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

We Will Always Remember

1959 03 Feb - Buddy Holly 03 Feb  - The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) 03 Feb - Ritchie Valens   1960 17 Apr - Eddie Cochran   1963 05 Mar - Patsy Cline   1964 14 Aug - Johnny Burnette 11 Dec - Sam Cooke   1965 20 Jan - Alan Freed   1966 18 Jul - Bobby Fuller   1967 10 Dec - Otis Redding   1968 27 Feb - Frankie Lymon   1969 03 Jul - Brian Jones 22 Oct - Tommy Edwards   1970 16 Mar - Tammi Terrell 18 Sep - Jimi Hendrix 04 Oct - Janis Joplin   1971 03 Jul - Jim Morrison 13 Aug - King Curtis 12 Oct - Gene Vincent 29 Oct - Duane Allman   1972 13 Jun - Clyde McPhatter (The Drifters) 02 Aug - Brian Cole (The Association) 11 Nov - Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers Band)   1973 08 Mar - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) 19 Sep - Gram Parsons 20 Sep - Jim Croce 20 Dec - Bobby Darin   1974 28 Feb - Bobby Bloom 29 Jul - Mama Cass Elliot   1975 24 Apr - Pete Ham (Badfinger) 01 Oct - Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)   1976 22 Feb - Florence Ballard (Supremes) 14 May - Keith Relf (The Yardbirds)   1977 16 Aug - Elvis Presley 16 Sep - Marc Bolan 20 Oct - Cassie Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 20 Oct - Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 20 Oct - Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)   1978 05 Sep - Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) 07 Sep - Keith Moon   1979 13 Jan - Donny Hathaway 06 Jul - Van McCoy 12 Jul - Minnie Riperton 27 Sep - Jimmy McCulloch (Wings) 1980 06 Jan - Georgeanna Tillman (The Marvelettes) 25 Sep - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) 08 Dec - John Lennon 29 Dec - Tim Hardin   1981 02 Jan - David Lynch (The Platters) 09 Feb - Bill Haley 05 Apr - Bob Hite (Canned Heat) 11 May - Bob Marley 16 Jul - Harry Chapin   1982 21 Feb - Murray "the K" Kaufman 13 Aug - Joe Tex   1983 28 Jan - Billy Fury 04 Feb - Karen Carpenter 28 Dec - Dennis Wilson   1984 21 Jan - Jackie Wilson 01 Apr - Marvin Gaye 06 Apr - Ral Donner 14 Jul - Philippé Wynne (The Spinners)   1985 12 Aug - Kyu Sakamoto 31 Dec - Ricky Nelson   1986 04 Mar - Richard Manuel (The Band) 22 Mar - Mark Dinning 31 Mar - O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (The Isley Brothers) 05 Nov - Bobby Nunn (The Coasters)   1987 20 Mar - Norman Harris (MFSB) 21 Mar - Dean Paul Martin (Dino, Desi, & Billy)   1988 10 Mar - Andy Gibb 09 Apr - Brook Benton 09 Apr - Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) 06 Dec - Roy Orbison 1989 06 Nov - Dickie Goodman   1990 08 Feb - Del Shannon 26 Feb - Cornell Gunter (The Coasters) 06 Sep - Tom Fogerty (CCR) 07 Dec - Dee Clark   1991 24 May - Gene Clark (The Byrds) 01 Jun - David Ruffin (Temptations) 04 Oct - J. Frank Wilson (The Cavaliers) 07 Nov - Carter Cornelius (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) 24 Nov - Eric Carr (KISS) 24 Nov - Freddie Mercury   1992 26 Jul - Mary Wells 05 Aug - Jeff Porcaro (Toto) 14 Aug - Tony Williams (The Platters) 05 Oct - Eddie Kendricks 25 Oct - Roger Miller 19 Nov - Bobby Russell   1993 25 Feb - Toy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) 16 Mar - Johnny Cymbal 16 May - Marv Johnson 05 Jun - Conway Twitty 28 Nov - Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) 04 Dec - Frank Zappa   1994 15 Jan - Harry Nilsson 22 Mar - Dan Hartman 03 Sep - Major Lance 23 Nov - Tommy Boyce   1995 23 Feb - Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) 01 Jul - Wolfman Jack 25 Jul - Charlie Rich 09 Aug - Jerry Garcia 26 Aug - Ronald White (The Miracles)   1996 17 Mar - Terry Stafford 22 Mar - Don Murray (Turtles) 16 Jul - John Panozzo (Styx) 17 Jul - Chas Chandler (The Animals) 30 Nov - Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) 1997 10 Feb - Brian Connolly (Sweet) 10 Mar - LaVern Baker 08 Apr - Laura Nyro 04 Jun - Ronnie Lane (Faces) 20 Jun - Lawrence Payton (Four Tops) 12 Oct - John Denver 19 Oct - Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) 14 Dec - Kurt Winter (The Guess Who) 16 Dec - Nicolette Larson   1998 05 Jan - Sonny Bono 19 Jan - Carl Perkins 06 Feb - Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) 05 Apr - Cozy Powell (The Jeff Beck Group) 17 Apr - Linda McCartney 07 May - Eddie Rabbitt   1999 21 Jan - Charles Brown 01 Jul - Guy Mitchell 10 Dec - Rick Danko (The Band)   2000 04 Feb - Doris Coley (The Shirelles) 12 Feb - Oliver (William Oliver Swofford) 01 Jul - Cub Koda (Brownsville Station)   2001 18 Mar - John Phillips 05 Jul - Ernie K-Doe 27 Jul - Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 02 Aug - Ron Townson (The 5th Dimension) 19 Aug - Betty Everett 23 Aug - Eric Allendale (The Foundations) 29 Nov - George Harrison   2002 15 Mar - Marshall Leib (The Teddy Bears) 27 Jun - John Entwistle (The Who) 13 Dec - Zal Yanovsky (Lovin' Spoonful)   2003 12 Jan - Maurice Gibb 19 Feb - Johnny Paycheck 02 Mar - Hank Ballard 02 Apr - Edwin Starr 09 Apr - Little Eva Boyd 11 May - Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 15 May - June Carter Cash 04 Jul - Barry White 11 Aug - Ed Townsend 07 Sep - Warren Zevon 12 Sep - Johnny Cash 26 Sep - Robert Palmer 26 Sep - Shawn Lane (Black Oak Arkansas) 05 Nov - Bobby Hatfield 17 Nov - Arthur Conley   2004 16 Feb - Doris Troy 19 Mar - Luther Ingram 26 Mar - Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) 30 Mar - Timi Yuro 10 Jun - Ray Charles 06 Jul - Syreeta Wright 06 Aug - Rick James 26 Aug - Laura Branigan 19 Sep - Skeeter Davis 01 Oct - Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield) 19 Nov - Terry Melcher

2005 11 Jan - Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) 25 Jan - Ray Peterson 28 Jan - Jim Capaldi (Traffic) 08 Feb - Keith Knudsen (Doobie Brothers) 25 Feb - Edward Patten (Gladys Knight & The Pips) 22 Mar - Rod Price (Foghat) 01 Jul - Luther Vandross 22 Jul - Eugene Record (The Chi-Lites) 28 Nov - Tony Meehan (The Shadows) 28 Dec - Barry Cowsill (approximate)   2006 06 Jan - Lou Rawls 19 Jan - Wilson Pickett 18 Feb - Bill Cowsill 06 Mar - King Floyd 05 Apr - Gene Pitney 11 Apr - June Pointer 19 May - Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) 06 Jun - Billy Preston 20 Jun - Claydes Charles Smith (Kool & the Gang) 06 Jul - Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) 09 Jul - Milan Williams (Commodores) 10 Aug - Barbara George 14 Oct - Freddie Fender 06 Nov - Jance Garfat (Dr. Hook) 02 Dec - Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue) 25 Dec - James Brown   2007 19 Jan - Denny Doherty 23 Feb - Donnie Brooks 25 Apr - Bobby "Boris" Pickett 30 Apr - Zola Taylor (The Platters) 04 Jun - Freddie Scott 29 Jun - George McCorkle (Marshall Tucker Band) 03 Jul - Boots Randolph 04 Jul - Bill Pinkney 04 Aug - Lee Hazlewood 27 Sep - Dale Houston (Dale & Grace) 12 Dec - Ike Turner 16 Dec - Dan Fogelberg 2008 19 Jan - John Stewart 28 Feb - Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) 03 Mar - Norman "Hurricane" Smith 21 Apr - Al Wilson 22 Apr - Paul Davis 01 May - Jim Hager 08 May - Eddy Arnold 02 Jun - Bo Diddley 10 Aug - Isaac Hayes 18 Aug - Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) 01 Sep - Jerry Reed 15 Sep - Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) 17 Oct - Levi Stubbs 18 Oct - Dee Dee Warwick 09 Nov - Miriam Makeba 07 Dec - Dennis Yost (Classics IV) 25 Dec - Eartha Kitt 27 Dec - Delaney Bramlett   2009 09 Jan - Jon Hager 28 Jan - Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 31 Jan - Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) 11 Feb - Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes) 19 Feb - Kelly Groucutt (ELO) 07 Mar - Jimmy Boyd 25 Mar - "England" Dan Seals 25 Jun - Michael Jackson 17 Jul - Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon) 13 Aug - Les Paul 26 Aug - Ellie Greenwich 16 Sep - Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 19 Sep - Arthur Ferrante 13 Oct - Al Martino 27 Nov - Al Alberts   2010 13 Jan - Teddy Pendergrass 13 Feb - Dale Hawkins 14 Feb - Doug Fieger (The Knack) 17 Mar - Alex Chilton (The Box Tops) 24 Mar - Johnny