#RIP #OTD in 1964, singer, songwriter ("You Send Me", "Twistin' the Night Away", "Chain Gang"), The King of Soul, Sam Cooke died at the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles from a gunshot wound at the age of 33. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California https://t.co/CeBMf1gvY8 pic.twitter.com/GnyMqevzES

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) December 11, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2012 sitarist, composer, Ravi Shankar died;  Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, San Diego, after heart valve replacement surgery aged 92. Cremated remains scattered: Birthplace in India, Pacific near San Diego, San Fernando Valley hills https://t.co/CeBMf1gvY8 pic.twitter.com/FjctX2ZEvb

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) December 11, 2023

UK No.1 on this day in 1964: The Beatles - I Feel Fine https://t.co/VRzl8K0nlW via @YouTube

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 11, 2023

USA No.1 on this day in 1970: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown https://t.co/evgKOIxi8l via @YouTube

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 11, 2023

#Remembering Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) a unique #American #composer scoring films for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive. His music will always be a light in the dark. pic.twitter.com/C9bFo0Kg0s

— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) December 11, 2023

#DeLaSoul - ‘The Magic Number’ from the album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ and released as a single today in 1989https://t.co/MQlvoycRrV via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/C6g8vxCA9e

— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) December 11, 2023

#TheCars - ‘Double Life’ from the album ‘Candy-O’ and released as a single today in 1979https://t.co/BxV3jleR5M via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/tXLw1Zv0v0

— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) December 11, 2023

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - ‘Working Class Hero’ from their debut album released today in 1970

‘When they've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function, you're so full of fear’https://t.co/AvNxaGD4Sf pic.twitter.com/dQTFrxKMKk

— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) December 11, 2023

12 December 1940. Acclaimed soul singer, Dionne Warwick, was born in East Orange, New Jersey. USA. Her best selling hits were: Walk On By, Heartbreaker. Anyone Who Had a Heart and Do You Know The Way to San Jose? She was first cousin to the pop superstar, Whitney Houston. pic.twitter.com/uJgfGkFcpb

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 12, 2023

UK No.1 on this day in 1968: The Scaffold - Lily The Pink https://t.co/qnCYdhX2o1 via @YouTube

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 12, 2023

USA No.1 on this day I’m 1982: Toni Basil- Mickey https://t.co/icrYZtiraw via @YouTube

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 12, 2023

#HappyBirthday @ClaudiaBrucken1
A unique singer either as frontwoman of #Propaganda or as a solo artist. #synthpop #electronicmusic #newwave #ClaudiaBrucken pic.twitter.com/kQXlj8aE4a

— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) December 12, 2023