Celebrating 3 December
Birthdays
1944 – Ralph McTell, folk singer-guitarist
1946 – Vic Malcolm, guitarist, Geordie
1947 – John Wilson, drummer, Taste
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath
1949 – Mickey Thomas, vocalist, Jefferson Starship
1951 – Kimberley Rew, guitarist, Katrina and the Waves
1951 – Mike Stock, record producer, Stock, Aitken, Waterman
1951 – Nicky Stevens, Brotherhood of Man
1952 – Don Barnes, guitarist/vocalist, 38 Special
1968 – Montell Jordan, US singer/songwriter, record producer
1979 – Daniel Bedingfield, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
2000 – Hoyt Curtin, US composer (born 1922)
2001 – Grady Martin, US country session guitarist (born 1929)
2008 – Derek Wadsworth, arranger/producer (born 1939)
2014 – Ian McLagan, keyboardist, Small Faces (born 1945)
2015 – Scott Weiland, vocalist, Stone Temple Pilots (born 1967)
2015 – Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican keyboardist (born 1934)
And on this day in...
1965 – The Beatles played the first night of their last-ever UK tour, in Glasgow
1965 – The Who released their debut album, My Generation