The late Charles Foxx (sang "Mockingbird" with his sister Inez) is born in 1939

The late songwriter Ellie Greenwich (member of the Raindrops and writer of "Chapel Of Love", "Da Doo Ron Ron", Hanky Panky" and many others with then-husband Jeff Barry) is born in 1939

Tommy Edwards ("Morning Side Of The Mountain") dies of a brain aneurism in 1969

J. Frank Wilson is injured and the producer of his song "Last Kiss" is killed in a head-on car crash in Lima, Ohio, 1964

Phil Spector's first murder trial (for the 2003 shooting of actress Lana Clarkson) ends in a hung jury (10-2 for guilty-- he is later found guilty), 2007