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Celebrating 16 February
Birthdays
1949 – Lyn Paul, singer, The New Seekers
1952 – James Ingram, R&B singer
1958 – Ice-T (Tracy Lauren Marrow), rapper
1961 – Andy Taylor, guitarist, Duran Duran
1962 – Tony Kiley, drummer, Blow Monkeys
1965 – Dave Lombardo, drummer, Slayer
1990 – The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye), singer/songwriter
Died on this day
2004 – Doris Troy, R&B singer, "Mama Soul" (born 1937)
2013 – Stanley Knight, guitarist, Black Oak Arkansas (born 1949)
2015 – Leslie Gore, singer (born 1946)
And on this day in...
1957 – The Six-Five Special first aired on British TV
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