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BIRTHDAYS 1926: Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton 1938: McCoy Tyner 1940: David Gates (Bread) 1944: Michael Lang (Concert promoter / producer / manager, best known as the co-creator of Woodstock Music Festival, 1969) 1948: Chester Thompson (Frank Zappa Band / Genesis / Weather Report / Steve Hackett Band / Santana) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1899: Sonny Boy Williamson 1932: “Little Richard” Penniman 1938: John “J.J.” Cale 1946: Ingram Cecil Connor a.k.a. Gram Parsons 1947: Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) 1947: Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield) 1965: Johnny Rzeznik (The Goo Goo Dolls) EVENTS 1965: The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of […]
BIRTHDAYS 1906: Peter Goldmark (Inventor of the long-playing microgroove record) 1923: Maria Callas 1931: Wynton Kelly (Miles Davis Quartet / Cannonball Adderley group) 1941: Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann Band) 1960: Rick “Sav” Savage (Def Leppard) 1960: Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley (Hanoi Rocks) 1968: Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) 1971: Donna Matthews (Elastica) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1939: John Cleese 1949: Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band) 1951: Ken “KK” Downing (Judas Priest) 1967: Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 1978: Vanessa-Mae 1984: Kelly Osbourne EVENTS 1962: The Rolling Stones recorded their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. 1969: Muddy Waters was […]
BIRTHDAYS 1911: Saunders Terrell a.k.a. Sonny Terry 1936: William Perks a.k.a. Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones) 1944: Ted Templeman 1946: Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) 1947: Edgar Broughton 1948: Dale “Buffin” Griffin (Mott The Hoople) 1979: Ben Gillies (Silverchair) EVENTS 1970: Pink Floyd scored their first No.1 on the UK album chart […]
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 1942: Dobie Gray 1943: Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) 1949: Roger Meddows-Taylor (Queen) 1956: Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors) 1961: Gary Cherone (Extreme / Van Halen) 1980: Jacinda Ardern (DJ / NZ Prime Minister) EVENTS 1977: Led Zeppelin cut short a US tour after Robert Plant’s 6-year-old son, Karac […]
BIRTHDAYS 1930: Thomas Tedesco (Session guitarist on thousands of recordings, from Elvis to Zappa) 1940: Fontella Bass 1946: Victor Unitt (Edgar Broughton Band) 1948: Paul Barerre (Little Feat) 1952: Andy Fraser (Free / Sharks) 1952: Laura Branigan 1955: Mike Corby (The Babys) 1955: Neil Clark (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) […]
BIRTHDAYS 1941: Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) 1952: Pete Farndon (The Pretenders) 1955: Susan Thomas a.k.a. Micki Steele (The Runaways / The Bangles) 1962: Thor Eldon (The Sugarcubes) 1976: Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) 1980: Fabrizio Moreti (The Strokes) EVENTS 1964: The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on ‘The Les […]
BIRTHDAYS 1945: Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder / The Detroit Wheels / Buddy Miles Express / Cactus / The Rockets / Detroit Blues Band / Mystery Train) Jimmy also performed with Jimi Hendrix & Bob Seger 1947: Ronnie Wood (Jeff Beck Group / Faces / The Rolling Stones) 1958: Barry Adamson […]
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