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• January 1st 1966, Simon and Garfunkel started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Sounds Of Silence’, a No.13 hit in the UK.

  01 janvier 2021

• January 1st 1977, Genesis played the first of three nights at the new-look Rainbow Theatre, London, tickets cost £2.50 ($4.25). The theatre had been completely renovated at a cost of £80,000 ($136,000).

  01 janvier 2021

• 1st Jan 1953, American singer-songwriter and musician Hank Williams died aged 29.

  01 janvier 2021

• May 8th 1940, Born on this day, Ricky Nelson, US singer, (1958 US No.1 ‘Poor Little Fool’, 1961 UK No.2 single ‘Hello Mary Lou’ plus over 30 US Top 40 hit singles). Played himself on his parent’s US TV The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet.’ Nelson died on 31st December 1985.

  07 mai 2021

• Don Felder, born on 21st Sept 1947, guitar, vocals, The Eagles, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Hotel California’, plus 5 US No.1 albums. ‘Greatest Hits 1971-1975’ is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m)

  20 septembre 2019

• Leonard Cohen, born on 21st Sept 1934

  20 septembre 2019

• September 21st 1968, Deep Purple made No.4 on the US singles chart with their debut single 'Hush', also a hit for Kula Shaker in 1997.

  20 septembre 2019

• September 21st 1972, Born on this day, Liam Gallagher, vocals, Oasis

  20 septembre 2019

• 21 SEPTEMBER 1987Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report, age 35, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage ten days after a violent altercation with a club bouncer left him a coma.

  20 septembre 2019

• December 8th 1943, Born on this day, Jim Morrison singer and lyricist with The Doors

  07 décembre 2020

• December 8th 1947, Born on this day, Gregg Allman, keyboards, guitar, vocals, The Allman Brothers Band(1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man’)

  07 décembre 2020

• 20th Sept 1970, Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 (£270), fine for public exposure and sixty days

  19 septembre 2019

• September 20th 1968, Led Zeppelin (recording under the name of The Yardbirds) started recording their debut album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England. The album took only about 36 hours of studio time to complete at a cost of around £1,782, with most of the tracks being recorded 'live' in the studio with very few overdubs.

  19 septembre 2019

• September 20th 1969, Blind Faith started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their self-titled debut album. The only release from the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker & Rick Grech line-up also reached No.1 in the US. The only UK gig was in Hyde Park, London on 7th Jun 1969.

  19 septembre 2019

• September 20th 1976, AC/DC released their third studio album 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after 'Highway To Hell' and 'Back In Black'.

  19 septembre 2019

• James Joseph Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973)

  19 septembre 2019

• 19 Sept 1973, Country rock singer, songwriter 26-year-old Gram Parsons formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California.

  18 septembre 2019

• September 19th 1946, Born on this day, John Coghlan drums, Status Quo, (left in 1982), 1977 UK No.3 single 'Rockin' All Over The World' plus 50 other UK Top 75 singles since 1968).

  18 septembre 2019

• September 19th 1951, Born on this day, Daniel Lanois, producer, singer. Produced Peter Gabriel album, 'So', along with albums by Brian Eno, U2, (The Joshua Tree), Robbie Robertson, & Bob Dylan. Lanois released the 1990 solo album 'Acadie'.

  18 septembre 2019

• December 17th 1949, Born on this day, Paul Rodgers, singer, guitarist, Free, (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 single 'Can't Get Enough'). Also a member of The Firm, with Jimmy Page.

  16 décembre 2019

• December 17th 1947, Born on this day, American drummer Jim Hodder, Steely Dan, (1973 US No.11 single 'Reeling In The Years'). He also played drums on Linda Ronstadt's 1974 single 'You're No Good'. Hodder drowned at his home swimming pool on 5th June 1990 aged 42.

  16 décembre 2019

• December 17th 1937, Born on this day, Art Neville, vocals, piano, The Neville Brothers, (1989 UK No.47 single 'With God On Our Side')

  16 décembre 2019

• December 17th 2010, Captain Beefheart died aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis. The American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California recorded 13 studio albums.

  16 décembre 2019

• December 7th 2016, Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died aged 69 after a battle with cancer.

  06 décembre 2020

• September 18th 1946, Born on this day, Alan King, Ace, (1974 UK No.20 single 'How Long').

  17 septembre 2019