Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock)

Tina Turner released the single "Proud Mary" in 1971 and has received
eleven Grammy Awards, collaborating with many other popular artists.

She picked cotton with her parents as sharecroppers, and moved in with
her great-aunt after her parents divorced in 1978. She worked as a nurse’s
aide and began dreaming of becoming a nurse.

She went on a fiftieth anniversary tour in 2008, and broke the record for
solo artist concert ticket sales.

ROSS SIMPSON

Country singer Willie Hugh Nelson is 86 today.

Toni Tennille and Daryl Dragon. 

Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019)

(AP) – Daryl Dragon, the cap-wearing "Captain" of pop band The Captain
and Tennille, has died.

Dragon passed away on Wednesday of renal failure at a hospice in
Prescott, Arizona, according to spokesman Harlan Boll. Toni Tennille, 
Dragon’s ex-wife and longtime musical partner, was by his side.

James Edward Burton was born in Dubberly, Louisiana.

Since the 1950s, Burton has recorded and performed with an
array of notable singers, including Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson,
Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Glen Campbell, Roy Orbison, Vince Gill and the list 
goes on.

Burton has been a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
since 2001. He has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall
of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.

Critic Mark Demming writes that "Burton has a well-deserved
reputation as one of the finest guitar pickers in either country
or rock, Burton is one of the best guitar players to ever touch
a fretboard."         

From left: Elvis Presley and James Burton.

James Burton (left) and Ricky Nelson (center) with bassist James Kirkland.

From 1963 with James Burton on lead guitar.

Vic Damone (June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018)

(Fox News) – Legendary crooner Vic Damone passed away
on Sunday at the age of 89. He was born Vito Rocco Farinola
in Brooklyn, New York.

Damone entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent
Scouts and won in April 1947. This led to his becoming a regular
on Godfrey’s show. He met Milton Berle at the studio and Berle
got him work at two night clubs. By mid-1947, Damone had
signed a contract with Mercury Records. (WIKIPEDIA)