Celebrating 15 March
Birthdays
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1940 – Phil Lesh, bassist, Grateful Dead
1940 – Hughie Flint, drummer, McGuiness Flint
1941 – Mike Love, vocalist, The Beach Boys
1943 – Sly Stone, frontman, Sly and the Family Stone
1945 – David Costell, guitar, Gary Lewis & the Playboys
1946 – Howard E. Scott, guitar, War
1947 – Ry Cooder, guitarist, songwriter, producer
1947 – Frank Lugo, guitarist, ? and the Mysterians
1952 – Howard Devoto, vocalist, Buzzcocks, Magazine
1955 – Dee Snider, singer, Twisted Sister
1955 – Bunny DeBarge, singer, DeBarge
1962 – Steve Coy, drummer, Dead or Alive
1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, singer/songwriter
1963 – Bret Michaels, singer, Poison
1964 – Rockwell (Kenneth Gordy), singer/songwriter
1968 – Mark McGrath, singer, Sugar Ray
1972 – Mark Hoppus, bassist, Blink-182
1975 – Will.i.am, singer, Black Eyed Peas; producer, actor
1977 – Joe Hahn, DJ, Linkin Park
1981 – Young Buck (David Darnell Brown), rapper
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Died on this day
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1994 – Alan Buck, drummer, The Four Pennies (born 1943)
2013 – Hardrock Gunter, pre-rock and roll guitarist (born 1925)
2014 – Scott Asheton, drummer, The Stooges (born 1949)
2015 – Mike Porcaro, bassist, Toto (born 1955)
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And on this day in...
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1955 – Elvis Presley signed a management contract with Colonel Tom Parker
1967 – The Beatles (in reality, only George Harrison) started the recording of Within You, Without You (Sgt Pepper)
1968 – The Rolling Stones started the recording of Beggars Banquet
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Page last updated 21 March 2024