Celebrating 28 January
Birthdays
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1943 – Dick Taylor, guitarist, The Pretty Things
1945 – Robert Wyatt, drummer, Soft Machine, Matching Mole
1946 – Rick Allen, bassist, The Box Tops
1951 – William Nelson, bassist, Funkadelic
1959 – Dave Sharp, guitarist, The Alarm
1968 – DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud), DJ and producer
1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer/songwriter
1975 – Lee Latchford-Evans, singer, Steps
1976 – Rick Ross, rapper
1977 – Joey Fatone, singer, NSYNC
1980 – Nick Carter, singer, Backstreet Boys
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Died on this day
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1983 – Billy Fury, singer (born 1940)
2000 – Thoams Bowles, Motown saxophonist (born 1926)
2003 – Keven Conner, R&B singer, H-Town (born 1974)
2005 – Jim Capaldi, drummer, Traffic (born 1944)
2009 – Billy Powell, keyboardist, Lynyrd Skynyrd (born 1952)
2016 – Paul Kantner, guitarist, Jefferson Airplane (born 1941)
2016 – Signe Toly Anderson, singer, Jefferson Airplane (born 1941)
2017 – Geoff Nicholls, keyboardist, Black Sabbath (born 1948)
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And on this day in...
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1965 – The Who made their UK TV debut on Ready Steady Go!
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