MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

On this day in 1979: Sony introduced the Walkman, the first portable audio cassette player. Over the next 30 years they sold over 385 million Walkmans in cassette, CD, mini-disc and digital file versions, and…

Born on this day in 1945: Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter, and actress with Blondie who scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 No.1 single 'Heart Of Glass' and the 1978 world-wide No.1 album…

Born on this day in 1944: Glenn Shorrock, from Australian group, Little River Band who scored the 1978 US No.3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles selling more than 30 million records.…

Born on this day in 1953: Men At Work singer Colin Hay, who along with the group scored top 10 hits "Who Can It Be Now", "Down Under", "It's a Mistake" and "Overkill". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqqnPY54h4xosotin chelseathông…

Born on this day in 1955: Mick Jones, guitarist, singer with The Clash, who had the 1979 UK No. 11 single London Calling and the 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah. Their 1991…

Born on this day in 1952: Tim Finn, singer, songwriter, from New Zealand group Split Enz who had the 1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'. Split Enz had ten albums (including seven studio albums)…

Born on this day in 1944: English rock guitar legend Jeff Beck. Beck replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds, and as a solo artist, he released the 1967 single 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining', before forming The…

Born on this day in 1940: Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months (January 1960 - June 1961). Sutcliffe was living in Hamburg, Germany at the time of his death, he died…

Born on this day in 1948: American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer Todd Rundgren. Member of Nazz and Utopia. Had the solo 1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The Light'.…

Born on this day in 1950 - Ann Wilson, from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0xosotin chelseathông…