Celebrating 26 December
Birthdays
1935 – Abdul Fakir, singer, The Four Tops
1939 – Phil Spector, producer
1953 – Henning Schmitz, Kraftwerk
1963 – Lars Ulrich, drummer, Metallica
1963 – Dana Baldinger, bassist, The Popinjays
1966 – Jay Farrar, guitarist, Uncle Tupelo
1971 – Jared Leto, actor, singer/songwriter
1979 – Chris Daughtry, lead singer, Daughtry
1990 – Andy Biersack, lead singer, Black Veil Brides
Died on this day
1999 – Curtis Mayfield, singer, songwriter, producer (born 1942)
2012 – Fontella Bass, US R&B singer (born 1940)
2017 – Jim Burns, co-creator MTV Unplugged (born 1952)
2019 – Sleepy LaBeef, rockabilly singer (born 1935)
2019 – Les Chadwick, bass, Gerry & The Pacemakers (born 1943)
And on this day in...
1963 – The Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand released in the US - their first release there.