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• March 30th 1913, Born on this day, Italian American singer, songwriter, and actor Frankie Laine who scored the 1953 UK No.1 single 'I Believe', plus over 25 other UK Top 20 singles and the 1956 US No.3 single 'Moonlight Gambler'. He died on 6 February 2007 aged 93.

  29 mars 2019

• July 12th 1943, Born on this day, Christine McVie, keyboards, vocals, Chicken Shack, Fleetwood Mac, (1987 UK No.5 single ‘Little Lies’ and 1977 US No.1 single ‘Dreams’, from world wide No.1 album Rumours). Solo.

  11 juillet 2019

• 12 JULY 1992 After a European tour, Axl Rose is arrested at JFK airport in New York, charged with inciting a riot at a Guns N' Roses show in St. Louis the previous year. He gets two years' probation and a $50,000 fine.

  11 juillet 2019

• 12 Jul 1947 English singer, guitarist, songwriter Wilko Johnson who with Dr Feelgood had the 1979 UK No.9 single ‘Milk And Alcohol’ and a founding member of Solid Senders

  11 juillet 2019

• April 15th 1948, Born on this day Michael Kamen, American composer and orchestral arranger. Worked with many acts including Pink Floyd, Queen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Kamen co-wrote Bryan Adams’ ballad ‘(Everything I Do), I Do It for You.’ He died on Nov 18th 2003.

  14 avril 2021

• Born to a working-class family, Foley grew up listening to her father play and sing Irish folk songs.

  28 mars 2019

• March 29th 1975, Labelle went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lady Marmalade', the group's only No.1. British act All Saints had an UK No.1 with the song in 1998.

  28 mars 2019

• March 29th 1943, Born on this day, Evangelos Papathanassiou, (Vangelis) 1981 UK No.12 & 1982 US No.1 single 'Chariots Of Fire.'

  28 mars 2019

• July 11th 1959, Born on this day, Richie Sambora, guitar, Bon Jovi, (1986 US No.1 album 'Slippery When Wet' plus 5 UK No.1 albums. 1987 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Livin' On A Prayer').

  10 juillet 2019

• Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She is best known for her performance of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".

  28 mars 2019

• July 10th 1968, Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break-up after their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album and Cream are widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup.

  09 juillet 2019

• July 10th 1968, The Nice were banned from appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall after burning an American flag on stage. Two years later, Keith Emerson, leader of the Nice, joined Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

  09 juillet 2019

• July 10th 1942, Born on this day, Ronnie James Dio, vocals, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band Dio. He died on May 16, 2010, after a six-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 67 years old.

  09 juillet 2019

• July 10th 1947, Born on this day, Arlo Guthrie, US singer, songwriter, son of folksinger Woody Guthrie, (1967 album 'Alice's Restaurant', 1972 US No.18 single 'The City Of New Orleans').

  09 juillet 2019

• December 2nd 1968, Born on this day, Nate Mendel, bassist with, Foo Fighters, The Jealous Sound, Sunny Day Real Estate, and The Fire Theft. Mendel was also a member of Diddly Squat, and punk bands Christ On A Crutch.

  01 décembre 2020

• March 28th 1970, Simon and Garfunkel were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', the duo's only UK No.1. Only Art Garfunkel sang on the track.

  27 mars 2019

• 28th March 1967, Working on sessions for the new Beatles album Sgt. Pepper at Abbey Road studios in London, John Lennon recorded his lead vocal for ‘Good Morning Good Morning’, and Paul McCartney added a lead guitar solo to the track.

  27 mars 2019

• 28th March 1973, Led Zeppelin released their fifth studio album Houses Of The Holy in the UK.

  27 mars 2019

• John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 28 March 1948), played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980.Evan departed Jethro Tull in July 1980. He then went on to form Tallis with fellow departing Tull member, David Palmer.

  27 mars 2019

• 28th March 1981, Blondie started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rapture', the group's fourth US No.1 and the first No. 1 song in the US to feature rap and its lyrics, notable for name-checking hip-hop pioneers Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash.

  27 mars 2019

• Milan B. Williams (March 28, 1948 – July 9, 2006) was an American keyboardist and a founding member of the Commodores band.

  27 mars 2019

• Today we remember the passing of the great Joe Willie Wilkins (January 7, 1921 or 1923 – March 28, 1979) was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

  27 mars 2019

• March 28th 1958, Buddy Holly kicked off the first night of a 43 date tour at Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.

  27 mars 2019

• 9th July 1946, Born on this day in Forfar, Scotland, Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott), singer with AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.

  08 juillet 2019

• George Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013)

  11 janvier 2021