Celebrating 5 May
Birthdays
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1948 – Bill Ward, drummer, Black Sabbath
1951 – Rex Goh, guitarist, Air Supply
1955 – Roddy Radiation, guitarist, The Specials
1959 – Steve Stevens, guitarist, Billy Idol
1959 – Ian McCulloch, vocalist, Echo & the Bunnymen
1961 – Sean McLuskey, drummer, JoBoxers
1962 – Kevin Mooney, bassist, Adam and the Ants
1962 – Gary Daly, vocalist, China Crisis
1981 – Craig David, singer-songwriter
1988 – Adele, singer-songwriter
1989 – Chris Brown, singer-songwriter
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Died on this day
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1972 – Reverend Gary Davis, blues finger-picker (born 1896)
2015 – Craig Gruber, bassist, Rainbow (born 1951)
2020 – Sweet Pea Atkinson, singer, Was (Not Was) (born 1945)
2020 – Millie Small, singer (born 1946)
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And on this day in...
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1956 – Elvis had his first #1 single (Heartbreak Hotel) and album in the US
1973 – David Bowie had his first #1 UK album, Aladdin Sane
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