Today in Rock n Roll History (Part 2)
Music Topics: Blues - Country & Western - Dance - Folk Music - Heavy Metal - Jazz - Opera - Pop Music - Reggae - Songwriter
Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 439
1949-05-14 - Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
1949-07-12 - LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
1950-02-17 - 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NY
1950-02-22 - Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
1950-07-01 - WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950-07-24 - V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
1951-08-07 - Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
1951-08-07 - US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
1951-09-28 - Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1951-10-26 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1951-11-27 - 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
1952-02-13 - Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
1952-03-21 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
1952-09-23 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title
1953-05-03 - WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953-05-15 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953-05-15 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1953-08-21 - Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
1953-09-24 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1953-10-01 - WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953-11-20 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1953-12-12 - Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1953-12-18 - KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-02-26 - Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records
1954-03-19 - 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM
1954-04-12 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954-04-15 - KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954-05-24 - 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1954-06-04 - Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1954-06-12 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released
1954-06-17 - Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1954-09-06 - WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
1954-09-17 - Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1954-11-10 - Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
1955-02-20 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1955-03-17 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal
1955-03-26 - "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US
1955-05-16 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
1955-05-16 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955-05-28 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1955-06-06 - Bill Haley & Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
1955-07-02 - 10th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker
1955-07-09 - "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1955-07-09 - Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart
1955-09-21 - Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955-09-22 - Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9
1955-11-18 - Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1955-11-28 - KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956-02-12 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
1956-04-27 - Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1956-06-15 - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
1956-07-23 - Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
1956-08-16 - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4
1956-08-19 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
1957-02-10 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1957-05-04 - Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show
1957-06-02 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957-07-19 - 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
1957-07-21 - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1957-08-21 - 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
1957-09-04 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1957-09-23 - White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1957-09-24 - Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
1957-10-19 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
1957-10-21 - Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley opens
1957-11-27 - Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
1957-12-06 - 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
1958-02-02 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open
1958-05-08 - Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958-05-16 - Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex
1958-05-27 - Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
1958-06-23 - Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock
1958-07-09 - Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock & ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
1958-08-13 - Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
1958-08-24 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1958-09-12 - US Supreme Court orders Little Rock Ark high school to integrate
1958-09-28 - USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
1958-12-25 - Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens
1959-02-19 - USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), NM
1959-06-10 - Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive HRs in 1 game
1959-11-11 - 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs
1959-11-19 - "Rocky & His Friends" debuts on ABC
1960-01-21 - Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning
1960-02-20 - Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig.
1960-02-21 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1960-03-13 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1960-04-17 - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
1960-08-04 - Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH
1961-02-06 - "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC
1961-02-13 - Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1961-02-16 - 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va
1961-04-20 - American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
1961-04-25 - Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
1962-03-10 - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
1962-03-16 - 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
1962-06-17 - Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
1962-09-29 - Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)
1963-02-16 - Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1963-05-27 - 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
1963-06-09 - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 2,834
1922-03-03 - Kazimierz Serocki, composer
1922-06-07 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz) [or Dec 31]
1922-07-21 - Kay Starr, Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis)
1922-12-08 - Jean Ritchie, rocker
1922-12-15 - Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"
1923-01-16 - Roy Lanham, rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
1923-06-02 - Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
1923-09-01 - Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56)
1923-10-16 - Bert Kaempfert, rocker
1924-07-26 - Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
1924-09-20 - Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist
1924-10-10 - Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu)
1925-01-17 - Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian & Wife)
1925-04-29 - Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
1925-06-27 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker
1925-07-06 - Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock)
1925-07-27 - Doc Pomus, rocker
1925-08-07 - Felice Bryant, Milwaukee, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
1925-08-15 - Billy Pinkney, Sumter NC, rock bassist/vocalist (Drifters)
1925-08-16 - Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1925-08-18 - Tonny Til, rocker
1925-09-10 - Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer (Good Rockin' Tonight)
1925-10-05 - Gail Davis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Annie Oakley)
1925-10-15 - Mickey Baker, rocker
1925-10-29 - Zoot Sims, rocker
1925-11-17 - Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Ill, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
1926-03-15 - Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
1926-05-20 - Vic Ames, rocker (Ames Brothers)
1926-05-25 - Kitty Kallen, rocker
1926-06-10 - June Haver, Rock Island, actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
1926-07-19 - Sue Thompson, [Eva Sue Mckee], rocker
1926-08-22 - Bob Flannigan, rocker (Four Freshmen)
1926-09-17 - Bill Black, rocker
1926-10-14 - Bill Justis, rocker
1926-10-18 - Chuck Berry, St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven)
1926-12-04 - Lee Doraey, rocker
1926-12-10 - Eddie Jones, "Guitar Slim" rocker
1927-02-12 - Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)
1927-02-27 - Guy Mitchell, [Al Cernick], Detroit Mich, rocker/actor (Red Garters)
1927-03-03 - [Herman] Junior Parker, rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark)
1927-03-04 - Thayer David, MA, actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages)
1927-04-01 - Amos Milburn, rocker
1927-04-30 - Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
1927-07-02 - Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird)
1927-07-06 - Susan Cabot, Boston, actress (Carnival Rock)
1927-09-01 - Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters)
