Celebrating 31 March
Birthdays
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1934 – Shirley Jones, singer, actress, The Partridge Family
1935 – Herb Alpert, trumpeter, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
1944 – Mick Ralphs, guitarist, Mott The Hoople, Bad Company
1946 – Al Nichol, guitarist, The Turtles
1948 – Thijs van Leer, keyboardist, Focus
1953 – Sean Hopper, keyboardist, Huey Lewis and the News
1954 – Tony Brock, drummer, The Babys
1955 – Angus Young, guitarist, AC/DC
1958 – Paul Ferguson, drummer, Killing Joke
1971 – Julian Deane, guitarist, Toploader
1974 – Stefan Olsdal, bassist, Placebo
1978 – Tony Yayo (Marvin Bernard), rapper, G-Unit
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Died on this day
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1986 – O'Kelly Isley, singer, The Isley Brothers (born 1937)
1995 – Selena, Mexican-American Tejano singer, (born 1971)
2005– Hideaki Sekiguchi, bassist, Guitar Wolf (born 1967)
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And on this day in...
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1958 – Chick Berry released Johnny B. Goode ("All right folks, here's the one it's all about" - The Grateful Dead)
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