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BIRTHDAYS 1944: Billy Cobham (Miles Davis / Mahavishnu Orchestra) 1945: Nicky Chinn (Songwriter / Producer) 1946: Robert Fripp (King Crimson) 1946: Roger Earl (Savoy Brown / Foghat) 1947: Darrell Sweet (Nazareth) 1951: Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) 1965: Krist Novosolic (Nirvana) EVENTS 1953: Death of guitarist, Django Reinhardt [aged 43]. […]
BIRTHDAYS 1948: Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Saile Eno a.k.a. Eno 1948: Gary Thain (Keef Hartley Band / Uriah Heep) 1951: Dennis Fredericksen (Toto) 1953: Mike Oldfield 1959: Andrew Eldritch (The Sisters of Mercy) 1974: Ahmet Zappa New Zealand bassist, Gary Thain of Uriah Heep would […]
BIRTHDAYS 1936: Bobby Darin 1943: Jack Bruce (Cream) 1952: David Byrne (Talking Heads) 1959: Steve Hogarth (Marillion) 1962: Ian Astbury (The Cult) 1966: Mike Inez (Alice in Chains / Ozzy Osbourne Band) EVENTS 1969: Death of drummer, Martin Lamble of Fairport Convention [aged 19]. 1976: Death of singer, Keith Relf […]
BIRTHDAYS 1933: Mike Stoller (Leiber & Stoller songwriting / production duo) 1941: Ritchie Valens 1943: Mary Wells 1945: Richard Salwitz a.k.a. Magic Dick (The J. Geils Band) 1948: Colin Towns (Gillan) 1949: Peter “Overend” Watts (Mott The Hoople) 1950: Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac) 1950: Steveland Morris a.k.a. Stevie Wonder 1951: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1928: Burt Bacharach 1937: George Carlin 1942: Ian Dury 1945: Jayotis Washington (The Persuasions) 1946: Ian McLagan (The Small Faces) 1948: Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group / Traffic / Blind Faith) 1950: Billy Squier 1958: Eric Singer (Alice Cooper Band / Kiss) 1959: Ray Gillen (Black Sabbath / Badlands) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1888: Irving Berlin 1904: Salvador Dali 1935: Kit Lambert (Record Producer / Manager of The Who) 1941: Eric Burdon (The Animals / War) 1947: Claude “Butch” Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band) 1967: Avtar Singh (Cornershop) EVENTS 1970: The triple LP soundtrack album ‘Woodstock’ was released in the US, going […]
BIRTHDAYS 1899: Fred Astaire 1921: Bert Weedon 1946: Dave Mason (Traffic / Fleetwood Mac) 1946: Graham Gouldman (10cc) 1946: Donovan Leitch 1947: Jay Ferguson (Spirit) 1952: Lowell “Sly” Dunbar 1952: Lee Brilleaux (Dr Feelgood) A great singer / harmonica player, Lee Brilleaux was born on this day in 1952 and […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield) 1949: Billy Joel 1951: Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) 1953: John Edwards (Status Quo) 1960: Marc Duncan (The Vibrators) 1962: David Gahan (Depeche Mode) 1965: Charley Drayton (The X-pensive Winos / The Cult / Divinyls / Cold Chisel / The Dead Daisies) 1971: Paul “Guigsy” […]
BIRTHDAYS 1911: Robert Johnson 1943: Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) 1944: William Fifield a.k.a. Bill Legend (T. Rex) 1945: Keith Jarrett 1951: Chris Frantz (Talking Heads / Tom Tom Club / Gorillaz) 1951: Philip Bailey (Earth Wind & Fire) 1953: Alex Van Halen (Van Halen) 1953: Billy Burnette (Fleetwood Mac) 1971: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1939: Jimmy Ruffin 1942: Derek Taylor (Press officer for The Beatles) 1945: Christy Moore 1946: Jerry Nolan (The New York Dolls) 1950: Charles “Prairie” Prince (The Tubes) 1951: Carlos Alomar (David Bowie band) 1951: Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake) 1955: Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks) 1960: Anne Dudley (Art of Noise) 1961: Phil […]