1927-09-09 - Elvin Jones, rocker
1927-11-12 - Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview TX, actor (Cat of Rockies)
1928-01-09 - Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare)
1928-01-31 - Chuck Willis, rock vocalist (C C Rider)
1928-02-11 - Raoul Cita, rocker
1928-04-07 - James Garner, Norman Okla, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
1928-04-29 - Big Jay McNeely, rocker
1928-04-29 - Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
1928-05-22 - T Boone Pickens, CEO (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co)
1928-12-30 - Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)
1929-02-04 - Paul Burlison, rocker
1929-03-18 - Kai Winding, rocker
1929-05-01 - Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love)
1929-05-10 - Fats Domino, rocker (Blueberry Hill)
1929-06-29 - Johnny Ace, rocker
1929-07-18 - "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1929-07-27 - Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely)
1929-08-06 - Mike Elliot, rocker
1929-08-24 - William Winfield, rocker (Harptones)
1929-12-25 - Billy Horton, rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job)
1929-12-25 - Chris Kenner, rocker
1930-01-13 - Liz Anderson, rocker
1930-01-23 - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
1930-03-24 - Kenneth Nelson, Rocky Mount NC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
1930-03-29 - Donny Conn, rocker (Playmates)
1930-05-01 - Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
1930-08-18 - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
1930-10-29 - Peter Stampfel, rocker
1930-11-23 - William E Brock, (Sen-D)/US Secretary of Labor (1985-87)
1930-11-30 - James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount NC, light HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1931-01-08 - Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
1931-01-27 - Rudi Maugeri, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1931-03-14 - Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
1931-05-22 - Kenny Ball, rocker
1931-07-07 - Stanley Brock, Bkln, actor (Ivan-He's the Mayor)
1931-08-01 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, rocker
1931-08-28 - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1931-09-26 - George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1931-11-12 - Bob Crewe, rocker
1931-11-16 - Bob Gibson, rocker
1932-02-10 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
1932-04-10 - Nathaniel Nelson, rocker (Flamingos)
1932-04-27 - Maxine Brown, rocker (Browns)
1932-07-01 - Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin)
1932-07-11 - Alex Hassilev, rocker (Limeliters)
1932-07-31 - Morey Carr, rocker (Playmates)
1932-09-21 - Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1932-11-06 - Stonewall Jackson, rocker
1932-11-15 - Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love)
1932-12-05 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity)
1932-12-23 - Revjames Cleveland, rocker
1932-12-28 - Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One)
1933-01-20 - Ron Townson, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away)
1933-01-24 - Ron Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius) [or Jan 29]
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 200 of 233
1976-02-22 - Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
1976-03-19 - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
1976-04-08 - Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
1976-05-14 - Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
1976-08-29 - Jimmy Reed, rocker, dies of epileptic seizure at 50
1976-12-02 - William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1976-12-04 - Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1976-12-28 - Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42
1977-02-26 - Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43
1977-05-26 - William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1977-06-05 - "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74
1977-06-16 - Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
1977-06-26 - Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43
1977-08-16 - Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
1977-09-16 - Marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29
1977-10-20 - Cassie Gaines, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28
1977-10-30 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29
1977-10-30 - Steve Gaines, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in air crash
1978-01-10 - John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1978-01-10 - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62
1978-01-14 - Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81
1978-01-23 - Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1978-07-17 - Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
1978-09-07 - Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug OD at 31
1978-11-08 - Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
1978-12-27 - Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1979-01-13 - Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1979-01-26 - Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
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
1980-01-02 - Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
1980-01-03 - Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52
1980-01-07 - Carl White, rocker, dies
1980-02-19 - Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1980-03-26 - Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32
1980-04-28 - Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1980-05-18 - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23
1980-05-30 - Timmy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1980-10-27 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31
1980-12-07 - Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22
1981-01-09 - Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58
1981-01-29 - Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
1981-02-09 - Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
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, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack
1981-05-25 - Roy James Brown, US boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55
1981-08-26 - Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack
1981-12-09 - Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56
1982-01-30 - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
1982-05-08 - Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
1982-08-12 - Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
1982-11-13 - Babette Deutsch, US poet (Honey out of the Rock), dies at 87
1982-12-02 - David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1982-12-08 - Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72
1983-01-08 - Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
1983-02-04 - Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
1983-03-29 - Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65
1983-04-14 - Pete Farndon, rock bassist (Pretenders), dies
1983-04-17 - Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1983-05-03 - Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
1983-07-12 - Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39
1983-12-27 - Walter Scott, rocker, dies
1984-01-20 - Jackie Wilson, rocker, dies at 49 from a heart attack
1984-04-29 - Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45
1984-07-21 - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1984-12-04 - John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
1985-01-04 - Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1985-01-21 - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1985-10-02 - Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1985-10-12 - Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32
1985-12-23 - James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
1986-01-04 - Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1986-03-04 - Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40
1986-04-03 - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
1986-09-27 - Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
1986-12-10 - Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies
1987-09-22 - John F "Jaco" Pastorius, rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
1987-11-22 - Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies
1988-03-10 - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
1988-04-09 - Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1988-12-09 - Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52
1989-07-20 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71
1989-10-12 - Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends), dies at 79
1989-10-13 - Jay Ward, animator (Rocky & His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer
1990-01-18 - Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1990-02-08 - Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
1990-03-17 - Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1990-05-22 - Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
1990-05-23 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies
1990-07-26 - Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
1990-07-27 - Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
1990-08-17 - Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
1990-09-06 - Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
1991-01-25 - Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59
1991-05-01 - Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
1991-05-22 - Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1991-05-24 - Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1991-06-01 - David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50
