Celebrating 7 March
Birthdays
1943 – Chris White, bassist, The Zombies
1946 – Matthew Fisher, keyboardist, Procol Harum
1946 – Peter Wolf, vocalist, The J. Geils Band
1952 – Ernie Isley, guitarist, The Isley Brothers
1952 – Jules Shear, singer/songwriter
1962 – Taylor Dayne, pop singer/songwriter
1966 – Paul Davis, keyboardist, Happy Mondays
1967 – Randy Guss, drummer, Toad The Wet Sprocket
1973 – Sébastien Izambard, tenor, Il Divo
1977 – Paul Cattermole, singer, S Club 7
1997 – Josh Dewhurst, guitarist, Blossoms
Died on this day
1966 – Mike Millward, guitarist, The Fourmost (born 1942)
1971 – Harold McNair, saxophonist/flautist (born 1931)
1988 – Gordon Huntley, Matthews Southern Comfort (born 1930)
2000 – Pee Wee King, country musician (born 1914)
And on this day in...
1975 – David Bowie released Young Americans, a single from which, Fame, gave him his first US Number 1