Celebrating 21 February
Birthdays
1939 – Ron Nagle, The Mystery Trend (and now a famous sculptor)
1943 – David Geffen, founder, Asylum Records
1948 – Paul Newton, bassist, Uriah Heep
1949 – Jerry Harrison, keyboardist, Talking Heads
1952 – Jean-Jacques Burnel, bassist, The Stranglers
1958 – Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer/songwriter
1960 – Steve Wynn, guitarist, The Dream Syndicate
1963 – Ranking Roger, vocalist, The Beat
1967 – Michael Ward, guitarist, The Wallflowers
1969 – James Dean Bradfield, guitarist, Manic Street Preachers
1986 – Charlotte Church, singer
1989 – Corbin Bleu, singer
Died on this day
1982 – Murray The K, influential American DJ (born 1922)
2001 – Ronnie Hilton, 50s pop star (born 1926)
2001 – Malcolm Yelvington, rockabilly guitarist (born 1918)
2003 – Tom Glazer, folk singer/songwriter (born 1914)
2004 – Les Gray, lead singer, Mud (born 1946)
And on this day in...
1967 – Pink Floyd started recording their debut LP The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn at Abbey Road Studios, London