English musician Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend is the co-
founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter
of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s
and 1970s.
His work with the Who and in other projects, have earned him
critical acclaim. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame as a member of the group.
(AP/FOX NEW S) – A Los Angeles judge determined Beach Boys’
Brian Wilson is in need of a conservatorship due to "major neurocognitive disorder."
Wilson’s family filed to place the musician under conservatorship
in February after the Beach Boys co-founder was diagnosed with
dementia.
The diagnosis, coupled with the recent passing of Brian’s wife,
Melinda Wilson, led his family and doctors to make the decision.
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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006)
“Soul Brother #1,”The Godfather of Soul,” “Mr. Dynamite,” “Sex Machine,” “The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk.”
These are some of the names by which the world would eventually
know James Joseph Brown, Jr., the revolutionary musical figure
who was born on May 3, 1933. The story Brown himself would
often tell is that he appeared stillborn when he first came into
the world, but that an aunt attending his birth managed to breathe
life into him.
Mid 1950s
Robert Wayne Amsberry
(June 2, 1928 – November 21, 1957)
Amsberry was born in 1928 in Boring, Oregon and
graduated from Franklin High School in Portland,
where he was a friend and classmate of popular
singer Johnnie Ray (below) born in Dallas,Oregon.
John Alvin Ray (1927 – 1990)
Amsberry worked on The Mickey Mouse Club, a
then-new series, writing skits as well as acting
on the show in various characters.
Bob was also a voice actor, with a posthumous
credit in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959).
On the morning of November 21, 1957, Amsberry
was involved in a car accident as a passenger
with Roy Williams, another Disney employee,
in Portland. Amsberry died of injuries sustained
in the accident.
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Hector Vincent “Heck Harper” Flateau (1919 – 1998)
