BIRTHDAYS 1923: Albert King 1933: Jerry Leiber. Brilliant lyricist, Jerry Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs with Mike Stoller, over 70 of them becoming chart hits. The Leiber / Stoller songbook includes “Hound Dog”, “Love Potion No. 9”, “Kansas City”, “On Broadway”, […]

BIRTHDAYS 1940: Frank Zappa 1943: Albert Lee 1953: Bessie Norris a.k.a. Betty Wright 1964: Emmett Murphy (Dinosaur Jr) 1964: Patrick Murphy (The Lemonheads) EVENTS 1973: Sweet performed a concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London. Several of the songs recorded were later released as the live LP for their double album, […]