Celebrating 1 April
Birthdays
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1945 – John Barbata, drummer, Jefferson Starship
1947 – Robin Scott, founder, M
1950 – Billy Currie, violinist, synthesizers, Ultravox
1951 – Henry Gross, guitarist, Sha Na Na
1961 – Mark White, guitarist, ABC
1961 – Susan Boyle, singer
1965 – Peter O'Toole, bassist, Hothouse Flowers
1966 – Chris Evans, radio DJ
1971 – Method Man (Clifford Smith), rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
1981 – Hannah Spearritt, singer, S Club 7
1986 – Hillary Scott, singer, Lady Antebellum
1994 – Ella Eyre, singer/songwriter
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Died on this day
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1984 – Marvin Gaye, singer/songwriter (born 1939)
1992 – Nigel Preston, drummer, The Cult (born 1963)
2004 – Paul Atkinson, guitarist, The Zombies (born 1946)
2015 – Cynthia Lennon, Beatle wife (born 1939)
2015 – Dave Ball, guitarist, Procol Harum (born 1950)
2020 – Adam Schlesinger, bassist, Fountains of Wayne (born 1967)
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And on this day in...
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1976 – AC/DC made their live debut in the UK at the Red Cow, Hammersmith
1976 – The Buzzcocks made their live debut in Bolton
2017 – Bob Dylan accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, in Stockholm
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