Celebrating 26 March
Birthdays
1944 – Diana Ross, singer, The Supremes
1948 – Richard Tandy, keyboardist, ELO
1948 – Steven Tyler, singer, Aerosmith
1949 – Fran Sheehan, bassist, Boston
1955 – Martin Price, keyboardist, 808 State
1957 – Paul Morley, music journalist
1959 – Chris Whitten, session drummer
1968 – James Jonas Iha, guitarist, Smashing Pumpkins
1968 – Kenny Chesney, country singer/songwriter
1971 – John Hendy, singer, East 17
1981 – Jay Sean (Kamaljit Singh Jhooti), singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1976 – Duster Bennett, blues singer (born 1946)
1980 – John Poulos, drummer, The Buckinghams (born 1947)
1995 – Eazy-E (Eric Lynn Wright), rapper, N.W.A. (born 1964)
2002 – Randy Castillo, drummer, Ozzy Osbourne (born 1950)
2004 – Jan Berry, singer, Jan and Dean (born 1941)
2005 – Paul Hester, drummer, Crowded House (born 1959)
2006 – Nikki Sudden, guitarist, Swell Maps (born 1956)
And on this day in...
1980 – The Police became the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India for over ten years