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• 27th April 1999, UK band The Verve announced that they had split. They scored the 1997 UK No.1 single 'The Drugs Don't Work' and their 1997 UK No.1 album 'Urban Hymns' spent over 100 weeks on the UK chart. Leader of the group Richard Ashcroft went solo scoring the 2000 UK No.3 single 'A Song For The Lovers' and the 2000 UK No.1 album 'Alone With Everybody.'

  26 avril 2020

• Happy birthday Paul Daniel « Ace » Frehley (born April 27, 1951) an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss.

  26 avril 2020

• Happy birthday to the great B-52 Catherine Elizabeth « Kate » Pierson (born April 27, 1948) an American vocalist, lyricist, and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52’s.

  26 avril 2020

• June 15th 1946, Born on this day, Demis Roussos, singer, (1976 UK No.1 EP, featuring ‘Forever And Ever’). In the 1970s he was a member of Aphrodite’s Child, a progressive rock group that also included Vangelis. Roussos died on 25 January 2015.

  14 juin 2021

• Happy birthday Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace on February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry

  27 février 2020

• February 28th 2008, Drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix in his last regular group, Band of Gypsys, died aged 60

  27 février 2020

• February 28th 1985, David Byron, singer with Uriah Heep died from an epileptic fit and liver disease aged 38. Had a hit with 'Easy Livin' from the 1972 album Demons and Wizards.

  27 février 2020

• February 27th 1955, Born on this day, Gary Christian, from English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'.

  26 février 2020

• February 27th 1950, Born on this day, Robert Balderrama, from American group ? & The Mysterians who had the 1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single '96 Tears'. (which was also a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990).

  26 février 2020

• February 27th 1951, Born on this day, Steve Harley, singer, with English group Cockney Rebel who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Make Me Smile, Come Up And See Me'. Now solo and also works as a radio presenter.

  26 février 2020

• Happy birthday to a great guitarist Neal George Joseph Schon (born February 27, 1954)an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English.

  26 février 2020

• Happy birthday Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) an English guitarist, best known as a member of Iron Maiden, for whom he writes songs and performs live backing vocals on some tracks.

  26 février 2020

• July 6th 1971, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died

  05 juillet 2020

• 26th Feb 1932, Born on this day, Johnny Cash

  25 février 2020

• July 6th 1949, Born on this day, Mike Shrieve, American drummer and percussionist with Santana, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974. His performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, when he was 20 years old, made him one of the youngest musicians to perform at the festival.

  05 juillet 2020

• 6th July 1925, Born on this day, Bill Haley

  05 juillet 2020

• 26th April 2013, US country singer George Jones who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s, died aged 81.

  25 avril 2020

• April 26th 1945, Born on this day, Tony Murray, The Troggs, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing').

  25 avril 2020

• April 26th 1938, Born on this day, Duane Eddy, guitarist, (1960 UK No.2 and US No.4 single 'Because They're Young', plus over 15 other UK & US Top 40 singles).

  25 avril 2020

• April 26th 1945, Born on this day, Gary Wright, Spooky Tooth, solo, (1976 US No.2 single 'Dream Weaver').

  25 avril 2020

• April 25th 1958, Born on this day, Fish, (Derek Dick), Marillion and solo, vocals, (1985 UK No.2 single 'Kayleigh').

  24 avril 2020

• April 25th 1979, The Police made their debut on BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops performing ‘Roxanne’. The single which was taken from their album Outlandos d’Amour was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.

  24 avril 2020

• Happy birthday Steven "Steve" Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) an English drummer.

  24 avril 2020

• February 24th 1992, Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii. The press reported that the couple were expecting a baby on Sept 10th of this year.

  23 février 2020

• April 24th 2016, American soul singer Billy Paul died at his home in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township, New Jersey, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. He was best known for his 1972 hit 'Me and Mrs Jones', which won a Grammy award and reached No.1 in the US.

  23 avril 2020