Celebrating 22 March
Birthdays
1943 – George Benson, jazz guitarist
1946 – Harry Vanda, guitarist, The Easybeats, and songwriter
1947 – Patrick Olive, bassist, Hot Chocolate
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer and impresario
1957 – Stephanie Mills, singer/songwriter, actress
1958 – Pete Wylie, guitarist, Wah!
1963 – Susanne Sulley, vocalist, The Human League
1966 – Max Richter, postminimalist composer
1968 – Mickey Dale, keyboardist, Embrace
1968 – Arve Henriksen, Norwegian jazz trumpeter
1970 – Andreas Johnson, pop/rock singer/songwriter
1973 – Beverley Knight, English R&B singer and actress
1979 – Aaron North, guitarist, The Icarus Line
1980 – Shannon Bex, singer, Danity Kane
1981 – Shawn Mims, rapper
1986 – Amy Studt, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1986 – Mark Dinning, 50s/60s pop singer (born 1933)
1994 – Dan Hartman, singer/songwriter, producer (born 1950)
1996 – Don Murray, drummer, The Turtles (born 1945)
1996 – Billy Williamson, Bill Haley and his Comets (born 1925)
2001 – Earl T. Beal, singer, The Silhouettes (born 1924)
2005 – Rod Price, guitarist, Foghat (born 1947)
2016 – Phife Dawg (Malik Izaak Taylor), rapper (born 1970)
2020 – Julie Felix, American singer/songwriter (born 1938)
2023 – Tom Leadon, guitarist, Mudcrutch (born 1952)
And on this day in...
1965 – Bob Dylan released Bringing It All Back Home, his fifth studio album
1967 – The Who played their first US gig at New York's 58th Street Theatre
1974 – Eagles released On The Border, their third studio album
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