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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

Page last updated 8 March 2024

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