Celebrating 18 February
Birthdays
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1933 – Yoko Ono, multimedia artist, songwriter, activist, pacifist
1941 – Herman Santiago, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
1945 – Jimmy Jewell, saxophonist, Gallagher and Lyle
1947 – Dennis DeYoung, lead vocalist, Styx
1952 – Juice Newton, country singer/songwriter
1952 – Randy Crawford, jazz and R&B singer
1954 – John Travolta, singer and actor
1958 – Jasper Stainthorpe, bassist, Then Jerico
1964 – Tommy Scott, guitarist, Space
1965 – Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young), rapper and entrepreneur
1968 – Molly Ringwald, actress and jazz singer
1970 – Andy Williams, drummer, Doves
1970 – Jez Williams, guitarist, Doves
1980 – Regina Spektor, singer/songwriter
1982 – Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano opera singer
1994 – J-Hope (Jung Ho-seok), South Korean rapper, BTS
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Died on this day
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1984 – Paul Gardiner, bassist, Tubeway Army (born 1958)
1993 – Patrick Waite, bassist, Musical Youth (born 1968)
1995 – Bob Stinson, guitarist, The Replacements (born 1959)
2013 – Otis Damon Harris, singer, The Temptations (born 1950)
2015 – Willie C. Jackson, tenor singer, The Spaniels (born c1935)
2021 – Prince Markie Dee, American rapper, Fat Boys (born 1968)
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And on this day in...
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1990 – Freddy Mercury made his final public appearance on stage, at the Dominion Theatre, London, when Queen received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
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