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    • Feb 15, 1974
    Roy Orbison sings "Only The Lonely" while hosting a rock & roll oldies edition of "The Midnight Special." Others on the show include Bobby Vee, Lloyd Price, Duane Eddy, Del Shannon, Jackie Wilson and The Drifters, who do "Save The Last Dance For Me"
    Sep 25, 1975
    While performing at the Latin Quarter in New Jersey, R&B star Jackie Wilson suffers a stroke, incapacitating him for the final eight years of his life. Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" becomes a country hit for Narvel Felts just months after the stroke
    Jan 21, 1984
    R&B vocalist Jackie Wilson dies of a heart attack in New Jersey nine years after suffering a stroke during a concert. Wilson had a hit in the 1950s with "Lonely Teardrops," remade for the country audience in 1976 by Narvel Felts
    Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Jul 6, 1987
    The movie "La Bamba" is released. The biopic covers the life of Ritchie Valens, who died in the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. All three are portrayed in the picture, as are Eddie Cochran, Jackie Wilson, songwriter Sharon Sheeley and future Nashville studio guitarist Tommy Allsup
    Feb 24, 1999
    Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Ray Price's "Crazy Arms" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with the original versions of "Lonely Teardrops," "Only You (And You Alone)," "Summertime Blues" and "Johnny B. Goode"
    Nov 27, 2008
    Ray Charles ranks #2 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All-Time. Among other deceased stars listed: Sam Cooke, #4; Otis Redding, #8; James Brown, #10; Roy Orbison, #13; Jackie Wilson, #26; Janis Joplin, #28; Buddy Holly, #48; Wilson Pickett, #68; and Karen Carpenter, #94
    Aug 23, 2010
    Garth Brooks ranks #50 among Gibson.com's Top 50 Frontmen (And Frontwomen) Of All Time. Also listed from 41-50: Eddie Vedder, #47; Jackie Wilson, #46; John Lennon, #43; and Otis Redding, #42
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