Celebrating 6 April
Birthdays
1941 – Louis Shelton, guitarist, The Wrecking Crew
1944 – John Stax, bassist, The Pretty Things
1947 – Tony Connor, drummer, Hot Chocolate
1951 – Ralph Cooper, drummer, Air Supply
1953 – Christopher Franke, keyboardist, Tangerine Dream
1965 – Black Francis (Charles Thompson), guitarist, The Pixies
1978 – Myleene Klass, singer, Hear'Say
1978 – Robert Glasper, R&B keyboardist, producer
Died on this day
1998 – Wendy O. Williams, vocalist, Plasmatics (born 1949)
1998 – Tammy Wynette, country singer (born 1942)
2004 – Niki Sullivan, guitarist, The Crickets (born 1937)
2016 – Merle Haggard, country singer/songwriter (born 1937)
2019 – Jim Glaser, country guitarist (born 1937)
And on this day in...
1966 – The Beatles started recording Revolver
1968 – Pink Floyd announced Syd Barrett had officially left the group