Released in January of 1959, “Charlie Brown” went to #2 on the Billboard
Hot 100 singles charts, and was the first of three top-ten hits for the
Coasters that year.

1957

1960

 
Samuel "Sam" Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964)

The Los Angeles motel where the shooting took place

A newspaper account on the death of Sam Cooke, December 12, 1964

Ed Donahue

Magnam, P.I. originally ran from 1980 to 1988 on the CBS television
network

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck turned 69 in January

Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, Georgia )  

Brenda Lee is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and
Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award recipient.

Lee recorded this song in 1958 when she was only thirteen years. She
also recorded the 1960 hit "I’m Sorry."