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Celebrating 18 April
Birthdays
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1939 – Glen Hardin, pianist, Elvis Presley
1940 – Mike Vickers, saxophonist, Manfred Mann
1958 – Andy Kyriacou, drummer, Modern Romance
1958 – Les Pattinson, bassist, Echo and the Bunnymen
1962 – Shirlie Holliman, singer, Pepsi & Shirlie
1964 – Bez (Mark Berry), mascot, Happy Mondays
1970 – Greg Eklund, drummer, Everclear
1974 – Mark Tremonti, guitarist, Creed
Died on this day
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1991 – Martin Hannett, record producer (born 1948)
1996 – Bernard Edwards, bassist, Chic (born 1952)
2012 – Dick Clark, TV personality (born 1929)
2013 – Storm Thorgerson, graphic designer (born 1944)
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And on this day in...
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1985 – Wham! became the first Western pop act to have an LP released in China
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