Celebrating 12 January
Birthdays
1939 – William Lee Golden, singer, Oak Ridge Boys
1945 – Maggie Bell, vocalist, Stone The Crows
1952 – Ricky Van Shelton, US country musician
1954 – Felipe Rose, singer, the Village People
1959 – Blixa Bargeld, guitarist, The Bad Seeds
1959 – Per Gessle, guitarist, Roxette
1963 – Guy Chambers, songwriter
1970 – Raekwon, rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
1970 – Zach de la Rocha, singer, Rage Against The Machine
1974 – Melanie C, Spice Girl
1975 – Jason Freese, US session musician, producer
1991 – Pixie Lott, singer, actress
1993 – Zayne Malik, singer, One Direction
1996 – Ella Henderson, s9inger/songwriter
Died on this day
1983 – Rebop Kwaku Baah, percussionist, Traffic (born 1944)
2003 – Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees (born 1949)
2004 – Randy VanWarmer, singer/songwriter (born 1955)
2022 – Ronnie Spector, lead singer, The Ronettes (born 1943)
And on this day in...
1969 – Led Zeppelin released in the UK