Celebrating 3 April
Birthdays
1938 – Jeff Barry, songwriter
1944 – Tony Orlando, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn
1949 – Richard Thompson, guitarist, Fairport Convention
1962 – Simon Raymonde, bassist/keyboardist, Cocteau Twins
1962 – Mike Ness, guitarist, Social Distortion
1968 – Sebastian Bach, singer, Skid Row
1968 – Jamie Hewlett, co-creator, Gorillaz
1970 – Mathew Priest, drummer, Dodgy
1985 – Leona Lewis, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1990 – Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer (born 1924)
1999 – Lionel Bart, songwriter and composer (born 1930)
2001 – Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey, Chicago bluesman (born 1927)
2002 – Fad Gadget (Frank Tovey), avant-gardiste (born 1956)
2003 – Homer Banks, songwriter, producer (born 1941)
2006 – Martin Gilks, drummer, The Wonder Stuff (born 1965)
2015 – Bob Burns, drummer, Lynyrd Skynyrd (born 1950)
2019 – Shawn Smith, singer, Brad, Satchel (born 1965)
And on this day in...
1960 – Elvis recorded It's Now Or Never, Fever, and Are You Lonesome Tonight
1964 – Bob Dylan made his first appearance in the British charts with The Times They Are A-Changin