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BIRTHDAYS 1922: Charles Mingus 1936: Glen Campbell 1937: Jack Nitzche (Producer / Songwriter) 1950: Peter Frampton 1951: Paul Carrack (Ace / Mike & The Mechanics) 1956: Kenny Lyons (The Lemonheads) 1974: Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down) 1979: Daniel Johns (Silverchair) EVENTS 1972: Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 […]
BIRTHDAYS 1947: James Osterburg a.k.a. Iggy Pop 1947: John Weider (Family) 1951: Nicole Barclay (Fanny) 1959: Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) 1959: Robert Smith (The Cure) EVENTS 1969: Janis Joplin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, supported by Yes. 1973: Alice Cooper went to No.1 on the US & UK […]
BIRTHDAYS 1920: Tito Puente 1945: Jimmy Winston (The Small Faces) 1948: Craig Frost (Silver Bullet Band / Grand Funk Railroad) 1951: Luther Vandross 1971: Mikey Welsh (Weezer) EVENTS 1968: Deep Purple played their first live show, in Tastrup, Denmark. Deep Purple ~ 51 years ago! 1969: Death of drummer, Benny […]
BIRTHDAYS 1928: Alexis Korner 1935: Dudley Moore 1942: Alan Price (The Animals / Jade Warrior) 1944: Bernie Worrell (Parliament / Funkadelic) 1947: Mark Volman a.k.a. The Phlorescent Leech (The Turtles / The Mothers of Invention / Flo & Eddie) 1953: Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs / Winger) 1966: Benoit David (Yes) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1924: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown 1942: Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann Band) 1944: Alexander “Skip” Spence (Jefferson Airplane / Moby Grape) 1958: Les Pattinson (Echo & The Bunnymen) 1974: Mark Tremonti (Creed) EVENTS 1979: Don Airey joined Rainbow. 1981: Yes announced their disbandment. 1992: Bob Dylan played a concert at Mt. […]
BIRTHDAYS 1934: Don Kirshner (Producer / Promoter) 1941: Ronald Wycherley a.k.a. Billy Fury 1943: Roy Estrada (The Mothers) 1948: Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu Orchestra / Jeff Beck Group) 1955: Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) 1964: Maynard James Keenan (Tool / A Perfect Circle) EVENTS 1960: Death of singer / songwriter, Eddie Cochran [aged […]
BIRTHDAYS 1924: Henry Mancini 1939: Dusty Springfield 1947: Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep) 1947: Gerry Rafferty 1949: Bill “Sputnick” Spooner (The Tubes) 1964: Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) 1969: Sean Cook (Spiritualized) EVENTS 1964: The first Rolling Stones album was released in the UK. It went to No.1 two weeks later. 1971: […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Dave Edmunds (Rockpile) 1947: Michael Chapman (Producer / Songwriter for Sweet / Suzi Quatro / Mud / Pat Benatar) 1948: Phil Mogg (UFO) 1965: Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) 1968: Edward John O’Brien (Radiohead) EVENTS 1966: Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens & Engelbert Humperdink all performed […]
BIRTHDAYS 1942: Tony Burrows (Edison Lighthouse) 1945: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple / Rainbow) 1949: Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) 1980: Win Butler (Arcade Fire) EVENTS 1967: David Bowie’s novelty record “The Laughing Gnome” was released in the UK. 1973: Led Zeppelin started a 2-week run at No.1 on the UK album […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Brian Pendleton (The Pretty Things) 1944: Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) 1945: Lowell George (Little Feat) 1946: Al Green 1951: Max Weinberg (The E Street Band) 1954: Jimmy Destri (Blondie) 1962: Hillel Slovak (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) EVENTS 1967: The Rolling Stones performed their first concert […]
