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• July 1st 1915, Born on this day, Willie Dixon, blues singer, guitarist, 'the poet laureate of the blues'.

  30 juin 2019

• 4 JANUARY 1955 Talk Talk leader Mark Hollis is born in London.

  03 janvier 2021

• March 9th 1964, The Beatles filmed the last day of train scenes for the movie A Hard Day's Night. During their six days of filming aboard a moving train, The Beatles travelled a total of 2,500 miles on the rails.

  08 mars 2019

• March 9th 1945, Born on this day, Robin Trower, guitarist, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 single & US No.5 ' 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'' & three top 20 solo albums).

  08 mars 2019

• March 9th1948, Born on this day, Chris Thompson, vocals, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, (1976 UK No.6 single 'Blinded By The Light', a US No.1 in 1977).

  08 mars 2019

• March 9th 1966, The Beach Boys started recording 'God Only Knows'. It became a UK No.2 single in 1966 and the B-side of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' in the US.

  08 mars 2019

• 9 MARCH 1942 Experimental musician John Cale (of Velvet Underground) is born in Wales.

  08 mars 2019

• 9th March 1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album.

  08 mars 2019

• June 5th 1964, The Rolling Stones played their first-ever live date in the US when they appeared at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California. The Stones were supporting their first album release The Rolling Stones, in North America.

  04 juin 2021

• March 8th 1958, Born on this day, Gary Numan, singer with Tubeway Army who had the 1979 UK No.1 single 'Are Friends Electric'. As a solo artist had the 1979 UK No.1 & 1980 US No.9 single 'Cars' plus 18 other UK Top 40 singles.

  07 mars 2019

• March 8th 1968, Born on this day, Shawn Mullins, US male singer, songwriter who had the 1999 UK No.9 single 'Lullaby'.

  07 mars 2019

• March 8th 1969, The Small Faces split up after singer Steve Marriott announced he was leaving the band. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones linked up withRonnie Wood and Rod Stewart and formed The Faces.

  07 mars 2019

• Today we remember the passing of the great Ronald Charles McKernan, nicknamed "Pigpen" (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), a founding member of the Grateful Dead.

  07 mars 2019

• March 8th 1957, Born on this day, Clive Burr, drummer with UK Rock group Iron Maiden who had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'. Burr died on 13th March 2013 at the age of 56.

  07 mars 2019

• 8th March 1965, Bob Dylan's single Subterranean Homesick Blues was released in the US. The lead track from his Bringing It All Back Home album, gave Dylan his first top 40 hit.

  07 mars 2019

• June 30th 1949, Born on this day, Andy Scott, guitar, Sweet, (1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles). Sweet scored four top-ten hits in the US: Little Willy, Ballroom Blitz, Fox On The Run, and Love Is Like Oxygen.

  29 juin 2019

• Happy birthday Glenn Barrie Shorrock (born 30 June 1944) an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band, and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo performer.

  29 juin 2019

• January 3rd 1926, Born on this day, Sir George Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician.

  02 janvier 2021

• 3 JANUARY 1945 Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and later, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, is born in Dallas, Texas. As a solo artist, he has a hit with his 1970 single "Love The One You're With."

  02 janvier 2021

• October 21st 1940, Born on this day, Manfred Mann, keyboard player with Manfred Mann, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy').

  20 octobre 2021

• 21 OCTOBER 1957 Steve Lukather (guitarist for Toto) is born in San Fernando Valley, California.

  20 octobre 2021

• Today we remember the passing of the great Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20, 1951 – January 2, 1997) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.

  01 janvier 2021

• 2 JANUARY 2019 Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille dies at 76.

  01 janvier 2021

• Happy birthday Walter Trout (born March 6, 1951, Ocean City, New Jersey, United States)

  05 mars 2019

• March 6th 1965, The Temptations went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned song 'My Girl', making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown, The single only reached No.43 in the UK but made No.2 when re-issued.

  05 mars 2019