Celebrating 4 May
Birthdays
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1944 – Peggy Santiglia, singer, The Angels
1945 – Georg Wadenius, guitarist, Blood, Sweat and Tears
1949 – Zal Cleminson, guitarist, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1951 – Mick Mars, guitarist, Mötley Crüe
1951 – Jackie Jackson, The Jackson 5
1959 – Randy Travis, country singer-songwriter
1961 – Jay Aston, singer, Bucks Fizz
1970 – Gregg Alexander, vocalist, The New Radicals
1972 – Mike Dirnt, bassist, Green Day
1979 – Lance Bass, bass singer, NSYNC
1984 – Ari Levine, songwriter
1998 – Rex Orange County, singer-songwriter
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Died on this day
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1987 – Paul Butterfield, blues vocalist and harmonica (born 1942)
2004 – Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer (born 1932)
2012 – Adam Yauch, bassist, The Beastie Boys (born 1964)
2021 – Nick Kamen, singer-songwriter (born 1962)
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And on this day in...
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1970 – The National Guard shot and killed four students at Kent Sate University, Ohio - famously remembered in Neil Young's Ohio
Page last updated 9 April 2024