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• 16th Oct 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival split up following the failure of their most recent album, ‘Mardi Gras’. After limited success as a solo act and some legal hassles with Fantasy Records, John Fogarty would have two big hits in 1985, ‘Center Field’ and ‘Rock and Roll Girls’. John’s brother Tom Fogarty died in September, 1990 and the surviving members have been touring as Creedence Clearw

  15 octobre 2020

• Robert Hall « Bob » Weir (weer; born October 16, 1947) an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995

  15 octobre 2020

• August 29th 1953, Born on this day, Rick Downey, Blue Oyster Cult, (1978 UK No.16 single ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’).

  28 août 2020

• 27 AUGUST 1990 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, following a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theater where earlier in the evening he appeared with Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, and his older brother, Jimmie Vaughan.

  26 août 2020

• 29 JUNE 1975 Folk singer Tim Buckley dies of a drug overdose at age 28. His son is the singer Jeff Buckley.

  28 juin 2021

• June 29th 1948, Born on this day, Ian Paice, drummer, Deep Purple, (1970 UK No.2 single ‘Black Night’), 1973 US No. 4 single ‘Smoke On The Water’). Paice who is the only member to appear on every album the band has released has also worked with Whitesnake and Gary Moore.

  28 juin 2021

• 29th June 1979, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack

  28 juin 2021

• June 29th 1953, Born on this day, Colin Hay, Scottish Australian musician with Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single ‘Down Under’).

  28 juin 2021

• Vivian Patrick Campbell (born 25 August 1962) a Northern Irish rock guitarist.

  24 août 2020

• August 25th 1949, Born on this day, Gene Simmons bass, vocals, KISS (1974 US No.5 single ‘On And On’, 1976 US No 11 album ‘Rock and Roll Over’, spent 26 weeks on the chart. 1987 UK No.4 single ‘Crazy Crazy Nights’).

  24 août 2020

• August 25th 1950, Born on this day, Willy DeVille, Mink DeVille, (1977 UK No.20 single ‘Spanish Stroll’). Died of pancreatic cancer on 6th Aug 2009.

  24 août 2020

• 11th Oct 1969, One Hit Wonders Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Je t’aime… Moi non plus.’ Banned by many radio stations for its sexual content and sounds and for first time in the history of the show, the BBC’s Top Of The Pops producers refused to air the No. 1 song.

  10 octobre 2020

• Happy birthday Dean DeLeo (born August 23, 1961 in Montclair, New Jersey) an American guitarist known for his work with rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Dean is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone. He is the older brother of Robert DeLeo, who plays bass for Stone Temple Pilots.

  22 août 2020

• October 10th 1959, Born on this day, Kirsty MacColl, UK singer, songwriter, (1985 UK No.7 single ‘A New England’, 1987 UK No.2 single with The Pogues, ‘Fairytale Of New York’). MacColl was killed in a boating accident on 18th December 2000.

  09 octobre 2020

• June 28th 1945, Born on this day, David Knights, bassist, Procol Harum, 1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ and scored the hits ‘Homburg’, ‘Conquistador’. He played on Procol Harum’s first three albums.

  27 juin 2021

• 9th Oct 1944, Born on this day, John Entwistle, bassist with The Who

  08 octobre 2020

• 21 AUGUST 1952 Rock bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (of Deep Purple) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. He has a brief stint as Black Sabbath’s frontman in the mid-’80s.

  20 août 2020

• Happy birthday to Robert Plant, born on 20th Aug 1948

  19 août 2020

• August 20th 1946, Born on this day, Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk, (1982 UK No.1 single ‘Computer Love / The Model’).

  19 août 2020

• Happy birthday Steven J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs; and since 1994, the guitar player of Deep Purple.

  27 juin 2021

• June 28th 1968, Working at Abbey Road studios The Beatles recorded ‘Good Night’, John Lennon’s lullaby for his 5-year-old son Julian with Ringo singing the lead vocal. The track appeared on The White Album.

  27 juin 2021

• August 19th 1940, Born on this day, Johnny Nash, singer, (1972 US No.1 single ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Tears On My Pillow’).

  18 août 2020

• August 18th 2012, American singer and songwrite Scott McKenzie died aged 73.

  17 août 2020

• Happy birthday to Thom Yorke, born on 7th Oct 1968, vocals, guitar, keyboards, Radiohead.

  06 octobre 2020

• The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival attracting an audience of over 400,000 people, scheduled over three days on a dairy farm in New York state from August 15 to 17, 1969, but which ran over four days to August 18, 1969.

  14 août 2020