on this day

1916 Bill Doggett born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. (1956 US

1920 Folk singer-songwriter Oscar Brand is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but is raised in Brooklyn, New York. Singer-songwriter and

JANUARY 19, 2007 – Mamas & The Papas vocalist DENNY DOHERTY (b. November 29, 1941 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Dennis Gerrard Stephen

JANUARY 20, 2012 – Singer ETTA JAMES (b. January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California as Jamesetta Hawkins) died from complications of leukemia

JANUARY 21, 1984 – Singer/songwriter JACKIE WILSON (b. June 9, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan as Jack Leroy Wilson Jr.) died at age 49

JANUARY 21, 2002 – Singer/songwriter/songwriter PEGGY LEE (b. May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota as Norma Deloris Egstrom) died of complications from

DECEMBER 28, 2015 – Bassist/singer/songwriter/actor LEMMY KILMISTER (b. December 24, 1945 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England as Ian Fraser Kilmister) died

DECEMBER 25, 2016 – Singer/songwriter/musician/producer GEORGE MICHAEL (b. June 25, 1963 in East Finchley, London, England as Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) was found dead

NOVEMBER 2, 2014 – Singer/clarinetist ACKER BILK (b. January 28, 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, England as Bernard Stanley Bilk) died in Bath, Somerset,

September 30th Happy Birthday to Buddy Rich (1917 ), Cissy Houston – Sweet Inspirations (1933), Jill Corey (1935), Johnny Mathis