Celebrating 21 March
Birthdays
1941 – John Boylan, songwriter and record producer
1945 – Rose Stone, singer, Sly and the Family Stone
1946 – Ray Dorset, guitarist, Mungo Jerry
1949 – Eddie Money, singer/songwriter
1950 – Roger Hodgson, keyboardist, Supertramp
1951 – Conrad Lozano, bassist, Los Lobos
1951 – Russell Thompkins Jr, lead singer, The Stylistics
1953 – Robert Johnson, drummer, KC and the Sunshine Band
1956 – Guy Chadwick, guitarist, The House of Love
1958 – Jonathan Norton, percussionist
1967 – Jonas Berggren, guitarist, Ace of Base
1967 – Maxim (Keith Palmer), singer, Prodigy
1967 – Sean Dickson, lead singer, The Soup Dragons
1977 – Mark Hamilton, bassist, Ash
1980 – Deryck Whibley, guitarist, Sum 41
1989 – Rochelle Humes, singer, The Saturdays
Died on this day
1991 – Leo Fender, inventor, guitar designer (born 1909)
2015 – Jackie Trent, singer/songwriter (born 1940)
And on this day in...
1961 – The Beatles played their first ever evening gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool