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BIRTHDAYS 1944: Jim Capaldi (Traffic) 1945: Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) 1948: Jean Michel Jarre 1951: Michael Derosier (Heart) 1963: John Bush (Anthrax) 1968: Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) EVENTS 1980: The 20th Reading Rock Festival featured Rory Gallagher, Whitesnake, Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Budgie, Gary Moore, Def Leppard, UFO, Pat Travers […]
BIRTHDAYS 1891: Cole Porter 1915: Les Paul 1929: Johnny Ace 1934: Jackie Wilson 1941: Jon Lord (Deep Purple) 1947: Mick Box (Uriah Heep) 1949: Francis Monkman (Curved Air / 801 / Sky) 1950: Trevor Bolder (The Spiders From Mars / Wishbone Ash / Uriah Heep) 1954: Paul “Tonka” Chapman (Skid […]
BIRTHDAYS 1944: Ric Ocasek (The Cars) 1946: Michael Nyman 1950: Phil Lanzon (Grand Prix / Sweet / Uriah Heep) 1953: Yvette Marie Stevens a.k.a. Chaka Khan 1967: John Stohm (The Lemonheads) 1968: Damon Albarn (Blur) EVENTS 1961: Elvis Presley set a new UK chart record with three consecutive No. 1 […]
BIRTHDAYS 1942: Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones a.k.a. Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) 1942: Joe South 1948: Geoff Nicholls (Black Sabbath / Quartz) 1957: Phil Gould (Level 42) 1966: Ian Brown (The Stone Roses) 1972: Danny McCormack (The Wildhearts) EVENTS 1970: Led Zeppelin played a gig in Copenhagen as The Nobs after […]
BIRTHDAYS 1914: Larry Adler 1937: Roberta Flack 1937: Don Wilson (The Ventures) 1949: Nigel Olsson (Elton John Band) 1962: Cliff Burton (Metallica) EVENTS 1989: I interviewed Ozzy Osbourne. 2008: The Flight of the Conchords won a Grammy Award. Drummer, Nigel Olsson is 75 today! Most of his musical career has […]