Happy birthday YNGWIE MALMSTEEN!! (June 30, 1963) Swedish composer, bandleader and technically accomplished neo-classical heavy metal guitarist, pioneer of the lightning fast “shredding” technique, “Heaven Tonight” (Mainstream Rock #19, 1988)
The B-52’s frontman, songwriter, and co-founder Fred Schneider was born Frederick William Schneider III in Newark, New Jersey, on this day in 1951 (July 1)