Oldies Connection - Rock 'n' Roll Artists of the '50s, '60s and '70s

JANUARY 01 Jan - Patti Page (2013) 02 Jan - David Lynch (Platters) (1981) 02 Jan - Jay Traynor (Jay & The Americans) (2014) 03 Jan - Phil Everly (Everly Brothers) (2014) 04 Jan - Gerry Rafferty (2011) 04 Jan - Sammy Johns (2013) 05 Jan - Sonny Bono (1998) 06 Jan - Georgeanna Tillman (The Marvelettes) (1980) 06 Jan - Lou Rawls (2006) 08 Jan - Curtis Lee (2015) 09 Jan - Jon Hager (2009) 10 Jan - David Bowie (2016) 11 Jan - Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) (2005) 12 Jan - Maurice Gibb (2003) 13 Jan - Donny Hathaway (1979) 13 Jan - Teddy Pendergrass (2010) 13 Jan - Richie Ingui (Soul Survivors) (2017) 15 Jan - Harry Nilsson  (1994) 15 Jan - Kim Fowley (2015) 16 Jan - Jimmy Castor (2012) 17 Jan - Don Kirshner (2011) 17 Jan - Johnny Otis (2012) 18 Jan - Glenn Frey (The Eagles) (2016) 19 Jan - Carl Perkins (1998) 19 Jan - Wilson Pickett (2006) 19 Jan - Denny Doherty (2007) 19 Jan - John Stewart (2008) 20 Jan - Alan Freed (1965) 20 Jan - Etta James (2012) 21 Jan - Jackie Wilson (1984) 21 Jan - Charles Brown (1999) 25 Jan - Ray Peterson (2005) 26 Jan - Gladys Horton (Marvelettes) (2011) 28 Jan - Billy Fury (1983) 28 Jan - Jim Capaldi (Traffic) (2005) 28 Jan - Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (2009) 28 Jan - Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane) (2016) 28 Jan - Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) (2016) 31 Jan - Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) (2009)	JULY 01 Jul - Wolfman Jack (1995) 01 Jul - Guy Mitchell (1999) 01 Jul - Cub Koda (Brownsville Station) (2000) 01 Jul - Luther Vandross (2005) 03 Jul - Brian Jones (1969) 03 Jul - Jim Morrison (1971) 03 Jul - Boots Randolph (2007) 04 Jul - Barry White (2003) 04 Jul - Bill Pinkney (2007) 05 Jul - Ernie K-Doe (2001) 06 Jul - Van McCoy (1979) 06 Jul - Syreeta Wright (2004) 06 Jul - Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) (2006) 09 Jul - Milan Williams (Commodores) (2006) 11 Jul - Rob Grill (2011) 11 Jul - Tommy Ramone (2014) 12 Jul - Minnie Riperton (1979) 14 Jul - Philippé Wynne (The Spinners) (1984) 14 Jul - "Diamond" Dave Somerville (The Diamonds) (2015) 16 Jul - Harry Chapin (1981) 16 Jul - John Panozzo (Styx) (1996) 16 Jul - Jon Lord (Deep Purple) (2012) 17 Jul - Chas Chandler (The Animals) (1996) 17 Jul - Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon) (2009) 18 Jul - Bobby Fuller (1966) 22 Jul - Eugene Record (The Chi-Lites) (2005) 24 Jul - Dan Peek (America) (2011) 24 Jul - Larry Hoppen (Orleans) (2012) 25 Jul - Charlie Rich (1995) 26 Jul - Mary Wells (1992) 27 Jul - Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (2001) 27 Jul - Al Goodman (Ray, Goodman & Brown) (2010) 27 Jul - Pat Upton (Spiral Starecase) (2016) 29 Jul - Mama Cass Elliot (1974) 29 Jul - Gene McDaniels (2011) 30 Jul - Lynn Anderson (2015) 31 Jul - Mitch Miller (2010)
