1942
Denise LaSalle ("Trapped By A Thing Called Love") is 71
Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon ("A World Without Love") dies of a heart attack, 2009
Harry Chapin ("Cat's In The Cradle") is killed in an auto accident on New York's Long Island Expressway, 1981
John Panozzo of Styx ("Lady") dies of bleeding ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver, 1996
Jo Stafford ("You Belong To Me") dies of congestive heart failure, 2008
Cream is formed in 1966
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina split up (until the inevitable reunion 29 years later), 1976
Michael Jackson performs at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and receives an estimated 15-20 million dollars, 1996
The Supremes guest-host NBC-TV's "Tonight Show", 1969
The Coasters record "Poison Ivy", 1959
The Beach Boys record "In My Room", 1963

Friday July 16
The late Desmond Dekker ("Israelites") is born in 1942
Denise LaSalle ("Trapped By A Thing Called Love") is 71
Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon ("A World Without Love") dies of a heart attack, 2009
Harry Chapin ("Cat's In The Cradle") is killed in an auto accident on New York's Long Island Expressway, 1981
John Panozzo of Styx ("Lady") dies of bleeding ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver, 1996
Jo Stafford ("You Belong To Me") dies of congestive heart failure, 2008
Cream is formed in 1966
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina split up (until the inevitable reunion 29 years later), 1976
Michael Jackson performs at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and receives an estimated 15-20 million dollars, 1996
The Supremes guest-host NBC-TV's "Tonight Show", 1969
The Coasters record "Poison Ivy", 1959
The Beach Boys record "In My Room", 1963