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Born on this day in 1945 - Deborah Harry
Jul 01, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1945 - Deborah Harry, American singer, songwriter, and actress with Blondie who scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single 'Heart Of Glass' and the…
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Born on this day in 1944 - Little River Band singer Glenn Shorrock
Jun 30, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1944 - Glenn Shorrock, from Australian group, Little River Band who scored the 1978 US No.3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles selling more than 30 million…
Born on this day in 1953 - Men At Work's Colin Hay
Jun 29, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1953 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian musician with Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single 'Down Under'). Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff…
Born on this day in 1943 - Procol Harum drummer, Bobby Harrison
Jun 28, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1943 - Bobby Harrison, drummer with Procol Harum, who had the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' (one of the few singles to have…
Born on this day in 1954 - Toto's David Paich
Jun 25, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1954 - American keyboardist, singer, composer, recording producer David Paich who with Toto had the 1983 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Africa'. Paich played on various Michael Jackson songs…
Born on this day in 1944 - Jeff Beck
Jun 24, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1944 - English rock guitarist Jeff Beck. He replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. As a solo artist, he released the 1967 single 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining', before forming The Jeff…
Born on this day in 1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe
Jun 23, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months (January 1960 - June 1961). Sutcliffe was living in Hamburg, Germany at the time of his death, he…
Born on this day in 1948 - Todd Rundgren
Jun 22, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1948 - American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer Todd Rundgren. Member of Nazz and Utopia. Had the solo 1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The…
Born on this day in 1944 - Ray Davies
Jun 21, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1944 - English musician Ray Davies, singer, songwriter with The Kinks, who had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single…
Born on this day in 1942 - Paul McCartney
Jun 18, 2021 by Bob Ballard
Born on this day in 1942 - Paul McCartney - The most successful rock composer of all time. McCartney first met John Lennon on July 6th 1957, who was impressed that Paul could tune a…
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