MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

Born on this day in 1959 - Morten Harket, vocals, A-Ha, singer, songwriter, A-Ha. With their 1985 single 'Take On Me', A-ha became the first Norwegian group to score a US No.1. and later at…

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…

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…

Born on this day in 1947 - Benjamin Orr bass, vocals, The Cars, who had the 1978 UK No.3 single 'My Best Friend's Girl.' Their 1984 US No.3 & 1985 UK No.4 'Drive' was used…

Born on this day in 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, best known as a founding member of English-American rock band The Pretenders, who had the 1980 UK No.1 single with ‘Brass In Pocket’ and the solo…

Born on this day in 1943 - Roger Waters: singer, songwriter, bassist and co-founder of Pink Floyd. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, over time Waters became the band's principal lyricist. Waters…

Born on this day in 1946 - Billy Preston, US singer, keyboard player. (1973 US No.1 single 'Will It Go Round In Circles', 1978 UK No.2 single with Syreeta 'With You I'm Born Again', and…

On this day in 1983 - Mick Jones, lead guitarist with The Clash was fired by the other three members who claimed he'd 'drifted apart' from the original idea of the group. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ[/embed]xosotin chelseathông tin…

Born on this day in 1957 - British singer and guitarist Glenn Tilbrook, who was a founding member of Squeeze. Some of their best-known songs are 'Tempted', 'Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)', 'Cool for Cats'…

On this day in 1986 - Steve Winwood went to No.1 on the US singles chart with, 'Higher Love', a No.13 hit in the UK. [embed]https://youtu.be/k9olaIio3l8[/embed]xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng…