Celebrating 20 March
Birthdays
1917 – Vera Lynn, singer
1935 – Sam Lay, drummer, Bob Dylan
1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, record producer
1950 – Carl Palmer, drummer, ELP
1951 – Jimmie Vaughan, blues guitarist
1956 – Alphonso Martin, percussionist, Steel Pulse
1959 – Ian Rossiter ("Owen If"), drummer, Stereo MCs
1959 – Richard Drummie, guitarist, Go West
1961 – Slim Jim Phantom (James McDonnell), drummer, Stray Cats
1967 – Ian Shuttleworth, drummer, Terrorvision
1968 – Fredrik Schönfeldt, bassist, The Wannadies
1972 – Shelly Poole, singer, Alisha's Attic
1972 – Alex Kapranos, guitarist, Franz Ferdinand
Died on this day
2015 – A. J. Pero, drummer, Twisted Sister (born 1959)
And on this day in...
1969 – John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1970 – David Bowie married Angie Barnett in Beckenham
1976 – Alice Cooper married Sheryl Goddard in Acapulco