Celebrating 20 January
Birthdays
1945 – Eric Stewart, guitarist/keyboardist, 10cc
1946 – Jimmy Chambers, singer, Londonbeat
1947 – George Grantham, drummer, Poco
1951 – Ian Hill, bassist, Judas Priest
1952 – Paul Stanley, guitarist, Kiss
1959 – Rusty Anderson, guitarist, Paul McCartney
1965 – Heather Small, singer, M People
1965 – Greg Kriesel, bassist, The Offspring
1969 – Nicky Wire, bassist, Manic Street Preachers
1969 – Tina O'Neill, drummer, Fuzzbox
1971 – Gary Barlow, Take That
1977 – Sid Wilson, turntablist, Slipknot
1979 – Rob Bourdon, drummer, Linkin Park
1979 – Will Young, singer
1980 – Matthew Tuck, guitarist, Bullet For My Valentinet
1981 – Nathan Connolly, guitarist, Snow Patrol
Died on this day
1965 – Alan Freed, pioneering rock 'n roll DJ (born 1921)
1999 – Bill Albaugh, drummer, The Lemon Pipers (born 1948)
2000 – Ray Jones, bassist, The Dakotas (born 1939)
2006 – Johnny Bienstock, music industry executive (born 1922)
2012 – Etta James, blues/soul/jazz singer (born 1938)
2022 – Meat Loaf, singer, actor, performer (born 1947)
And on this day in...
1967 – The Monkees' TV show aired in the UK for the first time
1982 – Ozzy Osbourne ate that bat, at a gig in Des Moines, Iowa
1988 – The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame