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Born on this day in 1944 - Supertramp's Rick Davies
Jul 22, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1944 - Rick Davies, vocalist and keyboardist with Supertramp, who had the 1979 UK No.7 and US No.6 single with 'The Logical Song' and the 1979 US No.1 and UK…
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Born on this day in 1943 - Wings guitarist Henry McCullough
Jul 21, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1943 - Northern Ireland rock guitarist, Henry McCullough. He recorded with Paul McCartney and Wings, featuring on the hit James Bond theme, 'Live and Let Die' and 'My Love', the…
Born on this day in 1947 - Carlos Santana
Jul 20, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1947 - 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 in the…
Born on this day in 1947 - Brian May
Jul 19, 2021 by Bob Ballard
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 1952 - Police drummer Stewart Copeland
Jul 16, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1952 - Multi-instrumentalist and composer Stewart Copeland best known as the drummer for The Police and for his film music soundtracks. He was also a member of Curved Air who…
Born on this day in 1946 - Linda Ronstadt
Jul 15, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1946 - 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 15 other…
Born on this day in 1945 - Drummer Jim Gordon
Jul 14, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1945 - Jim Gordon, 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, The Monkees,…
Born on this day in 1942 - Roger McGuinn
Jul 13, 2021 by Bob Ballard
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 1950 - Kiss drummer Eric Carr
Jul 12, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1950 - Eric Carr, drummer with Kiss. Their 1976 US No 11 album Rock and Roll Over spent 26 weeks on the chart and they had the 1987 UK No.4…
Born on this day in 1959 - Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr
Jul 09, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1959 - Jim Kerr, singer, songwriter with Scottish rock band, Simple Minds, who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', and the 1989 UK No.1 single…
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