Celebrating 20 November
Birthdays
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1940 – Jim Horn, saxophonist (that's nominative determinism)
1942 – Norman Greenbaum, US singer/songwriter
1944 – Mike Vernon, record producer
1946 – Ray Stiles, bassist, Mud
1947 – Joe Walsh, guitarist, Eagles
1948 – Barbara Hendricks, operatic soprano
1956 – Robert Poss, guitarist, Band of Susans
1957 – Jimmy Brown, drummer, UB40
1960 – Paul King, vocalist, King
1961 – Jim Brickman, songwriter, pianist
1962 – Steve Alexander, drummer, Brother Beyond
1962 – Gail Ann Dorsey, bassist, David Bowie
1965 – Michael Diamond, rapper, Beastie Boys
1965 – Sen Dog, rapper, Cypress Hill
1975 – Davey Havok, vocalist, AFI
1981 – Kimberley Walsh, Girls Aloud (Bradford's own!)
1983 – Future, rapper
1986 – Oli Sykes, vocalist, Bring Me the Horizon
1986 – Jared Followill, bassist, Kings of Leon
1995 – Michael Clifford, guitarist, 5 Seconds of Summer
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Died on this day
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1973 – Allan Sherman, parodist (born 1924)
2012 – Michael Dunford, guitarist, Renaissance (born 1944)
2025 – Gary Mounfield, 'Mani', bassist. Stone Roses (born 1962)
And on this day in...
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1955 – "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets went to No 1 in the UK. The rest is history....
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