Celebrating 10 March
Birthdays
1940 – Dean Torrence, singer, Jan and Dean
1947 – Tom Scholz, guitarist and founder, Boston
1954 – Tina Charles, pop/disco singer
1955 – Bunny DeBarge, singer, DeBarge
1962 – Gary Clark, singer, Danny Wilson
1962 – Eliot Lewis, multi-instrumentalist, Average White Band
1963 – Jeff Ament, bassist, Pearl Jam
1963 – Rick Rubin, record producer and founder, Def Jam Records
1964 – Neneh Cherry, singer/songwriter
1964 – Pat Kane, vocalist, Hue and Cry
1966 – Edie Brickell, singer, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
1966 – Dave Krusen, drummer, Pearl Jam
1967 – Suzie Q (Susan Banfield), rapper, Cookie Crew
1972 – Timbaland (Timothy Z. Mosley), rapper
1973 – John LeCompt, guitarist, Evanescence
1977 – Robin Thicke, singer/songwriter, producer
1982 – Jonathan Ansell, tenor singer, G4
1983 – Carrie Underwood, country singer/songwriter
1987 – Emile Sandé, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1988 – Andy Gibb, singer/songwriter (born 1958)
1989 – Dock Green, baritone singer, The Drifters (born 1934)
1997 – Lavern Baker, R&B singer (born 1929)
2002 – Shirley Scott, soul-jazz organist (born 1934)
2004 – Dave Blood, bassist, Dead Milkmen (born 1956)
2005 – Danny Joe Brown, lead singer, Molly Hatchet (born 1951)
2017 – Joni Sledge, singer, Sister Sledge (born 1956)
2019 – Asa Brebner, guitarist, The Modern Lovers (born 1953)
And on this day in...
1964 – Simon and Garfunkel recorded The Sounds Of Silence. The record company subsequently (and without the duo's knowledge)
added electric instruments to the duo's acoustic recording. It became a massive hit the following year.
1977 – The Sex Pistols signed to A&M records. The contract lasted six days.
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