Celebrating 14 March
Birthdays
1933 – Quincy Jones Jr., record producer, composer
1943 – Jim Pons, bassist, The Turtles
1945 – Walter Parazaider, saxophonist, Chicago
1945 – James O'Rourke, guitar, John Fred and his Playboy Band
1947 – Jona Lewie, singer/songwriter
1956 – Patrick Leonard, US songwriter, composer
1956 – Chris Redburn, bassist, Kenny
1962 – Steve Lambert, singer, Roman Holiday
1969 – Michael Bland, drummer, Prince
1970 – Kristian Bush, guitar/vocals, Sugarland
1983 – Taylor Hanson, keyboards, Hanson
1986 – Este Haim, bassist, Haim
1988 – Mark Falgren, drummer, Lukas Graham
1989 – Colby O'Donis, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1970 – Mary Ann Ganser, singer, The Shangri-Las (born 1948)
1972 – Linda Jones, soul singer (born 1944)
1991 – Doc Pomus, blues singer/songwriter (born 1925)
2011 – Ronnie Hammond, Atlanta Rhythm Section (born 1950)
2014 – Gary Burger, guitarist, The Monks (born 1942)
2020 – Genesis P-Orridge, singer, Throbbing Gristle (born 1950)
2020 – Phil Phillips, US singer-songwriter (born 1926)
And on this day in...
1964 – For the first time ever, the UK Top 10 singles were all by British acts
1982 – Metallica made their live debut, in Anaheim, CA
1983 – Bon Jovi was formed
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