Celebrating 21 November
Birthdays
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1942 – Tony Goulden, guitarist, Vanity Fare
1948 – Lonnie Jordan, War
1948 – John "Rabbit" Bundrick, keyboardist, Free, The Who
1950 – Livingston Taylor, US singer/songwriter
1950 – Gary Pihl, guitarist, Boston
1955 – Peter Koppes, guitarist, The Church
1960 – Brian Ritchie, bassist, Violent Femmes
1965 – Björk, Icelandic singer
1965 – Margret Örnólfsdóttir, keyboardist, The Sugarcubes
1968 – Alex James, bassist, Blur
1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, singer/songwriter
1988 – Drew MacFarlane, guitarist, Glass Animals
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Died on this day
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1995 – Peter Grant, manager, Led Zeppelin (born 1935)
2017 – David Cassidy, pop star and teen idol (born 1950)
2022 – Wilko Johnson, guitarist, Dr Feelgood (born 1947)
2023 – Chad Allan, vocalist, The Guess Who (born 1943)
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And on this day in...
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1960 – George Harrison was deported from Germany for being under-age (the Beatles continued their Hamburg club residency)
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