Celebrating 28 February
Birthdays
1941 – Marty Sanders, singer, Jay and the Americans
1943 – Donnie Iris, guitarist, Wild Cherry
1945 – Ronnie Rosman, keyboards, Tommy James & the Shondells
1952 – Ed Manion, saxophonist, Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes
1952 – Arthur Barrow, bassist, Frank Zappa
1957 – Cindy Wilson, singer, B-52s
1957 – Ian Stanley, keyboardist, Tears For Fears
1957 – Phil Gould, drummer, Level 42
1967 – Marcus Lillington, guitarist, Breathe
1969 – Patrick Monahan, vocalist, Train
1971 – Nigel Godrich, record producer
1977 – Jason Aldean, country singer
1986 – Alex Tanas, drummer, MAGIC!
1986 – Mark Spears (Sounwave), producer, songwriter
1994 – Jake Bugg, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1968 – Frankie Lymon, lead singer, The Teenagers (born 1942)
1974 – Bobby Bloom, singer/songwriter (born 1946)
1985 – David Byron, lead singer, Uriah Heep (born 1947)
2005 – Chris Curtis, drummer, The Searchers (born 1941)
2008 – Buddy Miles, drummer, Band of Gypsies (born 1947)
2008 – Mike Smith, keyboardist, Dave Clark Five (born 1943)
2010 – Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, bassist, Hall & Oates (born 1951)
2015 – Maxee, singer, Brownstone (born 1929)
2019 – André Previn, conductor, composer, pianist (born 1929)
2024 – Bob Heil, pioneer audio engineer (born 1940)
2025 – David Johansen, vocalist, New York Dolls (born 1950)
And on this day in...
1983 – U2 released their third album, War
Celebrating 29 February
Birthdays
1940 – Gretchen Christopher, singer, The Fleetwoods
1972 – Saul Williams, rapper
1976 – Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins), rapper
1984 – Mark Foster, vocalist, Foster the People
Died on this day
1996 – Wes Farrell, songwriter and record producer (born 1939)
2012 – Davy Jones, vocalist, The Monkees (born 1945)
2012 – Roland Bautista, guitarist, Earth, Wind and Fire (born 1951)
And on this day in...
1996 – Status Quo sued the BBC for not including their new single in the Radio 1 playlist
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