Celebrating 30 March
Birthdays
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1945 – Eric Clapton, guitarist, Cream, Blind Faith
1948 – Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, vocalist, Black Oak Arkansas
1949 – Lene Lovich, singer/songwriter
1962 – MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), hip hopster
1964 – Tracy Chapman, singer/songwriter
1965 – Tim Dorney, keyboardist, Republica
1966 – Joey Castillo, drummer, Queens of the Stone Age
1967 – Ace (Martin Kent), guitarist, Skunk Anansie
1968 – Céline Dion, chanteuse
1976 – Mark McClelland, bassist, Snow Patrol
1978 – Simon Webbe, singer, Blue
1979 – Norah Jones, singer/songwriter, pianist
1990 – Thomas Rhett, singer-songwriter
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Died on this day
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2004 – Timi Yuro, blue-eyed soul singer (born 1940)
2013 – Phil Ramone, record producer (born 1934)
2019 – Billy Adams, rockabilly singer-songwriter (born 1940)
2020 – Bill Withers, soul singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2022 – Tom Parker, singer, The Wanted (born 1988)
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And on this day in...
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1967 – The cover photographs were taken for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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