Celebrating 15 January
Birthdays
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1936 – Edward Bivins, vocalist, The Manhattans
1947 – Pete Waterman, producer, songwriter
1951 – Martha Davis, vocalist, The Motels
1951 – Duke Erikson, bassist, Garbage
1951 – Biff Byford, vocalist, Saxon
1952 – Melvyn Gale, cellist, ELO
1952 – Boris Blank, Yello
1959 – Pete Trewavas, bassist, Marillion
1961 – Damian O'Neill, guitarist, The Undertones
1965 – Adam Jones, guitarist, Tool
1967 – Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez), singer, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
1975 – Belinda Chapple, singer, Bardot
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Died on this day
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1992 – Dee Murray, bassist, Elton John (born 1946)
1994 – Harry Nilsson, singer/songwriter (born 1941)
1998 – Junior Wells, Chicago bluesman (born 1934)
2015 – Kim Fowley, producer (born 1939)
2018 – Dolores O'Riordan, singer, The Cranberries (born 1971)
2020 – Chris Darrow, country multi-instrumentalist (born 1944)
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And on this day in...
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1965 – The Who released their first single I Can't Explain
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