Celebrating 7 January
Birthdays
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1944 – Mike McGear, singer, The Scaffold​
1946 – Andy Brown, drummer, The Fortunes
1946 – Jann Wenner, founder, Rolling Stone magazine
1948 – Kenny Loggins, singer/songwriter, Loggins and Messina
1959 – Kathy Valentine, bassist, The Go-Go's
1965 – Five For Fighting (John Ondrasik), singer/songwriter
1972 – Tom Simpson, keyboardist, Snow Patrol
1972 – Taja Sevelle, singer/songwriter
1974 – John Rich, bassist, Lonestar
1979 – Aloe Blacc, rapper
1986 – Jinxx (Jeremy Miles Ferguson), guitarist, Black Veil Brides
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Died on this day
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1964 – Cyril Davies, British blues pioneer, harmonica (born 1932)
1980 – Larry Williams, R&B singer (born 1935)
1998 – Owen Bradley, producer, the Nashville sound (born 1915)
2001 – James Carr, R&B singer (born 1942)
2016 – Troy Shondell, pop singer (born 1939)
2020 – Neil Peart, drummer, Rush (born 1952)
2022 – R. Dean Taylor, Motown songwriter/producer (born 1939)
2024 – Tony Clarkin, guitarist, Magnum (born 1946)
2025 – Peter Yarrow, Peter, Paul and Mary (born 1938)
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And on this day in...
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1955 – Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets enters the British charts for the first time
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