Celebrating 7 November
Birthdays
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1942 – Johnny Rivers, US singer, songwriter, producer
1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer/songwriter
1951 – Kevin Scott MacDonald, guitarist, Cutting Crew
1954 – Robin Beck, UK singer
1960 – Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist, Kiss
1963 – Clint Mansell, guitarist, Pop Will Eat Itself
1964 – Liam O'Maonlai, vocalist/guitarist, Hothouse Flowers
1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, vocalist, Texas
1967 – David Guetta, French DJ
1970 – Neil Hannon, singer, Divine Comedy (& cricket nut)
1971 – Robin Finck, guitarist, Nine Inch Nails, Guns N' Roses.
1978 – Mark Daniel Read, vocalist, A1
1988 – Tinie Tempah, rapper
1996 – Lorde, NZ singer/songwriter
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Died on this day
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2016 – Leonard Cohen, troubador, poet, novelist (born 1934)
2017 – Paul Buckmaster, composer, arranger (born 1946)
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And on this day in...
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1967 – Elton John and Bernie Taupin signed a deal with DJM Publishing (with their parents witnessing, as both were under 21 at the time and not old enough to execute a legal contract). The rest is history....