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Born on this day in 1945: Sweet's Brian Connolly

Born on this day in 1945: Brian Connolly, singer with English group Sweet, who had the hits 'Little Willy', 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run', and 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. Connolly died of kidney and…
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Born on this day in 1950: Mike Rutherford

Born on this day in 1950: Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single 'Invisible Touch', 1992 UK No.7 single 'I Can't Dance' & 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US…
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Born on this day in 1948: Shocking Blue lead singer Mariska Veres

Born on this day in 1948: Mariska Veres, singer of the Dutch group Shocking Blue, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Venus'). Mariska passed away on Dec 2nd 2006 at the age of 59.…
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Born on this day in 1947: Marc Bolan

Born on this day in 1947: Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld), English guitarist, singer, songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex. Bolan was one of the pioneers of…
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Born on this day in 1948: Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner

Born on this day in 1948: Grand Funk Railroad singer/guitarist/songwriter Mark Farner. Grand Funk had the US No.1 single with their version of 'The Loco-Motion' which was produced by Todd Rundgren. They were the most…
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Born on this day in 1950: 10cc drummer Paul Burgess

Born on this day in 1950 - 10cc drummer Paul Burgess. Burgess started playing drums in 1965 and joined 10cc on their 1973 UK tour and subsequently played with the band on most of their…
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Born on this day in 1945: Average White Band's Onnie Mcintyre

Born on this day in 1945: Onnie Mcintyre, guitarist from Scottish funk and R&B group the Average White Band who scored the 1975 US No.1 and UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISLeHByD-Ixosotin chelseathông…
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Born on this day in 1942: Linda McCartney

Born on this day in 1942 - Linda McCartney, (Linda Eastman). Wife of Paul McCartney. Photographer, animal rights campaigner, launched her own brand of vegetarian food. Played keyboards with Wings and solo McCartney records. 1971…
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Born on this day in 1949: Bruce Springsteen

Born on this day in 1949: Bruce Springsteen, 'The Boss', who had the 1985 hit  'Dancing In The Dark', the 1994 hit 'Streets of Philadelphia', and many others. His most successful studio albums, Born in…
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Born on this day in 1951: David Coverdale

Born on this day in 1951: David Coverdale, English rock singer with Whitesnake who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.9 single 'Here I Go Again'). Coverdale was also the lead singer of Deep…
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