Vikki Carr was born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona
in El Paso, Texas.

The three-time Grammy Award-winning pop singer was only offered a record
deal after changing her name; her first hit was "He’s a Rebel" from 1962, which
Phil Spector turned into an even bigger hit with The Crystals.

1966

David Somerville, also called “Diamond” Dave Somerville
(October 2, 1933 – July 14, 2015)

Dave Somerville, founder and lead singer of the popular 1950s rock-n-
roll band The Diamonds, died of cancer last week in Santa Barbara,
California. 

The Diamonds have been honored and inducted into The Vocal Group
Hall of Fame, The Doo Wop Hall of Fame, The Rockabilly Hall of Fame
and are recipients of Canada’s prestigious Juno Award.

From Left: Tedd Kowalski, Dave Somerville, Bill Reed, and Phil Lefitt.

The song “Poison Ivy” went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was The Coasters third top-ten
hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came
Jones".

The Coasters of today

The song “Lean On Me” was Bill Withers first and only number one single
on both the soul singles and the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as
the No. 7 song of 1972. It is ranked number 205 on Rolling Stone‍ ‘​s list
of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. turned 77 July 4.

The song “Come See About Me” became the third of five consecutively released
Supremes songs to top the Billboard pop singles chart.