Celebrating 17 October
Birthdays
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1941 – Alan Howard, bassist, The Tremeloes
1941 – Jim Seals, Seals & Croft
1946 – Jim Tucker, guitarist, The Turtles
1947 – Michael McKean, actor/musician (Spinal Tap)
1958 – Alan Jackson, American country singer/songwriter
1962 – Anne Rogers, bassist, The Popinjays
1967 – Rene Dif, Aqua
1968 – Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
1972 – Eminem
1972 – Wyclef Jean, The Fugees
1977 – Chris Kirkpatrick, NSYNC
Died on this day
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1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, TV hostsinger (born 1919)
1999 – Thomas Durden, lyricist (Heartbreak Hotel) (born 1919)
2001 – Jay Livingston, American songwriter (born 1915)
2002 – Derek Bell, The Chieftains (born 1935)
2007 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)
2008 – Levi Stubbs, The Four Tops (born 1936)
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And on this day in...
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1962 – The Beatles made their TV debut in Manchester