FEBRUARY   03 Feb - Buddy Holly (1959) 03 Feb  - The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) (1959) 03 Feb - Ritchie Valens (1959) 04 Feb - Karen Carpenter (1983) 04 Feb - Doris Coley (The Shirelles) (2000) 04 Feb - Reg Presley (The Troggs) (2013) 04 Feb - Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (2016) 05 Feb - Sonny Geraci (The Outsiders; Climax) (2017) 06 Feb - Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (1998) 07 Feb - Joe Mauldin (Crickets) (2015) 08 Feb - Del Shannon (1990) 08 Feb - Keith Knudsen (Doobie Brothers) (2005) 09 Feb - Bill Haley (1981) 10 Feb - Brian Connolly (Sweet) (1997) 11 Feb - Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes) (2009) 11 Feb - Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) (2013) 12 Feb - Oliver (William Oliver Swofford) (2000) 12 Feb - Al Jarreau (2017) 13 Feb - Dale Hawkins (2010) 14 Feb - Doug Fieger (The Knack) (2010) 14 Feb - George "Shadow" Morton (2013) 16 Feb - Doris Troy (2004) 16 Feb - Lesley Gore (2015) 18 Feb - Bill Cowsill (2006) 18 Feb - Damon Harris (The Temptations) (2013) 19 Feb - Johnny Paycheck (2003) 19 Feb - Kelly Groucutt (ELO) (2009) 21 Feb - Murray "the K" Kaufman (1982) 22 Feb - Florence Ballard (Supremes) (1976) 22 Feb - Sonny James (2016) 23 Feb - Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) (1995) 23 Feb - Donnie Brooks (2007) 24 Feb - Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na) 2016 25 Feb - Toy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) (1993) 25 Feb - Edward Patten (Gladys Knight & The Pips) (2005) 25 Feb - Rick Coonce (The Grass Roots) (2011) 26 Feb - Cornell Gunter (The Coasters) (1990) 27 Feb - Frankie Lymon (1968) 27 Feb - Richard Street (The Temptations) (2013) 28 Feb - Bobby Bloom (1974) 28 Feb - Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) (2008) 29 Feb - Davy Jones (2012)	AUGUST   01 Aug - Cilla Black (2015) 02 Aug - Brian Cole (The Association) (1972) 02 Aug - Ron Townson (The 5th Dimension) (2001) 02 Aug - Jimmy Jones (2012) 03 Aug - Bobby Hebb (2010) 04 Aug - Lee Hazlewood (2007) 05 Aug - Jeff Porcaro (Toto) (1992) 06 Aug - Rick James (2004) 06 Aug - Marvin Hamlisch (2012) 08 Aug - Glen Campbell (2017) 09 Aug - Jerry Garcia (1995) 10 Aug - Barbara George (2006) 10 Aug - Isaac Hayes (2008) 10 Aug - Eydie Gormé (2013) 11 Aug - Ed Townsend (2003) 12 Aug - Kyu Sakamoto (1985) 13 Aug - King Curtis (1971) 13 Aug - Joe Tex (1982) 13 Aug - Les Paul (2009) 14 Aug - Johnny Burnette (1964) 14 Aug - Tony Williams (The Platters) (1992) 16 Aug - Elvis Presley (1977) 18 Aug - Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) (2008) 18 Aug - Scott McKenzie (2012) 19 Aug - Betty Everett (2001) 22 Aug - Jerry Leiber (Leiber & Stoller) (2011) 22 Aug - Nick Ashford (Ashford & Simpson) (2011) 23 Aug - Eric Allendale (The Foundations) (2001) 26 Aug - Ronald White (The Miracles) (1995) 26 Aug - Laura Branigan (2004) 26 Aug - Ellie Greenwich (2009)
