Celebrating 8 October
Birthdays
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1940 – Fred Cash, The Impressions
1941 – Dave Arbus, violinist, East of Eden
1945 – Butch Rillera, drummer, Redbone
1945 – Ray Royer, guitarist, Procol Harum
1947 – Sheila Ferguson, singer, The Three Degrees
1947 – Tony Wilson, bassist, Hot Chocolate
1949 – Hamish Stuart, guitarist, Average White Band
1949 – Harry Bowens, vocalist, Was Not Was
1959 – James Johnstone, guitarist, Pigbag
1967 – Teddy Riley, US record producer, multi-instrumentalist
1985 – Bruno Mars, sunger-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Died on this day
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2013 – Philip Chevron, guitarist, The Pogues (born 1957)
2015 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer/songwriter (born 1951)
2020 – Brian Locking, bassist, The Shadows (born 1938)
2021 – Byron Allred, keyboards, Steve Miller Band (born 1948)
2021 – Everett Morton, drummer, The Beat (born 1950)
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And on this day in...
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1988 – Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon finally dropped out of Billboard's Top 200 Album chart, after 741 weeks