Celebrating 24 January
Birthdays
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1939 – Ray Stevens, singer/songwriter
1941 – Aaron Neville, singer, The Neville Brothers
1941 – Neil Diamond, singer/songwriter
1948 – Michael Des Barres, actor, singer, Power Station
1953 – Nigel Glockler, drummer, Saxon
1958 – Jools Holland, keyboardist, Squeeze, and his own band
1963 – Keech Rainwater, drummer, Lonestar
1974 – Chris Hesse, drummer, Hoobastank
1975 – Paul Marazzi, singer, A1
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Died on this day
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1963 – Otto Harbach, lyricist, librettist (born 1873)
1970 – James Sheppard, Shep and the Limelites (born 1935)
1995 – David Cole, songwriter, producer (born 1962)
2017 – Butch Trucks, drummer, Allman Brothers Band (born 1947)
2018 – Mark E. Smith, lead singer, The Fall (born 1957)
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And on this day in...
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1958 – The Quarrymen played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool for the first and only time
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