Celebrating 4 February
Birthdays
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1941 – John Steel, drummer, The Animals
1941 – Mike Deasy, jazz & rock guitarist
1942 – Florence LaRue, lead singer, The 5th Dimension
1943 – Denney Walley, guitarist, Frank Zappa
1948 – Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier), singer, Alice Cooper
1950 – James Dunn, singer, The Stylistics
1950 – Phil Ehart, drummer, Kansas
1952 – Jerry Shirley, drummer, Humble Pie
1960 – Tim Booth, singer, James
1962 – Clint Black, country singer/songwriter
1963 – Noodles (Kevin Wasserman), guitarist, The Offspring
1966 – Jonathan Gray, vocalist, The Quireboys
1968 – Steve Queralt, bassist, Ride
1975 – Natalie Imbruglia, singer, actress
1982 – Kimberly Wyatt, singer, Pussycat Dolls
2000 – Gigi Perez, singer/songwriter
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Died on this day
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1975 – Louis Jordan, "The King of the Jukebox" (born 1908)
1982 – Alex Harvey, of his own Sensational band (born 1935)
1983 – Karen Carpenter, The Carpenters (born 1950)
2009 – Lux Interior (E.L. Purkhiser), singer, The Cramps (born 1946)
2009 – Steve Dullaghan, bassist, The Primitives (born 1966)
2013 – Reg Presley, singer, The Troggs (born 1941)
2016 – Maurice White, singer, Earth, Wind and Fire (born 1941)
2021 – Nolan Porter, R&B singer/songwriter (born 1949)
2021 – Gil Saunders, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (born 1952)
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And on this day in...
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2017 – Black Sabbath played the last date of their farewell tour last-ever gig, at the NEC in Birmingham. For a long time this was going to be their last ever-gig, but that turned out to be at Villa Park, Birmingham on 5 July, 2025
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Page last updated 3 February 2026