Celebrating 15 April
Birthdays
1933 – Roy Clark, country singer/musician
1939 – Marty Wilde, rock 'n roll singer
1944 – Dave Edmunds, guitarist, Rockpile
1962 – Nick Kamen, pop singer
1965 – Oscar Harrison, drummer, Ocean Colour Scene
1965 – Linda Perry, singer, 4 Non Blondes
1965 – Graeme Clark, bassist, Wet Wet Wet
1966 – Samantha Fox, pop singer
1967 – Frankie Poullain, bassist, The Darkness
1969 – Ed O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead
1978 – Chris Stapleton, country singer/songwriter
1978 – Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer/songwriter
1980 – Patrick Carney, drummer, The Black Keys
1988 – Eliza (Eliza Sophie Caird), singer
Died on this day
2001 – Joey Ramone, vocalist, The Ramones (born 1951)
2005 – John Fred Gourrier, of His Playboy Band (born 1941)
And on this day in...
1967 – Frank and Nancy Sinatra went to No 1 in the US with Somethin' Stupid - still the only father/daughter act to have a No 1