BIRTHDAYS 1917: Leonard Chess (Founder of Chess Records) 1940: Al Jarreau 1946: Liza Minnelli 1948: James Taylor 1949: Bill Payne (Little Feat) 1949: Mike Gibbins (Badfinger) 1951: Jack Green (The Pretty Things) 1956: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) 1969: Graham Coxon (Blur) EVENTS 1955: Death of jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker [aged […]