Celebrating 29 November
Birthdays
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1933 – John Mayall, bluesman
1939 – Meco Monardo, US producer & "space disco" musician
1940 – Chuck Mangione, jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
1942 – Felix Cavaliere, keyboardist, The Young Rascals
1944 – John Alder - "Twink", drummer, Pretty Things
1951 – Barry Goudreau, guitarist, Boston
1957 – Jennifer Batten, US guitarist/session musician
1958 – Michael Dempsey, bassist, The Cure
1959 – Wendy Wu, vocalist, The Photos
1968 – Martin Carr, guitarist, The Boo Radleys
1968 – Jonathan Knight, New Kids On The Block
1979 – The Game, US rapper
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Died on this day
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1999 – Curtis Knight, vocalist, The Squires (born 1929)
2001 – George Harrison, Beatle (born 1943)
2013 – Dick Dodd, drummer, The Standells (born 1945)
2016 – Ray Columbus, NZ singer (born 1942)
2019 – Irving Burgie, US/Caribbean composer (born 1924)
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And on this day in...
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1963 – The Beatles released I Want To Hold Your Hand - the first record ever to have advance orders in excess of a million copies