Celebrating 10 April
Birthdays
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1939 – Ricky Valance, 60s pop singer
1947 – Karl Russell, singer, The Hues Corporation
1947 – Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston), percussionist, The Wailers
1948 – Fred Smith, bassist, Television
1950 – Burke Shelley, bassist, Budgie
1953 – Terre Roche, singer, The Roches
1957 – Steve Gustafson, bassist, 10,000 Maniacs
1959 – Brian Setzer, guitarist, Stray Cats
1960 – Katrina Leskanich, singer, Katrina and the Waves
1963 – Mark Oliver Everett, multi-instrumentalist, Eels
1964 – Reni (Alan Wren), drummer, The Stone Roses
1968 – Diid Osman, bassist, Sleeper
1969 – Mike Mushok, guitarist, Staind
1970 – Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed), rapper
1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer
1980 – Bryce Dane Soderberg, bassist, Lifehouse
1981 – Liz McClarnon, singer, Atomic Kitten
1983 – Andrew Dost, keyboardist, Fun
1984 – Mandy Moore, singer/songwriter, actress
Died on this day
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1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist, The Beatles (born 1940)
2003 – Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd), pop singer (born 1943)
2003 – Noel Fox, singer, Oak Ridge Boys (born 1939)
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And on this day in...
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1967 – Marvin Gaye recorded his version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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