Celebrating 5 November
Birthdays
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1941 – Art Garfunkel, singer
1943 – Pablo Gomez, drummer, Los Bravos
1947 – Peter Noone, Herman, of his Hermits
1948 – Peter Hammill, co-founder, Van der Graaf Generator
1956 – Helen O'Hara, violinist, Dexy's Midnight Runners
1957 – David Moyse, guitarist, Air Supply
1957 – Mike Score, guitarist/singer, A Flock Of Seagulls
1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer/songwriter
1960 – Ken Coomer, drummer, Wilco
1965 – Paris Grey, American singer
1968 – Mark Hunter, keyboardist, James
1971 – Jonny Greenwood, keyboardist/guitarist, Radiohead
1974 – Ryan Adams, US singer-songwriter
1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, singer, Steps
1987 – Kevin Jonas, singer, The Jonas Brothers
2002 – Jawsh 685, Kiwi beatmaker and record producer
Died on this day
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1960 – Johnny Horton, US country singer (born 1925)
1986 – Bobby Nunn, singer, The Coasters (born 1925)
1989 – Barry Sadler, Vietnam vet and songwriter (born 1940)
2003 – Bobby Hatfield, Righteous Brother (born 1940)
2005 – Link Wray, American guitarist (born 1929)
2017 – Robert Knight, American singer (born 1940)
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And on this day in...
1967 – Robin Gibb escaped injury in the Hither Green rail accident in SE London, in which 49 died.