Tuesday, May 21, 2013


  • Marcie Blane ("Bobby's Girl") is 69
  • Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers ("It's Your Thing") is 72
  • Leo Sayer ("You Make Me Feel Like Dancing") is 65
  • The late Tony Sheridan (sang with the Beatles on their early German records like "My Bonnie") is born, 1940
  • Beach Boy Dennis Wilson marries Karen Lamm, former wife of Chicago's Robert Lamm (they divorce the next year, remarry and file for divorce again the following year), 1976
  • Steven Tyler of Aerosmith checks into a Pasadena, California rehabilitation facility, 2008
  • Fontella Bass is inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, 2000
  • Elton John becomes the first western act to tour the U.S.S.R., 1979
  • Ike Turner is refused entry into Japan because of a past drug conviction, 2003
  • Bette Midler is the only guest on Johnny Carson's last "Tonight Show" on NBC-TV, 1992
  • "Little" Stevie Wonder records "Fingertips" live at Chicago's Regal Theatre, 1962
  • Paul Anka records "Diana", 1957
  • The Drifters record "Under The Boardwalk" (Johnny Moore is forced to sing lead after Rudy Lewis' death the night before), 1964
  • Dee Dee Sharp records "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)", 1962