Celebrating 6 March
Birthdays
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1944 – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, opera singer
1945 – Hugh Grundy, drummer, The Zombies
1946 – David Gilmour, guitarist, Pink Floyd
1946 – Murray Head, singer, actor
1947 – Kiki Dee, singer. Pride of Bradford, our Pauline.
1964 – Stephen Bier, keyboardist, Marilyn Manson
1970 – Betty Boo (Alison Moira Clarkson), singer, songwriter
1974 – Beanie Sigel (Dwight Grant), rapper
1974 – Guy Garvey, singer, Elbow
1984 – Chris Tomson, drummer, Vampire Weekend
1991 – Tyler, The Creator, US rapper
Died on this day
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2005 – Tommy Vance, rock DJ (born 1940)
2009 – David Williams, US session guitarist (born 1950)
2010 – Mark Linkous, guitarist, Sparklehorse (born 1962)
2013 – Alvin Lee, guitarist, Ten Years After (born 1944)
2021 – Lou Ottens, inventor of the cassette tape (born 1926)
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And on this day in...
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1967 – The Beatles added the sound effects (audience talk, screams) to the title track of Sgt Pepper to simulate a live performance
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