BIRTHDAYS Nelson Eddy (1901) singer/actor (died 1967) age 65 – cerebral hemorrhage Bernard Herrmann [born Max Herman] (1911) movie and TV music composer [“The Twilight Zone”/”Psycho”/”Taxi Driver”] (died 1975) age 64 – cardiovascular disease Leonard Lee (1936) Shirley & Lee singer/co-founder [“Let the Good Times Roll”] (died 1976) age 40 – heart attack Little Eva… Continue reading June 29 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Richard Rodgers (1902) composer [Rodgers and Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein] (died 1979) age 77 – natural causes David Knights (1945) Procol Harum bassist/co-founder Charlie Clouser (1963) Nine Inch Nails keyboardist/composer Danielle Brisebois (1969) New Radicals pianist/songwriter/singer/co-founder [“You Get What You Give”] and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, also actress Mark Stoermer (1977) The Smashing Pumpkins bassist/songwriter and… Continue reading June 28 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Doc Pomus [born Jerome Felder] (1925) blues singer/songwriter [with Mort Shuman: “A Teenager in Love”/”This Magic Moment”/”Suspicion”/”Viva Las Vegas”] (died 1991) age 65 – lung cancer Bruce Johnston [born Benjamin Baldwin] (1942) The Beach Boys singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [current] and The Rip Chords singer and solo singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [“I Write the Songs”] Joey Covington (1945) Hot Tuna… Continue reading June 27 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Big Bill Broonzy [born Lee Bradley] (1893) blues singer/songwriter/guitarist [“C.C. Rider”/”Midnight Special”] (died 1958) age 65 – throat cancer Colonel Tom Parker [born Andreas Kuijk] (1909) talent manager (died 1997) age 87 – stroke Billy Davis Jr. (1938) The 5th Dimension singer/co-founder and solo singer [“You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be… Continue reading June 26 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Eddie Floyd (1937) soul and R&B singer [“Knock on Wood”] Harold Melvin (1939) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes singer/founder [“Bad Luck”/”If You Don’t Know Me By Now”] (died 1997) age 57 – stroke-related complications Clint Warwick (1940) The Moody Blues bassist/co-founder (died 2004) age 63 – liver disease Carly Simon (1945) singer/songwriter/pianist [“You’re… Continue reading June 25 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Paul “Oz” Bach (1939) Spanky and Our Gang bassist/co-founder (died (1998) age 59 – cancer Arthur Brown [born Arthur Wilton] (1944) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown singer/founder [“Fire”] Chris Wood (1944) Traffic saxophonist/keyboardist/co-founder (died 1983) age 39 – pneumonia Jeff Beck (1944) The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice guitarist/singer/songwriter/co-founder, The… Continue reading June 24 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS June Carter Cash (1929) Carter Family singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (died 2003) age 73 – heart surgery complications Niki Sullivan (1937) The Crickets guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2004) age 66 – heart attack Stuart Sutcliffe (1940) The Beatles bassist/co-founder (died 1962) age 21 – cerebral hemorrhage Robert Hunter (1941) Grateful Dead harmonica player/songwriter [“Dark Star”/”Ripple”/”Truckin’”] (died 2019) age 78… Continue reading June 23 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Bobby Harrison (1930) Procol Harum drummer/co-founder [“Whiter Shade of Pale”/”Homburg”] (died 2022) age 82 – diabetes complications Kris Kristofferson (1936) The Highwaymen singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder and solo singer [“Why Me”]/guitarist/songwriter [“”Me and Bobby McGee”/”For the Good Times”/”Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”/”Help Me Make It Through the Night”], also actor Peter Asher (1944) Peter and Gordon singer/guitarist/co-founder [“A… Continue reading June 22 Music History Report

O.C. Smith (1932) singer [“Little Green Apples”] (died 2001) age 69 – heart attack Miguel Vicens Danus (1943) Los Bravos bassist/co-founder [“Black is Black”] (died 2022) age 78 – long illness Ray Davies (1944) The Kinks lead singer/songwriter/guitarist/co-founder Joey Molland (1947) Badfinger guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Don Airey (1948) Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deep Purple keyboardist [current] Greg… Continue reading June 21 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Chet Atkins (1924) guitarist/singer [“Yakety Axe”] (died) 2001) age 77 – cancer Billy Guy (1936) The Coasters baritone singer (died 2002) age 66 – heart disease Brian Wilson (1942) The Beach Boys songwriter/singer/multi-instrumentalist/co-founder Anne Murray (1945) singer/guitarist [“You Needed Me”] Dolores “LaLa” Brooks (1947) The Crystals lead singer [“Then He Kissed Me”/”Da Doo Ron… Continue reading June 20 Music History Report