December 28, 1968 – Beatles’ “Beatles-White Album,” goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
December 28, 1937 – Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62
December 25, 1954 – Annie Lennox, Aberdeen Scotland, vocalist (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why)
December 25, 1960 – Amy Grant, vocalist (That’s What Love Is, Baby Baby)
December 25, 2006 – James Brown, rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, soul and funk singer or simply the Godfather of Soul (Genius of Love, Hot Pants) dies at 73 from heart failure
August 22, 1964 – Supreme’s “Where Did Our Love Go,” reaches #1
August 22, 1966 – Beatles arrive in NYC
August 22, 1969 – Beatles record a video for “Long and Winding Road”
1935 – Birthday of P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
1959 – Billie Holiday – Jazz Singer – dies at age 44
1967 – John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40
1968 – Beatle’s animated film “Yellow Submarine” premieres in London
1974 – John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days
March 29, 1986 – Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
March 29, 1932 – Jack Benny debuts on radio
March 28, 1943 – Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
March 28, 1955 – Birthday of Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can’t Even Get the Blues)
March 28, 1958 – William C Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84
March 28, 1987 – Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 (The Sound of Music)
March 27, 1924 – Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody) was born.
March 27, 1971 – Birthday of Mariah Carey, NYC, singer (Love Takes Time, Hero)
March 25, 1942 – Birthday of Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect)
March 23, 1940 – 1st radio broadcast of “Truth or Consequences” on CBS
March 22, 1938 – Birthday of Glen Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston)