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• January 20th 1945, Born on this day, Eric Stewart, guitar, keyboards, vocals, Mindenders, (1966 UK No.2 single Groovy Kind Of Love'), Hotlegs, (1970 UK No.2 single 'Neanderthal Man'), 10cc, (1975 UK No.1 & US No. 2 single 'I'm Not In Love' plus 10 other Top 30 hits).

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• January 20th 1952, Born on this day, Paul Stanley

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• January 20th 1947, Born on this day, George Grantham, drums, Poco, (1979 US No.17 single 'Crazy Love').

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• 21st Jan 1972, Pink Floyd appeared at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, England. This was the first time that they were able to perform the whole of what became the The Dark Side of The Moon album in its entirety, the previous night’s performance in Brighton having been halted for technical reasons.

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• January 21st 1997, ‘Colonel’ Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager and agent died of a stroke in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 87

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• January 21st 1942, Born on this day, Edwin Starr, singer, 1970 US No.1 and UK No.3 single 'War'). Starr died on 2nd April 2003 aged 61.

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• January 21st 1947, Born on this day, Jim Ibbotson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, (1971 US No.9 single 'Mr Bojangles').

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• January 21st 1941, Born on this day, Richie Havens

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• January 21st 1983, The Allman Brothers Band bassist Lamar Williams died of lung cancer age 34.

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• January 21st 1938, Born on this day, DJ Wolfman Jack. Master of ceremonies for the rock ‘n’ roll generation of the ’60s on radio, and later on television during the ’70s. Died of a heart attack 1/7/95.

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• 21st Jan 1984, Soul singer Jackie Wilson died aged 49.

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• 22nd Jan 1960, Born on this day, Michael Hutchence, vocals, INXS

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• January 22nd 1931, Born on this day, Sam Cooke US soul singer (1957 US No.1 & UK No.29 single with 'You Send Me' and a 1986 UK No.2 single with 'Wonderful World', which was first released in 1960). Cooke died on December 11th 1964.

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• January 22nd 1953, Born on this day, Steve Perry, vocals, Journey, (1982 US No.2 single 'Open Arms', solo 1984 US No.3 single, Oh, Sherrie').

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• January 23rd 1990, Allen Collins guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd died of pneumonia after being ill for several months. Collins who was one of the founding members also co-wrote most of the band’s songs (including Free Bird), with late front man Ronnie Van Zant.

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• January 24th 1947, Born on this day, Warren Zevon

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• January 25th 1973, David Bowie finished a week of rehearsals at the Royal Ballroom, Tottenham, London, for the forthcoming UK leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour. Bowie had already played dates in North America and Japan, the tour saw the singer playing a total of 182 dates.

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• January 25th 2015, Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, died aged 68 in hospital in Athens.

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• January 26th 1957, Born on this day, Eddie Van Halen, Dutch guitarist with Van Halen who had the 1984 US No.1 & UK No. 7 single 'Jump'. His guitar solo in the track 'Eruption' was voted No.2 on Guitar World magazine's readers poll of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos

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• January 26th 1977, Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green was committed to a mental hospital following an incident when he threatened his accountant Clifford Adams with an air rifle when he was trying to deliver a £30,000 ($51,000) royalty cheque to him.

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• January 26th 1986, Allen Collins, guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed his car, paralysing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend Debra Jean Watts. Collins had survived a plane crash in 1977 that killed two other band members.

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• Happy birthday to Nick Mason, born on 27th Jan 1944, drums, percussion and tape effects, Pink Floyd

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• 28 JANUARY 2009 Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Vision keyboardist) dies of a heart attack in his Orange Park, Florida home.

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• 28th January 2016, American guitarist, singer and songwriter, Paul Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74

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• January 28th 2005, English drummer and singer songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60.

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