Maestro 23 May - Billy Francis (Dr. Hook) 08 Jun - Crispian St. Peters 13 Jun - Jimmy Dean 23 Jun - Pete Quaife (The Kinks) 27 Jul - Al Goodman (Ray, Goodman & Brown) 31 Jul - Mitch Miller 10 Oct - Solomon Burke 18 Dec - Clay Cole 2011 04 Jan - Gerry Rafferty 17 Jan - Don Kirshner 26 Jan - Gladys Horton (Marvelettes) 25 Feb - Rick Coonce (The Grass Roots) 04 Mar - Johnny Preston 12 Mar - Michael Hossack (The Doobie Brothers) 14 Mar - Ronnie Hammond (ARS) 26 Apr - Phoebe Snow 07 May - John Walker (Walker Brothers) 03 Jun - Andrew Gold 12 Jun - Carl Gardner (Coasters) 18 Jun - Clarence Clemons 11 Jul - Rob Grill 24 Jul - Dan Peek (America) 29 Jul - Gene McDaniels 22 Aug - Jerry Leiber (Leiber & Stoller) 22 Aug - Nick Ashford (Ashford & Simpson) 29 Sep - Sylvia Robinson (Mickey & Sylvia) 07 Nov - Andrea True 06 Dec - Dobie Gray   2012 16 Jan - Jimmy Castor 17 Jan - Johnny Otis 20 Jan - Etta James 29 Feb - Davy Jones 18 Apr - Dick Clark 19 Apr - Levon Helm 13 May - Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) 17 May - Donna Summer 20 May - Robin Gibb 04 Jun - Herb Reed (The Platters) 07 Jun - Bob Welch 16 Jul - Jon Lord (Deep Purple) 24 Jul - Larry Hoppen (Orleans) 02 Aug - Jimmy Jones 06 Aug - Marvin Hamlisch 18 Aug - Scott McKenzie 05 Sep - Joe South 25 Sep - Andy Williams 27 Sep - R.B. Greaves 09 Nov - Major Harris 25 Nov - Earl "Speedo" Carroll (The Cadillacs) 27 Nov - Mickey Baker (Mickey & Sylvia) 24 Dec - Ray Collins (Mothers of Invention) 26 Dec - Fontella Bass   2013 01 Jan - Patti Page 04 Jan - Sammy Johns 04 Feb - Reg Presley (The Troggs) 11 Feb - Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) 14 Feb - George "Shadow" Morton 18 Feb - Damon Harris (The Temptations) 27 Feb - Richard Street (The Temptations) 06 Mar - Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) 16 Mar - Bobbie Smith (The Spinners) 08 Apr - Annette Funicello 22 Apr - Richie Havens 26 Apr - George Jones 17 May - Alan O'Day 20 May - Ray Manzarek (The Doors) 25 May - Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets) 26 May - Clarence Burke, Jr. (The Five Stairsteps) 10 Aug - Eydie Gormé 08 Oct - Larry Verne 27 Oct - Lou Reed   2014 02 Jan - Jay Traynor (Jay & The Americans) 03 Jan - Phil Everly (Everly Brothers) 15 Jun - Casey Kasem 19 Jun - Gerry Goffin 27 Jun - Bobby Womack 11 Jul - Tommy Ramone 11 Sep - Bob Crewe 04 Oct - Paul Revere 23 Oct - Alvin Stardust 25 Oct - Jack Bruce (Cream) 17 Nov - Jimmy Ruffin 22 Dec - Joe Cocker   2015 08 Jan - Curtis Lee 15 Jan - Kim Fowley 07 Feb - Joe Mauldin (Crickets) 16 Feb - Lesley Gore 11 Mar - Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night) 15 Mar - Mike Porcaro (Toto) 19 Mar - Michael Brown (The Left Banke) 01 Apr - Cynthia Lennon 03 Apr - Bob Burns 14 Apr - Percy Sledge 28 Apr - Jack Ely (The Kingsmen) 30 Apr - Ben E. King 14 May - B.B. King 28 Jun - Chris Squire (Yes) 14 Jul - "Diamond" Dave Somerville (The Diamonds) 30 Jul - Lynn Anderson 01 Aug - Cilla Black 28 Sep - Frankie Ford 20 Oct - Cory Wells (Three Dog Night) 15 Nov - P.F. Sloan 23 Nov - Cynthia Robinson (Sly & the Family Stone) 27 Dec - Stevie Wright 31 Dec - Natalie Cole   2016 10 Jan - David Bowie 18 Jan - Glenn Frey (The Eagles) 28 Jan - Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane) 28 Jan - Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) 04 Feb - Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) 22 Feb - Sonny James 24 Feb - Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na) 01 Mar - Gayle McCormick (Smith) 08 Mar - Sir George Martin 10 Mar - Gogi Grant 10 Mar - Keith Emerson 16 Mar - Frank Sinatra, Jr. 06 Apr - Merle Haggard 21 Apr - Prince 27 Jul - Pat Upton (Spiral Starecase) 24 Oct - Bobby Vee 13 Nov - Leon Russell 07 Dec - Greg Lake 2017 13 Jan - Richie Ingui (Soul Survivors) 05 Feb - Sonny Geraci (The Outsiders; Climax) 12 Feb - Al Jarreau 18 Mar - Chuck Berry 11 Apr - J. Geils 20 Apr - Cuba Gooding, Sr. 27 May - Gregg Allman 28 Jun - Gary DeCarlo (Steam) 08 Aug - Glen Campbell 02 Oct - Tom Petty 07 Oct - Jimmy Beaumont 24 Oct - Fats Domino