This Day In Rock History: January 14th
1978 An L.A. group called Player had the top tune in the US with "Baby Come Back". The song was written by band members Peter Beckett and John Crowley after both had broken up with their respective girl friends. The song reached #32 in the UK.
1996 Ruby Starr, vocalist for Black Oak Arkansas on their 1974 hit "Jim Dandy" as well as having her own solo career, died of cancer at the age of 45.
2020 Steve Martin Caro, vocalist for The Left Banke on their hits, "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina", died of heart disease at the age of 71. Originally known as Steve Martin, he added the family surname Caro in the 1980s to avoid confusion with the comedian of the same name.
source: classicbands
1978 An L.A. group called Player had the top tune in the US with "Baby Come Back". The song was written by band members Peter Beckett and John Crowley after both had broken up with their respective girl friends. The song reached #32 in the UK.
1996 Ruby Starr, vocalist for Black Oak Arkansas on their 1974 hit "Jim Dandy" as well as having her own solo career, died of cancer at the age of 45.
2020 Steve Martin Caro, vocalist for The Left Banke on their hits, "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina", died of heart disease at the age of 71. Originally known as Steve Martin, he added the family surname Caro in the 1980s to avoid confusion with the comedian of the same name.
source: classicbands