Celebrating 9 March
Birthdays
1942 – John Cale, multi-instrumentalist, Velvet Underground
1942 – Mark Lindsay, lead singer, Paul Revere & the Raiders
1945 – Robin Trower, guitarist, Procol Harum
1946 – Jim Cregan, guitarist, Rod Stewart
1948 – Chris Thompson, guitarist, Manfred Mann Earth Band
1948 – Jeffrey Osborne, soul singer/songwriter
1948 – Jimmie Fadden, drummer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1949 – Trevor Burton, guitarist, The Move
1951 – Frank Rodriguez, keyboardist, ? and the Mysterians
1958 – Martin Fry, vocalist, ABC
1962 – Pete Wishart, keyboardist, Runrig
1968 – Robert Sledge, bassist, Ben Folds Five
1969 – Adam Siegel, guitarist, Infectious Grooves
1970 – Shannon Leto, drummer, Thirty Seconds to Mars
1980 – Chingy (Howard Bailey Jr), rapper
1985 – Wretch 32 (Jermaine Scott), rapper
1987 – Bow Wow (Shad Gregory Moss), rapper
1993 – Suga (Min Yoon-gi), singer, BTS (South Korean boy band)
Died on this day
1997 – The Notorious B.I.G., rapper (born 1972)
2004 – Rust Epique, guitarist, Crazy Town (born 1968)
2005 – Chris LeDoux, country singer/songwriter (born 1948)
2005 – George Scott, singer, Blind Boys of Alabama (born 1929)
2007 – Brad Delp, lead singer, Boston (born 1951)
2020 – Keith Olsen, US record producer (born 1945)
And on this day in...
1970 – Black Sabbath made their concert debut, as Black Sabbath, at the Roundhouse, London
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