JOE BENNETT, 75
These obituaries come from Oldies News.
Died June 27, 2015. Leader of the Spartanburg, S.C., rockabilly band Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones. They formed in 1956. Their first and biggest hit was "Black Slacks" (#17-1957. Their followup "Penny Loafers and Booby Socks" only went to #42.
ROY BENNETT, 97
Died July 2, 2015. Songwriter. Wrote "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (#3-1954 for the Ames Brothers), "Kiss of Fire" (#1-1962 for Georgia Gibbs) and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady (#10-1965 for Vic Dana). Usually worked with Sid Tepper who died in April 2015.
Wrote 45 songs for Elvis Presley including "G.I. Blues.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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