BIRTHDAYS Johnny Paycheck [born Donald Lytle] (1938) country singer/guitarist/songwriter [“Take This Job and Shove It”] (died 2003) age 64 – emphysema Peter Yarrow (1938) Peter Paul and Mary singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“Leaving on a Jet Plane”/”Puff (The Magic Dragon)”/”Blowin’ in the Wind”] and solo singer/guitarist/songwriter John Bonham (1948) Led Zeppelin drummer/songwriter/co-founder (died 1980) age 32 – vomit… Continue reading May 31 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Benny Goodman (1909) jazz clarinetist and bandleader [“King of Swing”[ (died 1986) age 77 – heart attack Armando Peraza (1924) Santana drummer (died 2014) age 89 – pneumonia Tony Terran (1926) The Wrecking Crew and session trumpeter (died 2017) age 90 – unknown causes Lenny Davidson (1944) Dave Clark Five guitarist/co-founder [“Glad All Over”/”Bits… Continue reading May 30 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Aaron “T-Bone” Walker (1910) blues guitarist/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (died 1975) age 64 – bronchial pneumonia “Papa” John Creach (1917) Jefferson Starship violinist/co-founder and Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna violinist (died 1994) age 76 – congestive heart failure Tony Mansfield [born Anthony Bookbinder] (1943) Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas drummer/co-founder Gladys Knight (1944) Gladys Knight &… Continue reading May 28 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Ramsey Lewis (1935) The Ramsey Lewis Trio jazz pianist/composer/founder and solo jazz pianist/composer [“The In Crowd”] (died 2022) age 87 – natural causes Don Williams (1939) country singer/songwriter/guitarist [“Tulsa Time”/”I Believe in You”] (died 2017) age 78 – emphysema Billy Adamson (1944) The Searchers drummer (died 2013) age 69 – long illness Marty Kristian… Continue reading May 27 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Al Jolson [born Asa Yoelson] (1886) singer (died 1950) age 64 – heart attack Peggy Lee [born Norma Egstrom] (1920) jazz and pop singer [“Fever”/”Is That All There Is”] (died 2002) age 81 – diabetes Miles Davis III (1926) jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer [“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”/Bye Bye Blackbird”] (died 1991) age 65 – cerebral… Continue reading May 26 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Hal David (1921) lyricist/songwriter [partners with composer/songwriter Burt Bacharach] (died 2012) age 91 – stroke Tom T. Hall (1936) country singer/songwriter[“Harper Valley PTA”]/multi-instrumentalist [“I Love”/”(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine”] (died 2021) age 85 – unknown causes Jessi Colter [born Mirriam Johnson] (1943) country singer/songwriter/pianist [“I’m Not Lisa”] Mitch Margo (1947) The Tokens singer/co-founder… Continue reading May 25 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Bob Dylan [born Robert Zimmerman] (1941) Traveling Wilburys singer/songwriter/guitarist/co-founder and solo singer/songwriter/guitarist Patti LaBelle [born Patricia Holte] (1944) Labelle lead singer/songwriter/co-founder [“Lady Marmalade”] and solo singer/songwriter Steve Upton (1946) Wishbone Ash drummer/co-founder Albert Bouchard (1947) Blue Öyster Cult drummer/songwriter/co-founder Robert “Waddy” Wachtel (1947) session guitarist/singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash (1955) singer/songwriter/guitarist Larry Blackmon (1956) Cameo lead… Continue reading May 24 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Artie Shaw [born Arthur Arshawsky] (1910) clarinetist/bandleader/composer (died 2004) age 94 – natural causes Mac Wiseman (1925) Foggy Mountain Boys bassist/singer/songwriter and solo bassist/singer/songwriter (died 2019) age 93 – kidney failure Rosemary Clooney (1928) singer [“Come On-a My House”/”Half as Much”/”Hey There”] (died 2002) age 74 – lung cancer Robert Moog (1934) engineer/inventor [Moog synthesizer]… Continue reading May 23 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813) composer/conductor [“Ride of the Valkyries”] (died 1883) age 69 – heart attack Calvin Simon (1942) Parliaments, Funkadelic, and Parliament-Funkadelic singer/percussionist/co-founder (died 2022) age 79 – unknown causes Doug Gray (1948) The Marshall Tucker Band lead singer/songwriter/keyboardist/co-founder [current] [“Heard It in a Love Song”] Des Dyer (1948) Jigsaw co-lead singer/songwriter [“Sky… Continue reading May 22 Music History Report