Celebrating 3 February ("the day the music died")
Birthdays
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1940 – Angelo D'Aleo, doo-wop singer, The Belmonts
1943 – Eric Haydock, bassist, The Hollies
1946 – Stan Webb, guitarist, Chicken Shack
1947 – Dave Davies, guitarist, The Kinks
1947 – Melanie (Safka), singer/songwriter
1956 – Lee Ranaldo, guitarist, Sonic Youth
1959 – Lol Tolhurst, drummer/keyboardist, The Cure
1970 – Richie Kotzen, guitarist, Mr Big
1977 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican rapper
1990 – Sean Kingston, Jamaican rapper
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Died on this day
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1959 – Buddy Holly, rock 'n roll singer/songwriter (born 1936)
1959 – The Big Bopper (J.P.Richardson) (born 1930)
1959 – Ritchie Valens, Chicano music pioneer (born 1941)
1967 – Joe Meek, record producer (born 1929)
1999 – Gwen Guthrie, soul singer (born 1950)
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And on this day in...(our court reporter writes)
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1999 – Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and John Keeble of Spandau Ballet were suing Gary Kemp for unpaid publishing royalties
2002 – A tape surfaced allegedly showing R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl - he denied the man was him - he was cleared of this and other charges in 2008
2004 – P. Diddy settled a court case brought by his driver after PD and Jennifer Lopez had fled a New York club after a shooting incident - the driver had subsequenty been arrested for driving offences
2007 – Wayne Fontana, he of Mindbender fame, was arrested on charges of arson, having set fire to a bailiff's car, while the bailiff was still in it - already facing other court charges, he was later held under the Mental Health Act. But still going strong today.
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