Chuck Berry ("Johnny B. Goode") is 83

Ronnie Bright (bass singer on "Mr. Bass Man" and one-time member of the Coasters) is 71

The late songwriter Laura Nyro ("And When I Die", "Eli's Coming", "Wedding Bell Blues" and many others) is born in 1947

Songwriter Cynthia Weil (wrote "Kicks", "Only In America", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and many others, usually with then-husband Barry Mann) is 72

Dee Dee Warwick ("I Want To Be With You" and sister of Dionne) dies, 2008

Julie London ("Cry Me A River") dies in 2000

Chuck Berry is released from federal prison in Springfield, Missouri, where he had served 19 months for transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose, 1963

Paul McCartney plays for the first time with John Lennon's group, the Quarrymen, at New Clubmoor Hall in Liverpool, 1957

Al Green is burned by his girlfriend, who then commits suicide, 1974