Celebrating 7 May
Birthdays
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1943 – Rick Westwood, guitarist, the Tremeloes
1945 – Christy Moore, guitarist, Planxty
1946 – Thelma Houston, soul singer
1946 – Bill Danoff, singer-songwriter, Starland Vocal Band
1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, drummer, The Grateful Dead
1948 – Pete Wingfield, singer-songwriter, producer
1950 – Prairie Prince, drummer, The Tubes
1955 – Steve Diggle, guitarist, The Buzzcocks
1956 – Anne Dudley, composer, arranger, The Art of Noise
1961 – Phil Campbell, guitarist, Motörhead
1968 – Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer
1986 – Matt Helders, drummer, Arctic Monkeys
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Died on this day
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1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, singer-songwriter (born 1941)
2011 – John Maus, The Walker Brothers (born 1943)
2022 – Mickey Gilley, country singer (born 1936)
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And on this day in...
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1968 – Reg Dwight became Elton John - the name is taken from Elton Dean and Long John Baldry, his bandmates in Bluesology.
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