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Celebrating 22 January

Birthdays

1949 – Nigel Pegrum, drummer, Steeleye Span

1949 – Steve Perry, singer, Journey

1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff

1965 – (Andrew) Roachford, singer

1965 – Steven Adler, drummer, Guns N' Roses

1981 – Ben Moody, guitarist, Evanescence

Died on this day

1982 – Tommy Tucker, blues singer/songwriter (born 1933)

1994 – Telly Savalas, actor and singer (born 1922)

1994 – Rhett Forrester, singer, Riot (born 1956)

1997 – Billy MacKenzie, singer, The Associates (born 1957)

2002 – Peter Bardens, keyboardist, Camel (born 1944)

2017 – Pete Overend Watts, bassist, Mott The Hoople (born 1947)

2017 – Jaki Liebezeit, drummer, Can (born 1938)

And on this day in...

1967 –  The Beach Boys started recording Pet Sounds

1969 –  The Beatles started recording Get Back

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