2013 Event It is announced that Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, KISS and Cat Stevens will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 2011 Event The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2011 Event U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 2009 Death 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 Death Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 1998 Event Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles 1997 Event Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1995 Death Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55 1995 Event Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio 1994 Event Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993 Event Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993 Event Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991 Event IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990 Death Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies 1990 Event 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin 1990 Event Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1989 Event 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards 1987 Event Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin 1986 Death Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1986 Event 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 Event Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced 1982 Event "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St. James New York City after 9 performances 1982 Event "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater New York City for 9 performances 1982 Event Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks 1981 Event "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances 1981 Event "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 Death 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 Event Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit 1979 Event "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres 1979 Event ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special 1976 Death Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91 1976 Event Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" 1976 Event Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA 1975 Event John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album 1973 Death 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 Event Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired 1968 Event Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1960 Birthday Joan Jett, Philadelphia, singer, Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll 1958 Event Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens 1957 Event Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1954 Event WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show 1954 Event Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" 1954 Event Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1952 Birthday Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out 1952 Event Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Event Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1951 Birthday John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane' 1950 Birthday Hilly Hicks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Roll Out, Roots 1948 Birthday Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll 1946 Birthday Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation 1945 Birthday Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Birthday Chris Britton, rocker, Troggs-Rock and Roll Goldmine 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Gary Glitter, Paul Gadd, England, rocker, Rock and Roll Part II 1943 Birthday David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1943 Birthday Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company 1942 Birthday John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres 1941 Birthday 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 Death Jelly Roll Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 1940 Birthday 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 Birthday Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday Etta James, Jamesette Hawkins, U.S. singer, Roll With Me Henry 1936 Birthday Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll 1935 Birthday Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1934 Event G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1929 Birthday Paul Burlison, born in Brownsville, Tennessee, guitarist, rockabilly, founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio, performed with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette 1928 Birthday Bo Diddley, born in Mississippi, acclaimed as a founder of American rock and roll, singer, guitarist, songwriter 1926 Birthday Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Event "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton 1922 Birthday Kay Starr, born in Dougherty, Oklahoma, singer, Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis 1917 Birthday June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas 1917 Birthday Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Birthday Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston 1911 Birthday Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll 1896 Event Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield 1885 Birthday Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer 1885 Birthday Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By 1881 Event David Houston patents roll film for cameras 1877 Event 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
