Celebrating 14 April
Birthdays
1932 – Loretta Lynn, country singer/songwriter
1942 – Tony Burrows, session pop singer, Edison Lighthouse etc
1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist, Deep Purple
1948 – Larry Ferguson, keyboardist, Hot Chocolate
1948 – June Millington, guitarist, Fanny
1949 – Dennis Bryon, drummer, Amen Corner
1949 – Sonja Kristina, vocalist, Curved Air
1965 – Carl Hunter, bassist, The Farm
1969 – Martyn LeNoble, bassist, Porno for Pyros
1973 – David Miller, tenor, Il Divo
1980 – Win Butler, multi-instrumentalist, Arcade Fire
Died on this day
1983 – Pete Farndon, bassist, The Pretenders (born 1952)
1995 – Burl Ives, folk singer, actor (born 1909)
1999 – Anthony Newley, actor, singer/songwriter (born 1931)
2014 – Armando Peraza, percussionist, Santana (born 1924)
2015 – Percy Sledge, soul and R&B singer (born 1940)
2021 – Rusty Young, pedal-steel guitarist, Poco (born 1946)
And on this day in...
1963 – The Rolling Stones played a gig at The Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, London - and all four Beatles were in the audience