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    • Sep 24, 1933
    Drummer Mel Taylor is born in Brooklyn, New York. A member of the rock instrumental group The Ventures beginning in 1961, he also handles the sticks on a pair of Buck Owens hits, "My Heart Skips A Beat" and "Together Again"
    Sep 23, 1955
    Drummer Mel Taylor has a son, Melvin "Leon" Taylor, in Johnson City, Tennessee. After a move to California, Dad plays on a pair of Buck Owens hits and becomes a member of The Ventures. Son will replace him in The Ventures after his death
    Aug 1, 1996
    Diagnosed in previous weeks with cancer, drummer Mel Taylor plays his final show with The Ventures in Japan. Taylor played on Buck Owens' "My Heart Skips A Beat" and "Together Again," as well as the pop hit "Monster Mash"
    Aug 11, 1996
    Following a struggle with cancer, drummer Mel Taylor dies of heart failure in Tarzana, California. A longtime member of the pop instrumental group The Ventures, he also played on two Buck Owens hits: "Together Again" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
    Dec 13, 2007
    Former Country Music Association award nominee John Mellencamp is announced among the new inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Madonna, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five
    Mar 10, 2008
    John Mellencamp joins the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New York, alongside Madonna, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dick Clark Five
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