Celebrating 29 March
Birthdays
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1940 – Eden Kane (Richard Graham Sarstedt), 60s pop idol
1944 – Terry Jacks, singer/songwriter, environmentalist
1947 – Bobby Kimball, vocalist, Toto
1959 – Perry Farrell, vocalist, Jane's Addiction
1981 – PJ Morton, keyboardist, Maroon 5
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Died on this day
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1980 – Mantovani, orchestra leader (born 1905)
1985 – The Singing Nun (Jeanine Deckers) (born 1933)
2016 – Andy Newman, piano, Thunderclap Newman (born 1942)
2020 – Alan Merrill, guitarist, The Arrows (born 1951)
2020 – Joe Diffie, US country singer-songwriter (born 1958)
2023 – Sweet Charles Sherrell, bassist, James Brown (born 1943)
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And on this day in...
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1980 – Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon notched up its 303rd week on the US album chart, overtaking Carole King's Tapestry
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