Celebrating 19 April
Birthdays
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1942 – Alan Price, keyboardist, The Animals
1942 – Eddie Kramer, producer and engineer
1943 – Eve Graham, singer, The New Seekers
1946 – Tim Curry, actor, singer
1947 – Mark Volman, guitarist, The Turtles
1956 – Gary Langan, keyboardist, Art of Noise
1957 – Tony Martin, vocalist, Black Sabbath
1965 – Suge Knight, producer and music company executive
2002 – Loren Gray, singer-songwriter
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Died on this day
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1993 – Steve Douglas, session musician (saxes) (born 1938)
2005 – Richard Lewis, tenor, The Silhouettes (born 1933)
2005 – Bryan Ottoson, American Head Charge (born 1978)
2012 – Levon Helm, drummer, The Band (born 1940)
2012 – Greg Ham, flautist, Men At Work (born 1953)
2021 – Jim Steinman, composer/lyricist (born 1947)
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And on this day in...
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1980 – Brian Johnson of Geordie joined AC/DC, replacing the late Bon Scott
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