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• October 30th 1939, Born on this day, Grace Slick, vocals, Jefferson Airplane, Starship, (1967 US No.18 single 'White Rabbit', 1987 US & UK No.1 single 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now').

  29 octobre 2021

• April 22nd 2013, Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstockrock festival, died of a heart attack at 72. He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey.

  21 avril 2019

• April 22nd 1951, Born on this day, Paul Carrack, keyboards, guitar, vocals, Ace, (1974 UK No.20 single 'How Long') Squeeze, (1981 UK No.41 single 'Tempted'), Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Living years') and solo hits.

  21 avril 2019

• 21 APRIL 2003 Nina Simone dies at age 70 after a long battle with breast cancer.

  20 avril 2019

• April 21st 1978, UK folk singer Sandy Denny died aged 31

  20 avril 2019

• April 21st 2016, Prince was found dead at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57

  20 avril 2019

• April 21st 1959, Born on this day, Robert Smith, guitar, vocals, The Cure, (1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).

  20 avril 2019

• Happy birthday Stephen Robert Nesta "Raggamuffin" Marley (born April 20, 1972) an American/Jamaican reggae musician.

  19 avril 2019

• April 20th 1948, Born on this day, Craig Frost, keyboardist for 1970s hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad who had the US No.1 single with their version of 'The Loco-Motion' which was produced by Todd Rundgren and is also a member with Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

  19 avril 2019

• 20th April 1991, Steve Marriott leader of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, died in a fire at his home in Essex. His work became a major influence for many 90's bands. Small Faces had the 1967 UK No.3 & US No.16 single 'Itchycoo Park', plus 1968 No.1 UK album 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake', Humble Pie, 1969 UK No.4 single 'Natural Born Bugie'. As a child actor he played parts in Dixon of Dock Green and Th

  19 avril 2019

• July 29th 1965, The Beatles second feature film ‘Help!’ had its UK premiere at The Pavilion in London. The Beatles later said the film was shot in a « haze of marijuana ». According to Ringo Starr’s interviews in The Beatles Anthology, during the Austrian Alps film shooting, he and McCartney ran off over the hill from the « curling » scene set to smoke a joint.

  28 juillet 2019

• 29 JULY 1953 Rush frontman Geddy Lee is born Geddy Lee Weinrib in Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.

  28 juillet 2019

• July 29th 1974, Mamas And The Papas singer Cass Elliot died in her sleep from a heart attack after playing a sold out show in London, England. She was staying at Harry Nilson’s London flat when she died.

  28 juillet 2019

• April 28th 1981, Former member of T Rex, Steve Currie was killed in a car crash returning to his home near Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal, he was 33 years old. Joined T. Rex (recently renamed from Tyrannosaurus Rex) as bass guitarist in late 1970, also worked as a session player, played on ‘Motorbikin’ by Chris Spedding.

  27 avril 2021

• April 28th 1980, Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injuries from a car accident aged 30 in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Caldwell was the original frontman for the Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980.

  27 avril 2021

• July 28th 1966, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song 'Out Of Time'.

  27 juillet 2019

• July 28th 1956, Gene Vincent made his first appearance on national TV in the US on The Perry Como Show. Vincent had released ‘Woman Love’ the previous month, but it was the B-side, ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula,’ that eventually made the top 10.

  27 juillet 2019

• 28th July 1960, Roy Orbison entered the UK chart with 'Only The Lonely', which went on to give Roy his first of 3 UK chart toppers. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, and is seen as a seminal event in the evolution of Rock and Roll. Released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in May, 1960, 'Only The Lonely' went to No. 2 on the United States

  27 juillet 2019

• 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 2021

• 28th July 1945, Born on this day, Rick Wright, keyboards, vocals, Pink Floyd (1973 US No.1 & UK No.2 album ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’, spent a record breaking 741 weeks on the US chart.

  27 juillet 2019

• Mike Bloomfield, born on this day in 1943, remains one of the most powerful blues guitarists of his generation.

  27 juillet 2019

• July 28th 1962, Born on this day, Rachel Sweet, singer, (1978 UK No.35 single ‘B-A-B-Y’).

  27 juillet 2019

• Steven J. Morse (born July 28, 1954)

  27 juillet 2019

• July 28th 1949, Born on this day, Simon Kirke, drums, Free, (1971 UK No.2 & US No.4 single ‘All Right Now’). Bad Company (1974 UK No.15 single ‘Can’t Get Enough’).

  27 juillet 2019

• April 18th 1935, Born on this day, Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer, worked with The Doors, ('Break on Through (To the Other Side)', 'Light My Fire', 'People Are Strange'), Janis Joplin, (No.1 album Pearl and her only No.1 single, 'Me and Bobby McGee'). Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Love. Rothchild died March 30, 1995.

  17 avril 2019