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.

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

ROSS SIMPSON

Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh)
(May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998)

Tammy Waynette was one of country music’s best-
known artists and biggest-selling female singers
during the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s.

Wynette charted 20 number-one songs on the
Billboard Country Chart. She is credited with
having defined the role of women in country
music during the 1970s.

Tammy died on April 6, 1998, at the age of 55
while sleeping on her couch in her Nashville,
Tennessee, home. Her doctor from said she
died of a blood clot in her lung.

Bobby Rydell (Robert Louis Ridarelli)  
(April 26, 1942 – April 5, 2022)

Singer and actor Bobby Rydell mainly performed rock
and roll music In the early 1960s and is well-known for
his song "Wild One". He died from complications of
pneumonia.

ED DANAHUE

Elvis Presley swears in to the U.S. Army, March 24, 1958. (Associated Press photo/Public Domain)