BIRTHDAYS
1941: Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span)
1945: Frida Lyngstad (Abba)
1949: Steve Fossen (Heart)
1954: Tony Thompson (Chic / Power Station)
EVENTS
1974: Roxy Music released their fourth album, ‘Country Life’.
1981: Thin Lizzy released their eleventh album, ‘Renegade’.
1983: Ozzy Osbourne released his third studio album, ‘Bark at the Moon’.
1992: Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring. (Yeah right, Ozzy!)
2016: Death of singer / songwriter / pianist, Mose Allison [aged 89].
Tony Thompson was a mighty good drummer, as heard on all those classic Chic songs and with the supergroup, The Power Station. He very nearly replaced John Bonham in Led Zeppelin too, but that’s another story. Check out his playing on this big hit from 1985… sadly, he and singer, Robert Palmer are no longer with us.
