Celebrating 20 March
Birthdays
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
1965 – Adrian Oxaal, guitarist, James
1967 – Ian Shuttleworth, drummer, Terrorvision
1968 – Fredrik Schönfeldt, bassist, The Wannadies
1972 – Shelly Poole, singer, Alisha's Attic
1972 – Alex Kapranos, guitarist, Franz Ferdinand
1986 – Oscar Görres, record producer, songwriter, musician
1996 – Russ Millions, UK rapper
Died on this day
2015 – A. J. Pero, drummer, Twisted Sister (born 1959)
2020 – Kenny Rogers, country legend (born 1938)
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
Page last updated 16 March 2026