Re: Rock & Roll History Dept. Jan 1st & more...

[t bedford]

Jan 24
Born
Doug Kershaw (1936)
Ray Stevens (1941)
Neil Diamond (1944) The *other* reason we're known as the Diamond Headz...
Warren Zevon (1947)
John Belushi (1949)
 
Died
James "Shep" Sheppard - Shep and the Limelights (found beaten to death in 
his car) (1970)
(note: Maxcell had the name as "Shepherd", I went with Joel Whitburn's 
spelling...)
 
Events
1959 Buddy Holly leaves on his final, fateful last tour.
1962 The Beatles sign with Brian Epstein