February 6 – Today in Music History
1916 Bill Doggett born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. (1956 US
Read More1916 Bill Doggett born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. (1956 US
Read More1920 Folk singer-songwriter Oscar Brand is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but is raised in Brooklyn, New York. Singer-songwriter and
Read MoreJANUARY 19, 2007 – Mamas & The Papas vocalist DENNY DOHERTY (b. November 29, 1941 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Dennis Gerrard Stephen
Read MoreJANUARY 20, 2012 – Singer ETTA JAMES (b. January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California as Jamesetta Hawkins) died from complications of leukemia
Read MoreJANUARY 21, 1984 – Singer/songwriter JACKIE WILSON (b. June 9, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan as Jack Leroy Wilson Jr.) died at age 49
Read MoreJANUARY 21, 2002 – Singer/songwriter/songwriter PEGGY LEE (b. May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota as Norma Deloris Egstrom) died of complications from
Read MoreDECEMBER 28, 2015 – Bassist/singer/songwriter/actor LEMMY KILMISTER (b. December 24, 1945 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England as Ian Fraser Kilmister) died
Read MoreDECEMBER 25, 2016 – Singer/songwriter/musician/producer GEORGE MICHAEL (b. June 25, 1963 in East Finchley, London, England as Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) was found dead
Read MoreDECEMBER 8, 1980 – In New York City, singer/songwriter/musician/actor/author/artist/activist JOHN LENNON (b. October 9, 1940), a man who would become known as much
Read MoreHe was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and his funeral was held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in the
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