BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1946 - KEITH MOON

Born on this day in 1946 – Keith Moon

Born on this day in 1946 – English drummer Keith Moon. The Who. With The Who he scored the 1965 UK No.2 single ‘My Generation’ plus over 20 other Top 40 hits, 1967 US No.9 single ‘I Can See For Miles’ and rock opera albums ‘Tommy’ & ‘Quadrophenia’. Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a Rolling Stone readers’ poll. Moon died on 7th September 1978 after taking 32 clomethiazole tablets.

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