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Celebrating 9 April
Birthdays
1948 – Philip Wright, drummer, Paper Lace
1961 – Mark Kelly, keyboardist, Marillion
1977 – Gerard Way, lead singer, My Chemical Romance
1978 – Rachel Stevens, singer, S Club 7
1980 – Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist, The Strokes
1987 – Jesse McCartney, singer/songwriter, actor
Died on this day
1976 – Phil Ochs, protest singer/songwriter (born 1940)
1988 – Dave Prater, baritone singer, Sam & Dave (born 1937)
1988 – Brook Benton, singer/songwriter (born 1931)
1997 – Mae Boren Axton, songwriter (born 1914)
2002 – Juno Lewis, jazz composer, percussionist (born 1931)
2009 – Randy Cain, singer, The Delfonics (born 1945)
And on this day in...
1965 – Bruce Johnston joins The Beach Boys, initially as a touring replacement for Brian Wilson
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