Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 15-21
January 9, 2023 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 15-21:
Jan. 15: Actor Margaret O’Brien (“Meet Me in St. Louis”) is 85. Actor Andrea Martin is 76. Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 66. Guitarist Adam Jones of Tool is 58.
Staples, Milsap, Booker T. lead Memphis music hall class
March 23, 2022 GMTMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Singers Mavis Staples and Ronnie Milsap and keyboardist Booker T. Jones lead a versatile group of musicians named to this year's class of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
The hall said it announced its newest members during a ceremony Tuesday.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 16-22
January 10, 2022 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 16-22:
Jan. 16: Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 88. Singer Barbara Lynn is 80. Country singer Ronnie Milsap is 79. Singer Katherine Anderson Schaffner of The Marvelettes is 78.
Kenny Malone, drummer on on Dolly, Dobie Gray hits, dies
August 26, 2021 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Drummer Kenny Malone, a prolific session player who played on hits for Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard and many others, has died. He was 83.
Malone's friend and former bandmate Dave Pomeroy said he died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Ronnie Milsap returned to his iconic studio for duets album
January 18, 2019 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country soul icon Ronnie Milsap is a bit of a studio geek, and he thinks a lot about music technology and recording equipment...