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A member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) since he was a teenager, he enlisted in the

November 30, 1977 – Bing Crosby’s last Christmas TV special “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas” aired on CBS-TV

NOVEMBER 30, 1977 – Bing Crosby’s last Christmas TV special “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas” aired on CBS-TV. The show

McLagan became interested in rock & roll when he heard “Rock Around the Clock” at the age of 10. Initially

Veres’ father was the Hungarian Romani violinist Lajos Veres; her mother was born in Germany of French and Russian parents.

“Thriller” was recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a production budget of $750,000. Sessions began on

He was sailing his boat, the 11-meter (36-foot) Sea Major, with two friends off the coast of San Francisco near

Raised in Hughes, Arkansas, Sumlin got his first guitar when he was eight years old, but his churchgoing mother admonished

The concert was professionally recorded (“It’s Over” appears on the Roy Orbison box set “The Soul of Rock and Roll”)

Lastie joined the Paul Barbarin band at age 15 to play the trumpet, and organized a professional jazz band in

NOVEMBER 10, 2002 – Musician JOHNNY GRIFFITH (b. July 10, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan) died from a heart attack in a Detroit hospital