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Born on this day in 1950: Blondie guitarist Chris Stein

Born on this day in 1950: Chris Stein co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. They scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single 'Heart Of Glass' and…
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Born on this day in 1955: Talk Talk's Mark Hollis

Born on this day in 1955: Mark Hollis, English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band…
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Born on this day in 1947: Burton Cummings

Born on this day in 1947: Burton Cummings, singer and songwriter from Canadian rock band The Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single 'American Woman', as well as a long…
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Born on this day in 1947: ELO's Jeff Lynne

Born on this day in 1947: English songwriter, singer, record producer Jeff Lynne, who was a member of Idle Race, then The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'. He co-founded ELO…
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Born on this day in 1942: The Band's Rick Danko

Born on this day in 1942: Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, Rick Danko, member of The Hawks ( Ronnie Hawkins's backing group), and The Band who went on to release ten studio albums. Bob…
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Born on this day in 1950: Alex Chilton

Born on this day in 1950: Alex Chilton, guitar, vocals, with The Box Tops who had the 1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'The Letter'. He formed Big Star in 1971. In the 1980s…
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Born on this day in 1951: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk

Born on this day in 1951: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, who played bass for nearly 30 years with Hall and Oates. He had also recorded with Carly Simon, Jellyfish, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin and Billy…
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On this day in 1989: Phil Collins hits number one

On this day in 1989: Phil Collins started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Another Day In Paradise', his 7th US solo No.1. Taken from his No.1 album ...But…
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Born on this day in 1948: Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen

Born on this day in 1948: Rick Nielsen, singer, guitarist from American rock band, Cheap Trick, who had the 1979 hit single 'I Want You To Want Me', and the 1988 US No.1 single 'The…
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Born on this day in 1951: Nick Gilder

Born on this day in 1951 - Nick Gilder, singer with the group Sweeney Todd, and also scoring the 1978 US No.1 hit 'Hot Child In The City'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaI72P6RqG4xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ…
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