MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

Born on this day in 1944: Singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Ric Ocasek from The Cars. Their early hits included 'Just What I Needed', 'My Best Friend's Girl' and 'Good Times Roll'. Their 1984 US…

Born on this day in 1961: "Stray Cat" Slim Jim Phantom, (James McDonnell), drummer with The Stray Cats who spearheaded the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s. They scored the 1980 UK No.9 single 'Runaway…

Born on this day in 1946: Ruth Pointer with R&B singing group The Pointer Sisters who had the 1981 US No.2 single, 'Slow Hand' and the 1984 UK No.2 single 'Automatic'. The Pointer Sisters have…

Born on this day in 1945 - Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, producer, pianist, and co-creator of The Alan Parsons Project Eric Woolfson. He wrote songs for Marianne Faithfull, Frank Ifield, The Tremeloes, Marmalade, Dave Berry,…

Born on this day in 1941 - American guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Kantner from Jefferson Airplane. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, the leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its…

Born on this day in 1954 - Musician, singer, songwriter, Nancy Wilson who with Heart had the 1986 US No.1 single 'These Dreams, and the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0xosotin chelseathông…

This day in 1965 - Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members. Clapton wanted to continue in a blues type vein, while the rest of the band preferred…

This day in 1969: Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office. They then held a reception lunch at The Ritz Hotel, Paul then went to Abbey Road studios in the evening to work.…

This day in 1975: 10cc releases their third album, "The Original Soundtrack". It featured the world wide, multi million selling single 'I'm Not in Love' notable for its innovative and distinctive backing track, composed mostly…

Born on this day in 1947: Multi-instrumentalist Tom Scholz from Boston. Boston have sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million albums in the United States, of which 17 million were from their…