Celebrating 6 December
Birthdays
1936 – Bill Ashton, saxophonist and founder NYJO
1943 – Keith West, lead singer, Tomorrow
1944 – Jonathan King, singer/songwriter, producer
1947 – Miroslav Vitous, bassist, Weather Report
1955 – Edward Tudor-Pole, lead singer, Tenpole Tudor
1955 – Rick Buckler, drummer, The Jam
1956 – Peter Buck, guitarist, REM
1961 – David Lovering, drummer, Pixies
1962 – Ben Watt, Everything But The Girl
1969 – Mark Gardener, guitarist, Ride
1970 – Ulf Ekberg, keyboardist, Ace of Base
Died on this day
1949 – Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) bluesman (born 1888)
1988 – Roy Orbison, singer/songwriter (born 1936)
2005 – Danny Williams, South African pop singer (born 1942)
2011 – Dobie Gray, US singer/songwriter (born 1940)
2018 – Pete Shelley, guitarist/vocalist, The Buzzcocks (born 1955)
And on this day in...
1969 – The ill-fated Altamont Speedway Free Festival was held in California. The end of the Woodstock generation's dream.....