Today in Rock History – 14th OCTOBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1942: Billy Harrison (Them)
1945: Colin “Bomber” Hodgkinson (Whitesnake)
1946: Dan McCafferty (Nazareth)
1946: Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
1974: Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks)

EVENTS
1977: David Bowie released his twelfth album, “Heroes”.
1977: Death of Harry “Bing” Crosby [aged 74].
1990: Death of Leonard Bernstein [aged 72].
2014: Death of keyboard player / multi-instrumentalist, Ikey Owens, of The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Jack White Band, etc. [aged 38].