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Born on this day in 1948 - Kenney Jones

Born on this day in 1948 - Kenney Jones, drummer, The Small Faces (1967 UK No.3 single 'Itchycoo Park' & 1968 UK No.1 album 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'). The Faces (1972 UK No.6 single 'Stay…
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Born on this day in 1944 - Peter Cetera

Born on this day in 1944 - American singer/bassist Peter Cetera who with Chicago had the 1976 US & UK No.1 single 'If You Leave Me Now'. Cetera left the band in July 1985 and…
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Born on this day in 1952 - Neil Peart

Born on this day in 1952 - Neil Peart, drummer, Rush, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Spirit Of Radio' 1982 US No. 21 single 'New World Man'). Peart was made an Officer of the Order of…
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Born on this day in 1953 - Tommy Shaw

Born on this day in 1953 - American musician, singer, and songwriter Tommy Shaw from Styx who had the 1979 US No.1 & 1980 UK No.6 single 'Babe'. He has played with other groups including…
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Born on this day in 1950 - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry

Born on this day in 1950 - Joe Perry, guitarist with Aerosmith who scored the 1989 UK No.13 single 'Love In An Elevator', and their 1989 album Pump spent 53 weeks on the US charts…
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Born on this day in 1952 - Dave Stewart

Born on this day in 1952 - Dave Stewart, guitarist, songwriter, producer. Member of Longdancer, Tourists, (1979 UK No.4 single 'I Only Want To Be With You'), Eurythmics, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.2 single…
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On this day in 1968 - Eric Clapton Records with The Beatles

On this day in 1968 - Working at Abbey Road studio's in London on George Harrison song 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. Eric Clapton added the guitar solo (and became the first famous outside musician…
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Born on this day in 1946 - Freddie Mercury

Born on this day in 1946 - Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter, record producer with Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant…
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Born on this day in 1951 - Pretenders Drummer, Martin Chambers

Born on this day in 1951 - Martin Chambers, drummer with English-American rock band The Pretenders, who had the 1980 UK No.1 single with ‘Brass In Pocket’ and the 1983 US No.5 single, 'Back On…
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On this day in 1983 - UB40 Scores Their First Number One

On this day in 1983 - UB40 had their first UK No.1 single with 'Red Red Wine'. Taken from their album Labour of Love the song was a cover of the 1968 Neil Diamond hit…
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