Celebrating 4 December
Birthdays
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1934 – Chas McDevitt, skiffle musician
1936 – Freddy Cannon, US rock 'n roll singer
1942 – Bob Mosley, bassist, Moby Grape
1944 – Chris Hillman, bassist, The Byrds
1947 – Terry Woods, guitarist, The Pogues
1948 – Southside Johnny, leader of SJ & the Asbury Dukes
1963 – Danny Weinkauf, bassist, They Might Be Giants
1967 – Adamski, acid-house DJ, composer, producer
1969 – Dionne Farris, US singer/songwriter
1969 – Jay-Z, US rapper
1972 – Justin Welch, drummer, Elastica
1973 – Kate Rusby, folk singer "The Barnsley Nightingale"
1982 – Adam Blackstone, musical director, Nicki Minaj et al
1984 – Jason Bradley DeFord (Jelly Roll), US rapper
1992 – Kim Seok-jin (Jin), singer, S Korean boy-band BTS
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Died on this day
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1976 – Tommy Bolin, guitarist, Deep Purple (born 1951)
1993 – Frank Zappa, virtuoso, composer (born 1940)
2016 – Wayne Duncan, bassist, Daddy Cool (born 1944)
2021 – Stonewall Jackson, country music singer (born 1932)
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And on this day in...
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1971 – The Montreux Casino burned down during a Frank Zappa gig - as memorialised in Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water
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