Celebrating 17 November
Birthdays
1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian troubador
1942 – Bob Gaudio, keyboardist, The Four Seasons
1946 – Martin Barre, guitarist, Jethro Tull
1947 – Rod Clements, guitarist, Lindisfarne
1947 – Robert Antoni, keyboardist, Nazz
1948 – Iain Sutherland, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
1955 – Peter Cox, vocalist, Go West
1957 – Jim Babjak, guitarist, The Smithereens
1960 – RuPaul, US drag queen and singer
1967 – Ronnie DeVoe, New Edition
1980 – Isaac Hanson, Hanson
1981 – Sarah Harding, Girls Aloud
Died on this day
1979 – John Glascock, Jethro Tull (born 1951)
1995 – Alan Hull, Lindisfarne (born 1945)
2003 – Arthur Conley, sweet soul singer (born 1946)
2003 – Don Gibson, US country singer (born 1928)
And on this day in...
2003 – George Michael re-signed with Sony, ten years after taking them to court to end his contract with them