Sub-Topics:
Eric Clapton -
Jimi Hendrix
Events in Music
Events 1 - 18 of 18
1949-04-25 - Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1966-04-12 - Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1970-06-23 - Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
1975-06-23 - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
1979-05-21 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1979-05-23 - Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1979-06-07 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
1979-06-26 - Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes & kills a driver
1981-04-20 - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1981-10-11 - Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
Singer Elton John
1988-07-08 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1989-06-14 - Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
1992-02-22 - Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed
1992-04-01 - Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1992-07-04 - John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant
1994-08-05 - Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose
1997-07-25 - Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 1,413
1909-08-10 - Leo Fender,
Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars)
1912-04-10 - Martin Denny,
rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)
1916-09-03 - Memphis Slim,
[Peter Chatman], rocker
1917-05-28 - Pape John Creech,
rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1923-01-16 - Roy Lanham,
rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
1924-10-10 - Huey "Piano" Smith,
rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu)
1926-07-19 - Sue Thompson,
[Eva Sue Mckee], rocker
1926-08-22 - Bob Flannigan,
rocker (Four Freshmen)
1926-10-18 - Chuck Berry,
St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven)
1927-04-30 - Johnny Horton,
Los Angeles Ca, rocker
1928-01-09 - Domenico Modugno,
Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare)
1929-05-01 - Sonny James,
[James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love)
1929-07-18 - "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins,
Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1929-12-25 - Billy Horton,
rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job)
1929-12-25 - Chris Kenner, rocker
1930-05-01 - Little Walter,
[Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
1930-08-18 - Johnny Preston,
Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
1932-09-21 - Don Preston,
rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1932-12-05 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman],
Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity)
1932-12-28 - Dorsey Burnette,
Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One)
1933-02-17 - Bobby Lewis,
rocker (Tossin' & Turnin')
1933-05-02 - Bunk Gardner,
rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1933-07-27 - Nick Reynolds,
rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
1933-08-25 - Wayne Shorter,
rocker (Weather Report)
1933-09-25 - Erik Darling,
Baltimore MD, rocker (Rooftop Singers)
1933-09-25 - Ian Tyson, rocker
1934-02-18 - [Clyde] Skip Battin,
LA California, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn), (d. 2003)
1934-06-15 - Ruby Nash Cutis,
Akron Oh, rocker (Ruby & The Romantics)
1934-09-26 - Dick Heckstall-Smith,
rocker (Alexis Korner Band)
1935-02-05 - Alex Harvey,
rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
1935-09-19 - Nick Massi,
Newark NJ, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry)
1936-01-24 - Jack Scott,
Canada, rocker (My True Love)
1936-02-22 - Ernie K-Doe,
[Ernest Kador Jr], New Orleans La, rocker
1936-04-04 - Margo J Sylvia,
rocker (Tune Weavers)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 99 of 99
1958-08-14 - Big Bill Broonzy,
rocker, dies of cancer at 65
1959-02-03 - Big Bopper,
rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
1959-02-03 - Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
1959-02-07 - Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar,
rocker, dies at 32
1960-02-06 - Jesse Belvin,
rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1960-04-17 - Eddie Cochran,
rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1964-08-14 - Johnny Burnette,
rocker, drowns at 30
Singer Buddy Holly (1959-02-03)
1966-04-30 - Richard Farina,
American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1966-07-18 - Bobby Fuller,
rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
1966-10-07 - Johnny Kidd,
rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
1966-10-07 - Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46
1966-11-02 - Mississippi John Hurt,
rocker, dies at 73
1967-02-03 - Joe Meek,
rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1967-10-03 - Woody Guthrie,
rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55
1967-12-10 - Carl Cunningham,
rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
1967-12-10 - Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1967-12-10 - Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash
1967-12-10 - Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1968-05-27 - Little Willie John,
rocker, dies at 30
1969-07-20 - Roy Hamilton,
American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929)
1970-01-24 - James "Shep" Shepherd,
rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1970-01-31 - Slim Harpo,
[James Moore], rocker, dies at 28
1971-10-12 - Gene Vincent,
rocker, dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
1971-11-18 - Junior Parker,
rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
1972-11-06 - Billy Murcia,
rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
1972-11-18 - Danny Whitten,
rocker, dies of a drug overdose
1973-03-08 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan,
rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27
1973-07-19 - Clarence White,
rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29
1973-08-17 - Paul Williams,
rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32
1973-09-19 - Gram Parsons,
rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
1974-04-17 - Vinnie Taylor,
rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1974-05-08 - Graham Bond,
rocker, dies jumping under a train
1974-11-25 - Nick Drake,
rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26
1975-04-23 - Pete Ham,
rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1976-01-28 - Chris Kenner,
rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
1976-02-21 - Florence Ballard,
rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
1976-02-22 - Florence Ballard,
rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
1976-08-29 - Jimmy Reed,
rocker, dies of epileptic seizure at 50
1977-05-26 - William Powell,
rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1977-06-05 - "Sleepy" John Estes,
rocker (Electric), dies at 74
Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley (1977-08-16)
1977-08-16 - Elvis Presley,
rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
1977-10-20 - Cassie Gaines,
rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28
1977-10-20 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29
1979-01-13 - Donny Hathaway,
Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1979-06-29 - Lowell George,
rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
1979-07-23 - Keith Godchaux,
rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31
1979-08-19 - Dorsey Burnette,
rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1980-03-26 - Jon-Jon Poulos,
rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32
1980-04-22 - Tommy Caldwell,
rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1980-10-27 - Steven Peregrine Took,
rocker, dies at 31
1981-01-29 - Cozy Cole,
rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
1981-02-15 - Mike Bloomfield,
rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
1981-04-05 - Bob "Bear" Hite,
rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
1981-05-25 - Roy Brown,
American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55
1981-08-26 - Lee Hays,
rocker, dies of a heart attack
1982-01-30 - Lightning Hopkins,
rocker, dies of cancer at 69
1982-12-02 - David Blue,
rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1982-12-08 - Shakey,
[Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72
1983-04-17 - Felix Pappalardi,
rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1983-07-12 - Chris Wood,
rocker (Traffic), dies at 39
1985-01-21 - Barbara Cowsill,
rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1986-01-04 - Phil Lynott,
rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1988-04-09 - Dave Prater,
rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1990-01-18 - Melanie Appleby,
rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1990-03-17 - Rick Grech,
rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1990-07-27 - Bobby Day,
rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
Rocker Tom Fogerty (1990-09-06)
1990-09-06 - Tom Fogerty,
rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
1991-05-24 - Gene Clark,
folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1994-04-05 - Kurt Cobain,
grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington
1997-06-20 - Lawrence Payton,
rocker (4 Tops-I'll Be There), dies at 59
1997-11-22 - Michael Hutchence,
Australian rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37
2002-06-23 - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar,
Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
2003-07-06 - Skip Battin,
American rocker, dies at 69
2007-08-06 - Zsolt Daczi,
Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2013-02-04 - Reg Presley,
English rocker, dies from lung cancer at 71
2013-02-18 - Kevin Ayers,
English rocker, dies at 68
2013-03-06 - Alvin Lee,
English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
2013-03-07 - Peter Banks,
English rocker, dies at 65