MARCH   01 Mar - Gayle McCormick (Smith) (2016) 02 Mar - Dusty Springfield (1999) 02 Mar - Hank Ballard (2003) 02 Mar - Jeff Healey (2008) 03 Mar - Norman "Hurricane" Smith (2008) 04 Mar - Richard Manuel (The Band) (1986) 04 Mar - Johnny Preston (2011) 05 Mar - Patsy Cline (1963) 06 Mar - King Floyd (2006) 06 Mar - Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) (2013) 07 Mar - Jimmy Boyd (2009) 08 Mar - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) (1973) 08 Mar - Sir George Martin (2016) 10 Mar - Andy Gibb (1988) 10 Mar - LaVern Baker (1997) 10 Mar - Gogi Grant (2016) 10 Mar - Keith Emerson (2016) 11 Mar - Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night) (2015) 12 Mar - Michael Hossack (The Doobie Brothers) (2012) 14 Mar - Ronnie Hammond (ARS) (2011) 15 Mar - Marshall Leib (The Teddy Bears) (2002) 15 Mar - Mike Porcaro (Toto) (2015) 16 Mar - Tammi Terrell (1970) 16 Mar - Johnny Cymbal (1993) 16 Mar - Bobbie Smith (The Spinners) (2013) 16 Mar - Frank Sinatra, Jr. (2016) 17 Mar - Terry Stafford (1996) 17 Mar - Alex Chilton (The Box Tops) (2010) 18 Mar - John Phillips (2001) 18 Mar - Chuck Berry (2017) 19 Mar - Luther Ingram (2007) 19 Mar - Michael Brown (The Left Banke) (2015) 20 Mar - Norman Harris (MFSB) (1987) 21 Mar - Dean Paul Martin (Dino, Desi, & Billy) (1987) 22 Mar - Mark Dinning (1986) 22 Mar - Dan Hartman (1994) 22 Mar - Don Murray (Turtles) (1996) 22 Mar - Rod Price (Foghat) (2005) 24 Mar - Johnny Maestro (2010) 25 Mar - "England" Dan Seals (2009) 26 Mar - Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) (2004) 30 Mar - Timi Yuro (2004) 31 Mar - O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (The Isley Brothers) (1986)	SEPTEMBER 01 Sep - Jerry Reed (2008) 03 Sep - Major Lance (1994) 05 Sep - Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) (1978) 05 Sep - Joe South (2012) 06 Sep - Tom Fogerty (CCR) (1990) 07 Sep - Keith Moon (1978) 07 Sep - Warren Zevon (2003) 11 Sep - Bob Crewe (2014) 12 Sep - Johnny Cash (2003) 15 Sep - Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) (2008) 16 Sep - Marc Bolan (1977) 16 Sep - Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) (2009) 18 Sep - Jimi Hendrix (1970) 19 Sep - Gram Parsons (1973) 19 Sep - Skeeter Davis (2004) 19 Sep - Arthur Ferrante (Ferrante & Teicher) (2009) 20 Sep - Jim Croce (1973) 25 Sep - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) (1980) 25 Sep - Andy Williams (2012) 26 Sep - Robert Palmer (2003) 26 Sep - Shawn Lane (Black Oak Arkansas) (2003) 27 Sep - Jimmy McCulloch (Wings)  (1979) 27 Sep - Dale Houston (Dale & Grace) (2007) 27 Sep - R.B. Greaves (2012) 28 Sep - Frankie Ford (2015) 29 Sep - Sylvia Robinson (2011)
