Les Paul (1915-2009) and Mary Ford (1924-1977)  were a popular
1950s husband-and-wife musical duo who performed and recorded during 1945–1963. The couple were introduced to each other by
Gene Autry in 1945 and were married on December 31, 1949.

Paul and Ford are famous for creating a makeshift recording studio
in their garage. In that studio, they used multitrack recording to
record many of their big hits.

Ford and Paul were music superstars during the first half of the
1950s, putting out 28 hits for Capitol Records between 1950 and
1957, including "Tiger Rag", "Vaya con Dios" (11 weeks at No. 1), "Mockin’ Bird Hill" (top 10), "How High the Moon" (nine weeks at
No. 1), "Bye Bye Blues" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise".

the glasses rock legend Buddy Holly was wearing when his plane crashed February 3, 1959.

The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas.

Robert Michael Nesmith
(December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021)

(FoxNews) – Michael Nesmith, a singer/guitarist for the Monkees,
has died. .

"I’m heartbroken," bandmate Micky Dolenz told Fox News in a
statement on Friday.  "I’ve lost a dear friend and partner. I’m so
grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together
doing what we loved best – singing, laughing, and doing shtick.
I’ll miss it all so much. Especially the shtick. Rest in peace, Nez.
All my love, Mick."

Rolling Stone reported the star passed away on Friday from
natural causes.

John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed
popular music in the 1960s, was shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New
York City. 

The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment
building when Mark David Chapman (below) shot him four times at
close range with a .38-caliber revolver. Lennon, bleeding profusely,
was rushed to the hospital but died en-route. Chapman had received
an autograph from Lennon earlier in the day (above) and voluntarily
remained at the scene of the shooting until he was arrested by
police.

For a week, hundreds of bereaved fans kept a vigil outside the
Dakota–Lennon’s apartment building–and demonstrations of
mourning were held around the world.

New York City police hold spectators behind barricades the
day after former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed in
front his residence at the Dakota in New York. (AP)

(Fox News) – A cassette tape containing a 51-year-old interview of
John Lennon and Yoko Ono has been sold for $75,000.

According to Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, a Danish auction
house, the five-figure winning bid included the hammer price and
buyer’s premium and supplied the winning bidder an original 33-
minute recording, an unreleased song and photographs of the
famous couple.

Representatives at the auction house did not immediately respond
to Fox News’ request for comment about the buyer who won a
piece of The Beatles history.

Yoko Ono and John Lennon.