Here are the Births, Deaths and Events this week in Rock 'n' Roll History Sunday June 28 The late Cathy Carr ("Ivory Tower") is born in 1936 Jimmie Rodgers has brain surgery in Hot Springs, Arkansas and doctors discover his skull has miraculously regenerated, 2007 George Harrison has an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his neck, 1997 Rod Stewart receives ten stitches in his leg after slipping onstage in Manchester, England, 2007 Aretha Franklin appears on the cover of Time magazine, 1968 The "Helen Reddy Show" summer replacement TV series debuts on NBC, 1973 DJ Murray-the-K's "It's What's Happening, Baby" TV special airs on CBS with the Drifters, the Dave Clark Five, Tom Jones, Gary Lewis, the Supremes and many others, 1965 The Drifters record "Up On The Roof" in 1962 Monday June 29 The late "Little Eva" Boyd ("Loco-Motion") is born in 1945 Rosemary Clooney ("This Old House") dies of lung cancer in 2002 The late Leonard Lee of Shirley & Lee ("Let The Good Times Roll") is born in 1935 Billy Hinsche of Dino, Desi & Billy ("I'm A Fool") is born in 1954 Songwriter L. Russell Brown (wrote "C'mon Marianne", "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree", "I Woke Up In Love This Morning", many others Peter Frampton breaks an arm and cracks his ribs in a car crash in the Bahamas, 1978 Leif Garrett is arrested for drug possession in Los Angeles, 1999 Mick Jagger and Kaith Richards are found guilty of drug possession by a British court (Keith's conviction is eventually overturned, Mick's is upheld but reduced to a conditional discharge), 1967 Dick Clark announces his first "Caravan of Stars" tour (to begin in September), 1959 Neil Diamond makes his TV debut on ABC's "American Bandstand", 1966 Denny Doherty's autobiographical musical "Dream A Little Dream: The Almost-True Story of the Mamas & the Papas" premieres in Toronto, 2001 Ringo Starr's and the Monkees' TV commercial for Pizza Hut debuts, 1995 Graham Nash writes "Marakesh Express" while on tour with the Hollies in Yugoslavia (he later records it with Crosby, Stills & Nash), 1967 Buddy Holly records "Peggy Sue", 1957 Johnnie Ray records "Just Walkin' In The Rain", 1956 Tuesday June 30 "It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June", according to the Bobby Goldsboro song, "Summer (The First Time)" The late Florence Ballard of the Supremes ("Back In My Arms Again") is born in 1943 The late Larry Hall ("Sandy") is born in 1940 Lena Horne ("Love Me Or Leave Me") is 92 Chet Atkins (country star and guitarist on many Elvis Presley classics) dies in 2001 Dave Davies of the Kinks suffers a stroke (but recovers), 2004 Cher marries Greg Allman (she starts filing for divorce ten days later), 1975 Police raid Neil Diamond's house and don't find drugs, 1976 Marvel Comics publishes a Kiss comic book with a vial of their blood mixed into the ink, 1977 The Jackson 5 announce they will be leaving Motown Records for Epic Records (and changing their name to the Jacksons, because Motown owns the other name), 1975 The Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee opens in 2001 Little Richard appears on the CBS-TV soap opera, "The Young And The Restless," performing the wedding of two of the show's characters, 2008 25 people are hospitalized after a melee at a Bill Haley concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1956 San Francisco's Fillmore West concert hall closes in 1971 Wednesday July 1 The late Bobby Day ("Over And Over") is born in 1930 Deborah Harry of Blondie ("Call Me") is 64 The late Delaney Bramlett of Delaney & Bonnie ("Only You Know And I Know") is born in 1939 Dan Aykroyd of the Blues Brothers ("Soul Man") is 57 Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Shame") is 49 Guy Mitchell ("Singing The Blues") dies in 1999 Herbie Mann ("Hijack") dies of prostate cancer, 2003 DJ Wolfman Jack dies from a heart attack, 1995 Ringo Starr divorces his first wife, Maureen, 1975 John Lennon receives 17 facial stitches, and Yoko Ono gets 14 of her own, after a car crash in Scotland, 1969 Connie Francis receives a $2.5 million judgement against the motel in which she was sexually assaulted two years earlier, 1976 Rolf Harris is inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Hall of Fame in Melbourne, 2008 Sam Phillips sells the legendary Sun Records studio in Memphis, 1969 Brenda Lee goes into a recording studio for the first time, at the age of eleven (recording her version of "Jambalaya"), 1956 Elvis Presley sings "Hound Dog" on NBC-TV's "Steve Allen Show" while dressed in a tuxedo and singing to a real dog, 1956 Thursday July 2 Tom Springfield of the Springfields ("Silver Threads & Golden Needles" and brother of Dusty) is 73 Leapy Lee (Graham-- "Little Arrows") is 67 The late Paul Williams of the Temptations ("My Girl") is born in 1939 Marvin Rainwater ("Gonna Find Me A Bluebird") is 84 Mick Jagger's daughter, Jade makes him a grandfather, 1992 Mountain forms in 1969 Liverpool renames its airport after native son John Lennon, 2001 "The Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC-TV, 1955 Rick Nelson stars in the short-lived (it lasts three months) TV series, "Malibu U" on ABC in 1967 Elvis Presley's "King Creole" movie opens (he's already serving in the U.S. Army), 1958 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" (his first recordings with all of the Jordanaires), 1956 Friday July 3 Fontella Bass ("Rescue Me") is 69 Judith Durham of the Seekers ("I Know I'll Never Find Another You") is 66 Jim Morrison of the Doors ("Touch Me") dies of "acute respiratory distress", 1971 Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax") dies after suffering a subdural hematoma, 2007 Brian Jones (who had just quit the Rolling Stones) drowns in his own swimming pool, 1969 Colin Cooper, lead singer of the Climax Blues Band ("Couldn't Get It Right") dies of cancer, 2008 Elvis Presley meets Gene Vincent at Grand Central Station in New York City, 1956 Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" reaches #1 on the Billboard charts and the rock era begins in earnest, 1955 Brian Wilson appears onstage with the Beach Boys for the first time in twelve years, in Anaheim, California, 1976 Casey Kasem counts down his first "American Top 40" (KDEO in El Cajon, California airs the program a day before the other six affiliates), 1970 Ray Charles' first album (self-titled) is released, 1957 Saturday July 4 "Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July", says the song by Chicago Bill Withers ("Use Me") is 71 John Waite of the Babys ("Isn't It Time") is 54 Mitch Miller ("Children's Marching Song") is 98 Bill Pinkney of the original Drifters ("Money Honey") dies of a heart attack, 2007 "Big" Al Downing ("The Story Of My Life") dies of leukemia, 2005 Barry White ("I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby") dies of liver failure, 2003 Barry White marries Glodean James of Love Unlimited, 1974 Paul Revere is married during the intermission of his concert at King's Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati on America's bicentennial, 1976 Gene Vincent's leg is crushed when his motorcycle is struck by a car in Franklin, Virginia, 1955 John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas receives a liver transplant in Los Angeles, 1992 The four members of ABBA reunite for the premiere of the "Mama Mia!" movie in Stockholm, 2008 The Beatles accidentally snub Phillipine first lady Imelda Marcos, and her husband pulls their police protection. A mob then attacks the Fab Four, 1966 Ringo Starr sits in with the Beach Boys during their Miami concert, 1984 The "Tony Orlando & Dawn" TV show debuts on CBS, 1974 The Brothers Four begin recording "Greenfields", 1959 © 1995-2009, Ronald P. Smith. All rights reserved.