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2009 Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68
2009 Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles 1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1995 Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio 1994 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies 1990 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin 1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin 1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley) 1985 Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced 1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St. James New York City after 9 performances 1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater New York City for 9 performances 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1979 Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit 1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres 1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special 1976 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91 1976 Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" 1976 Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA 1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album 1973 John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres, dies at 31 in Radlett, Hertfordshire 1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired 1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1960 Joan Jett, Philadelphia, singer, Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll 1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens 1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1954 WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show 1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1952 Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out 1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1950 Hilly Hicks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Roll Out, Roots 1948 Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll 1946 Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation 1945 Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Chris Britton, rocker, Troggs-Rock and Roll Goldmine 1944 Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K. 1944 Gary Glitter, Paul Gadd, England, rocker, Rock and Roll Part II 1943 David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1943 Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company 1942 John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres 1941 Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 1941 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician 1940 Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1939 Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1938 Etta James, Jamesette Hawkins, U.S. singer, Roll With Me Henry 1936 Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll 1935 Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1934 G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City 1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1929 Paul Burlison, born in Brownsville, Tennessee, guitarist, rockabilly, founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio, performed with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette 1928 Bo Diddley, born in Mississippi, acclaimed as a founder of American rock and roll, singer, guitarist, songwriter 1926 Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven 1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1925 Doc Pomus, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name Jerome Solon Felder, blues singer, songwriter, inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Blues Hall of Fame 1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton 1922 Kay Starr, born in Dougherty, Oklahoma, singer, Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis 1917 June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas 1917 Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston 1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll 1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield 1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer 1885 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician 1885 Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By 1881 David Houston patents roll film for cameras 1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn |
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