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BIRTHDAYS 1932: Don Preston (The Mothers of Invention) 1934: Leonard Cohen 1947: Stephen King 1947: Don Felder (Eagles) 1954: Philip “Philthy Animal” Taylor (Motorhead) 1972: Liam Gallagher (Oasis) EVENTS 1961: 21 year-old singer / songwriter, Bob Dylan recorded his debut album in one day. 1987: Death of bassist, Jaco Pastorius […]
BIRTHDAYS 1949: Chuck & John Panozzo (Twins in Styx) 1957: Alannah Currie (The Thompson Twins) 1960: Robert Wiggins (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) 1966: Nuno Battencourt (Extreme) 1968: Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) EVENTS 1969: John Lennon resigned from The Beatles. 1969: Blind Faith started a 2-week run at No.1 on […]
BIRTHDAYS 1934: Brian Epstein 1941: Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) 1943: Cass Elliott (The Mamas & The Papas) 1946: John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1947: Laurence “Lol” Creme (10CC) 1951: Daniel Lanois 1952: Nile Rodgers (Chic) 1958: Lita Ford (The Runaways) 1963: Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) 1969: Candy Dulfer EVENTS 1973: Death of […]
BIRTHDAYS 1949: Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 1952: Douglas Colvin a.k.a. Dee Dee Ramone EVENTS 1970: Death of James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix [aged 27]. 1970: Black Sabbath released their second album, ‘Paranoid‘. On the same day as Jimi died, Black Sabbath released their second LP, ‘Paranoid’. A number one album for the […]
BIRTHDAYS 1923: Hank Williams 1947: Jim Hodder (Steely Dan) 1950: John Waldo a.k.a. Fee Waybill (The Tubes) 1959: William Gregory (Goldfrapp) 1969: Keith Flint (The Prodigy) 1973: Lyn Newkirk a.k.a. Anastacia EVENTS 1987: Yes released their ‘Big Generator’ album. 1991: Over 4 million copies of Guns N’ Roses albums, ‘Use […]
BIRTHDAYS 1925: Riley “B.B.” King 1948: Kenney Jones (The Small Faces / The Faces / The Who) 1952: Ron Blair (Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers) 1954: Colin Newman (Wire) 1969: Justine Frischmann (Elastica) 1984: Katie Melua EVENTS 1970: Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scotts in London for what […]
BIRTHDAYS 1960: Michel Dorge (Crash Test Dummies) 1965: Zak Starkey (The Who) 1977: Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand) EVENTS 1974: New Zealand bassist, Gary Thain of Uriah Heep was severely electrocuted, whilst performing on stage with the group in Dallas, Texas. 1979: Led Zeppelin scored their 6th US No.1 album when […]
BIRTHDAYS 1946: Pete Agnew (Nazareth) 1949: Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949: Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1950: Paul Kossoff (Free) 1983: Amy Winehouse Singer, Amy Winehouse would have been 36 today! She certainly made her mark in the music world, but tragically died on 23 July 2011, at the age of […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Les Harvey (Stone The Crows / Alex Harvey Soul Band) 1949: Craig McGregor (Foghat) 1952: Don Was (Was Not Was) 1963: Dave Mustaine (Metallica / Megadeth) 1967: Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction) 1977: Fiona Apple EVENTS 1969: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman & Alan White flew […]
BIRTHDAYS 1943: Maria Muldaur 1944: Barry White 1952: Neil Peart (Rush) 1956: Barry Andrews (XTC, Shriekback, Gang of Four, League of Gentlemen) 1966: Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) EVENTS 1966: The Beatles received a gold record for ‘Yellow Submarine’. 1970: James Taylor released his first single, “Fire and Rain”. 1975: […]
