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Celebrating 26 October
Birthdays
1946 – Keith Hopwood, guitarist, Herman's Hermits
1951 – Bootsy Collins, bassist, James Brown, Parliament
1952 – David Was, Was Not Was
1953 – Keith Strickland, guitarist, The B-52s
1962 – Steve Wren, drummer, Then Jericho
1963 – Natalie Merchant, singer, 10,000 Maniacs
1966 – Judge Jules, British DJ
1967 – Keith Urban, Antipodean country star
1978 – Mark Barry, singer, BBMak
1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian pop star
1986 – ScHoolboy Q (sic), (Quincy Matthew Hanley), US rapper
Died on this day
1966 – Alma Cogan, singer (born 1932)
1999 – Hoyt Axton, singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2019 – Paul Barrere, guitarist, Little Feat (born 1948)
And on this day in...
1962 – The Rolling Stones made their first demo tape
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