APRIL 01 Apr - Marvin Gaye (1984) 01 Apr - Cynthia Lennon (2015) 02 Apr - Edwin Starr (2003) 03 Apr - Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (2015) 05 Apr - Bob Hite (Canned Heat) (1981) 05 Apr - Cozy Powell (The Jeff Beck Group) (1998) 05 Apr - Gene Pitney (2006) 06 Apr - Ral Donner (1984) 06 Apr - Merle Haggard (2016) 08 Apr - Laura Nyro (1997) 08 Apr - Annette Funicello (2013) 09 Apr - Little Eva Boyd (2003) 09 Apr - Brook Benton (1988) 09 Apr - Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) (1988) 11 Apr - June Pointer (2006) 11 Apr - J. Geils (2017) 14 Apr - Percy Sledge (2015) 17 Apr - Eddie Cochran (1960) 17 Apr - Linda McCartney (1998) 18 Apr - Dick Clark (2012) 19 Apr - Levon Helm (2012) 20 Apr - Cuba Gooding, Sr. (The Main Ingredient) 21 Apr - Al Wilson (2008) 21 Apr - Prince (2016) 22 Apr - Paul Davis (2008) 22 Apr - Richie Havens (2013) 24 Apr - Pete Ham (Badfinger) (1975) 25 Apr - Bobby "Boris" Pickett (2007) 26 Apr - Phoebe Snow (2011) 26 Apr - George Jones (2013) 28 Apr - Jack Ely (The Kingsmen) (2015) 30 Apr - Zola Taylor (The Platters) (2007) 30 Apr - Ben E. King (2015)	OCTOBER 01 Oct - Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (1975) 01 Oct - Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield) (2004) 02 Oct - Tom Petty (2017) 04 Oct - Janis Joplin (1970) 04 Oct - J. Frank Wilson (1991) 04 Oct - Paul Revere (Raiders) (2014) 05 Oct - Eddie Kendricks (1992) 07 Oct - Jimmy Beaumont (Skyliners) (2017) 08 Oct - Larry Verne (2013) 10 Oct - Solomon Burke (2010) 12 Oct - John Denver (1997) 12 Oct - Gene Vincent (1971) 13 Oct - Al Martino (2009) 14 Oct - Freddie Fender (2006) 17 Oct - Levi Stubbs (2008) 18 Oct - Dee Dee Warwick (2008) 19 Oct - Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) (1997) 20 Oct - Cassie Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (1977) 20 Oct - Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (1977) 20 Oct - Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (1977) 20 Oct - Cory Wells (Three Dog Night) (2015) 22 Oct - Tommy Edwards (1969) 23 Oct - Alvin Stardust (2014) 24 Oct - Bobby Vee (2016) 24 Oct - Fats Domino (2017) 25 Oct - Roger Miller (1992) 25 Oct - Jack Bruce (Cream) (2014) 27 Oct - Lou Reed (2013) 29 Oct - Duane Allman (1971)
MAY   01 May - Jim Hager (2008) 07 May - Eddie Rabbitt (1998) 07 May - John Walker (Walker Brothers) (2011) 08 May - Eddy Arnold (2008) 11 May - Bob Marley (1981) 11 May - Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (2003) 13 May - Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (2012) 14 May - Keith Relf (The Yardbirds) (1976) 14 May - B.B. King (2015) 15 May - June Carter Cash (2003) 16 May - Marv Johnson (1993) 17 May - Donna Summer (2012) 17 May - Alan O'Day (2013) 19 May - Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) (2006) 20 May - Robin Gibb (2012) 20 May - Ray Manzarek (The Doors) (2013) 23 May - Billy Francis (Dr. Hook) (2010) 24 May - Gene Clark (The Byrds) (1991) 25 May - Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets) (2013) 26 May - Clarence Burke, Jr. (The Five Stairsteps) (2013) 27 May - Gregg Allman (2017)	NOVEMBER 05 Nov - Bobby Nunn (The Coasters) (1986) 05 Nov - Bobby Hatfield (2003) 06 Nov - Dickie Goodman (1989) 06 Nov - Jance Garfat (Dr. Hook) (2006) 07 Nov - Carter Cornelius (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (1991) 