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BIRTHDAYS 1943: Roberta Anderson a.k.a. Joni Mitchell 1964: Liam O’Maonlai (The Hothouse Flowers) 1967: Sharleen Spiteri (Texas) 1996: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor a.k.a. Lorde EVENTS 1967: Reg Dwight (Elton John) and his song writing partner, Bernie Taupin signed to DJM publishing. 1969: Pink Floyd released their fourth album, the Live […]
On this day in 2015, my favourite musician ~ Mr. Chris Squire, of Yes, passed away. He died on Saturday, 27th of June, the same day as one of his heroes, John Entwistle! Mr. Squire was a true original and there never was / never will be, another bass player […]
BIRTHDAYS 1935: Doc Pomus 1944: Bruce Johnson (The Beach Boys) 1958: Lisa Germano 1961: Margo Timmins (The Cowboy Junkies) 1970: Laurence Colbert (Ride) EVENTS 1966: Frank Zappa released his first album, ‘Freak Out!’, with The Mothers of Invention. It was the first double LP debut in the history of rock […]
BIRTHDAYS 1932: Miriam Makeba 1944: Bobby Womack 1947: Bob Lewis (Devo) 1947: Jan Garbarek 1948: Chris Squire (Yes) 1950: Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) 1951: Robbie Blunt (Bronco / Silverhead / Robert Plant Band) 1951: Chris Rea 1955: Boon Gould (Level 42) 1963: Jason Newsted (Metallica) 1967: Evan Dando (The Lemonheads) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1941: Aaron Neville 1941: Neil Diamond 1947: Warren Zevon 1949: John Belushi 1955: Jools Holland 1967: James Myung (Dream Theater) 1972: Beth Hart EVENTS 1962: The Beatles signed a management deal with Brian Epstein. 1965: Dr. Robert Moog launched his synthesizer. 1967: Chris Squire’s group, The Syn supported Jimi […]