Celebrating 7 April
Birthdays
1937 – Charlie Thomas, singer, The Drifters
1943 – Mick Abrahams, guitarist, Blodwyn Pig
1947 – Patricia Bennett, singer, The Chiffons
1948 – Carol Douglas, singer, The Chantels
1948 – John Oates, guitarist, Hall and Oates
1950 – Steve Ellis, singer, Love Affair
1951 – Janis Ian, singer/songwriter
1957 – Simon Climie, lead singer, Climie Fisher
1970 – Pearl Lowe, vocalist, Powder, Lodger
1978 – Duncan James, singer, Blue
1982 – Kelli Young, singer, Liberty X
1984 – Yonah Higgins, singer, Cleopatra
1991 – Anne-Marie (Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson), singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1981 – Kit Lambert, producer & manager, The Who (born 1935)
1994 – Lee Brilleaux, singer, Dr. Feelgood (born 1952)
1998 – Carlos Vega, drummer, James Taylor (born 1956)
2000 – Heinz (Heinz Burt), bassist, The Tornados (born 1942)
2013 – Andy Johns, producer, sound engineer (born 1950)
2016 – Jimmie Van Zant, singer/ songwriter, guitarist (born 1956)
2020 – John Prine, country/folk singer-songwriter (born 1946)
2020 – Steve Farmer, guitarist, The Amboy Dukes (born 1948)
And on this day in...
1962 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time, at the Ealing Jazz Club
1985 – Wham! became the first Western pop group to play in China