MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

Born on this day in 1947 - Guitar legend Carlos Santana. Santana had the 1977 UK No.11 single 'She's Not There', and their 1999 US No.1 single 'Smooth' spent eleven weeks at No.1, (also No.1…

Born on this day in 1947 - Brian May, guitarist, singer and songwriter with Queen who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which returned to No.1 in 1991. Queen scored over 40 other…

Born on this day in 1938 - Ian Stewart, keyboard player, The Rolling Stones. Stewart was a founding member of the Rolling Stones and was removed from the line-up in May 1963 at the request…

Born on this day in 1946 - American singer Linda Ronstadt who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'You're No Good', and the 1989 UK No.2 single with Aaron Neville, 'Don't Know Much' plus over…

Born on this day in 1945 - Jim Gordon, American drummer, one of the most requested session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gordon co-wrote Layla with Eric Clapton, worked with The Everly Brothers,…

Born on this day in 1942 - Roger McGuinn, guitar, vocals, The Byrds, (1965 US & UK No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'). He was the only member of The Byrds to play on the hit,…

Born on this day in 1943 - Christine McVie, keyboards, vocals, Chicken Shack, and then Fleetwood Mac, who scored the US No.1 single 'Dreams' taken from their worldwide No.1 album Rumours which spent 31 weeks…

Born on this day in 1957 - Peter Murphy, singer songwriter from English post-punk band Bauhaus, who had the 1982 UK No.15 single with their version of the David Bowie song 'Ziggy Stardust'. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrfFHzqGBZI[/embed]xosotin chelseathông…

On this day in 1978 - Gerry Rafferty's album City To City went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off 'Saturday Night Fever', which had been at the top of the charts for almost…

Born on this day in 1940 - Richard Starkey, ( Ringo Starr, ) drums, vocals, Rory Storm, The Beatles. He sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums, The Beatles scored 21 US…