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• James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970)

  17 septembre 2019

• 17th Sept 1967, The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,’ from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single 'People Are Strange.'

  16 septembre 2019

• 17th Sept 1978, The video for Queen’s single ‘Bicycle Race’ was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, UK. It featured 65 naked female professional models racing around the stadium’s track on bicycles, which had been hired for the day. The rental company was reported to have requested payment for all the saddles when they found out how their bikes had been used.

  16 septembre 2019

• September 17th 1983, Paul Young scored his first UK No.1 album with his debut release 'No Parlez.' The album returned to the top of the charts on four other occasion's spending a total of 119 weeks on the chart

  16 septembre 2019

• 6th Dec 1988, American singer songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52.

  05 décembre 2020

• John Weldon Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013), known as JJ Cale or J.J. Cale, was an American singer-songwriter and musician who was one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale’s personal style has often been described as « laid back ».

  04 décembre 2020

• September 16th 1948, Born on this day, Kenny Jones, drummer, The Small Faces

  15 septembre 2019

• September 16th 1952, Born on this day, Ron Blair, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No.3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open').

  15 septembre 2019

• 16th Sept 1977, 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London.

  15 septembre 2019

• 16th Sept 1925, Born on this day, B.B. King

  15 septembre 2019

• September 16th 1970, Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scotts in London for what would become the guitarist’s last ever public appearance.

  15 septembre 2019

• September 16th 1942, Born on this day, Bernie Calvert, bass, The Hollies, (joined in 1966, 1972 US No.2 single 'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress', 1988 UK No.1 single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', first released in 1969.

  15 septembre 2019

• December 16th 1974, Guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new.

  15 décembre 2019

• December 16th 1946, Born on this day, Benny Andersson

  15 décembre 2019

• December 16th 1950, Born on this day, Bill Gibbons, American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Moving Sidewalks (who opened for Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour). Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's first album in 1971. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

  15 décembre 2019

• December 16th 1951, Born on this day, Robben Ford, American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton and Kiss. He was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by Musician magazine.

  15 décembre 2019

• Today we remember the passing of the great Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008)

  14 septembre 2019

• September 15th 1978, Bob Dylan kicked off his longest and most continuous US tour of his career in Augusta, Maine, playing the first of sixty-five gigs in sixty-two cities.

  14 septembre 2019

• May 7th 1946, Born on this day, Bill Kreutzmann, drums, the Grateful Dead. He played with the Grateful Dead for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart. The group released more than 140 albums, the majority of them recorded live in concert.

  06 mai 2021

• 14 SEPTEMBER 1983 Amy Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England.

  13 septembre 2019

• Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1949 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the influential and political, Detroit rock band, the MC5. At age 31, he married and raised a family with poet and fellow rock musician, Patti Smith.

  13 septembre 2019

• September 14th 1979, The film Quadrophenia was released. Based on The Who's 1973 rock opera the film featured Phil Daniels, Toyah Willcox, Ray Winstone, Michael Elphick and Sting.

  13 septembre 2019

• September 14th 1949, Born on this day, Steve Gaines, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'). Killed in a plane crash on 20th October 1977.

  13 septembre 2019

• September 14th 1950, Born on this day, Paul Kossoff, guitar, Free (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Formed Back Street Crawler. Kossoff died of a heart attack on 19th March 1976 during a flight from Los Angeles to New York.

  13 septembre 2019

• December 4th 1976, American guitarist Tommy Bolin died from a heroin overdose aged 25 the day after opening a show for Jeff Beck in Miami, Florida. Bolin was a member of Zephyr (1969 to 1971), The James Gang (1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (1975 to 1976).

  03 décembre 2020