Celebrating 8 December
Birthdays
1939 – James Galway, Irish flautist
1939 – Jerry Butler, lead singer, The Impressions
1941 – Bobby Elliott, drummer, The Hollies
1943 – Graham Knight, bassist, Marmalade
1947 – Geoff Daking, drummer, Blue Magoos
1949 – Ray Shulman, bassist, Gentle Giant
1953 – Colin Gibb, Black Lace
1955 – Nathan East, jazz/R'&B bassist
1956 – Warren Cuccurullo, guitarist, Missing Persons
1957 – Phil Collen, lead guitarist, Def Leppard
1959 – Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1962 – Marty Friedman, guitarist, Megadeth
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer
1973 – Judith Pronk, singer, Alice Deejay
1973 – Corey Taylor, lead singer, Slipknot
1974 – Nick Zinner, guitarist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1982 – Chrisette Michele, US R&B singer
Died on this day
1980 – John Lennon, Beatle (born 1940)
1982 – Marty Robbins, US country & western star (born 1925)
1984 – Nick Dingley, drummer, Hanoi Rocks (born 1960)
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, guitarist, Pantera (born 1966)
2019 – Juice WRLD, US rapper (born 1998)
And on this day in...
1968 – Graham Nash left The Hollies, on his way to Crosby, Stills and Nash
1995 – The Grateful Dead announced their dissolution, after Jerry Garcia's death four months earlier
2013 – Metallica became the first band to play on all seven continents when they played at Carlini Base in Antarctica