07 Nov - Andrea True (2011) 09 Nov - Miriam Makeba (2008) 09 Nov - Major Harris (2012) 11 Nov - Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers Band) (1972) 13 Nov - Leon Russell (2016) 15 Nov - P.F. Sloan (2015) 17 Nov - Arthur Conley (2003) 17 Nov - Jimmy Ruffin (2014) 19 Nov - Bobby Russell (1992) 19 Nov - Terry Melcher (2004) 23 Nov - Tommy Boyce (1994) 23 Nov - Cynthia Robinson (Sly & the Family Stone) (2015) 24 Nov - Eric Carr (KISS) (1991) 24 Nov - Freddie Mercury (1991) 25 Nov - Earl "Speedo" Carroll (2012) 27 Nov - Al Alberts (2009) 27 Nov - Mickey Baker (Mickey & Sylvia) (2012) 28 Nov - Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) (1993) 28 Nov - Tony Meehan (The Shadows) (2005) 29 Nov - George Harrison (2001) 30 Nov - Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) (1996)
JUNE   01 Jun - David Ruffin (1991) 02 Jun - Bo Diddley (2008) 03 Jun - Andrew Gold (2011) 04 Jun - Ronnie Lane (Faces) (1997) 04 Jun - Freddie Scott (2007) 04 Jun - Herb Reed (The Platters) (2012) 05 Jun - Conway Twitty (1993) 06 Jun - Billy Preston (2006) 07 Jun - Bob Welch (2012) 08 Jun - Crispian St. Peters (2010) 10 Jun - Ray Charles (2004) 12 Jun - Carl Gardner (Coasters) (2011) 13 Jun - Clyde McPhatter (The Drifters) (1972) 13 Jun - Jimmy Dean (2010) 15 Jun - Casey Kasem (2014) 18 Jun - Clarence Clemons (2011) 19 Jun - Gerry Goffin (2014) 20 Jun - Lawrence Payton (Four Tops) (1997) 20 Jun - Claydes Charles Smith (Kool & the Gang) (2006) 23 Jun - Pete Quaife (The Kinks) (2010) 25 Jun - Michael Jackson (2009) 27 Jun - John Entwistle (The Who) (2002) 27 Jun - Bobby Womack (2014) 28 Jun - Chris Squire (Yes) (2015) 28 Jun - Gary DeCarlo (Steam) (2017) 29 Jun - George McCorkle (Marshall Tucker Band) (2007)	DECEMBER 02 Dec - Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue) (2006) 04 Dec - Frank Zappa (1993) 06 Dec - Roy Orbison (1988) 06 Dec - Dobie Gray (2011) 07 Dec - Dee Clark (1990) 07 Dec - Dennis Yost (Classics IV) (2008) 07 Dec - Greg Lake (2016) 08 Dec - John Lennon (1980) 10 Dec - Otis Redding (1967) 10 Dec - Rick Danko (The Band) (1999) 11 Dec - Sam Cooke (1964) 12 Dec - Ike Turner (2007) 13 Dec - Zal Yanovsky (Lovin' Spoonful) (2002) 14 Dec - Kurt Winter (The Guess Who) (1997) 16 Dec - Nicolette Larson (1997) 16 Dec - Dan Fogelberg (2007) 18 Dec - Clay Cole (2010) 20 Dec - Bobby Darin (1973) 22 Dec - Joe Cocker (2014) 24 Dec - Ray Collins (Mothers of Invention) (2012) 25 Dec - James Brown (2006) 25 Dec - Eartha Kitt (2008) 26 Dec - Fontella Bass (2012) 27 Dec - Delaney Bramlett (2008) 27 Dec - Stevie Wright (The Easybeats) (2015) 28 Dec - Dennis Wilson (1983) 28 Dec - Barry Cowsill (2005)* 29 Dec - Tim Hardin (1980) 31 Dec - Ricky Nelson (1985) 31 Dec - Natalie Cole (2015)   *Note - The exact date of death for Barry Cowsill is unknown.  Cowsill perished in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and his remains were recovered on 12/28/2005 and identified through dental records on 01/04/2006.