December 25

Today in 1954, the late great Johnny Ace accidentally shot himself dead 

backstage at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas

On this day in 1995, singer, actor and TV host Dean Martin died

On Christmas day in 2006, James Brown, the ‘Godfather of Soul’, died at the age of 73

Jimmy Buffett was a Christmas baby back in 1946

Annie Lennox was born today in 1954