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Johnnie Johnson 2005 Deaths

Johnnie JohnsonAge: 80 blues and rock pianist who played with Chuck Berry for more than 20 years. They collaborated on such hits as “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Maybellene,” and “Brown-Eyed…

Nurse's Day History

The Question: When is Nurses' Day observed? The Answer: National Nurses' Week is celebrated May 6-12 each year. Although a National Nurses'…

Billy Bragg and Wilco

Mermaid AvenueElektra Thirty-one years after Woody Guthrie's death, rabble-rousing English folk poet Billy Bragg and American roots rockers Wilco collaborated to make some of his previously…

Eddie Money

Name at birth: Edward Joseph MahoneyEdward Mahoney dropped out of the police academy in New York to focus on his rock'n'roll career as Eddie Money, and his first record scored big with the hits "Baby…

George Gershwin

Name at birth: Jacob Bruskin GershvinGeorge Gershwin's popular songs and compositions from the 1920s and 1930s include "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and the…

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin was called "The Queen of Soul" and "Lady Soul," nicknames that were a tribute to her regal style and impassioned gospel-tinged vocals. The daughter of Rev. C. L. Franklin, a Detroit…

Lisa Lopes

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was one of three members of the popular music group TLC, and a popular R&B star until her untimely death in 2002. Created in Atlanta, TLC was named for its members'…

Jimi Hendrix

Name at birth: Johnny Allen Hendrix Jimi Hendrix grabbed the electric guitar by the neck and wrestled it into a new era. His feedback-heavy solos and hallucinogenic tunes helped define the…

Otis Redding

Otis Redding was a black soul singer who died in a plane crash in 1967, just before the release of what turned out to be his biggest hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Redding grew up in Macon…