On January 17, 1966, the National Broadcasting Corporation
ordered 32 episodes of a new TV show, "The Monkees," for
its upcoming fall schedule. Little did producers know that the
fake pop music band they were launching would become an
actual pop culture sensation—whose records would even
outsell the Beatles. The sitcom aired from 1966 to 1968.

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Sir Roderick David Stewart is a British rock and pop singer
and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish
and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice,
Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. 

Stewart has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top-ten singles
in the UK, six of which reached number one. He has had 16 top-
ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the
Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday
Honors for services to music and charity. Rod is 79 today.

(FOX NEWS) – Founding Dixie Chicks member Laura Lynch was
killed in a head-on collision in Texas. She was 65.

A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety told
Fox News Digital Laura Lynch was killed about 7 miles west of
Cornudas on Friday morning while driving her car, stating a car
hit her head-on while attempting to pass another vehicle on a
two-way highway.

(AP) – Australian drummer Colin Burgess, an original member
of the hard rock band AC/DC in the early 1970s, has died.

No cause of death has been disclosed at this time.

Jeffrey Foskett, longtime touring member of the Beach Boys
who was dubbed the band’s “vice principal” by its principal
members, has died at 67 following a years-long battle with
anaplastic thyroid cancer.