Celebrating 10 December
Birthdays
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1941 – Ralph Tavares, The Tavares
1946 – Ace Kefford, bassist, The Move
1946 – Walter Orange, drummer, The Commodores
1952 – Susan Dey, actress, The Partridge Family
1954 – Geoff Deane, Modern Romance
1955 – Garth Smith, bassist, Buzzcocks
1957 – Paul Hardcastle, singer/songwriter
1965 – J Mascis, guitarist, Dinosaur Jr
1972 – Brian Molko, guitarist/vocalist, Placebo
1974 – Meg White, drummer, The White Stripes
1985 – Grace Chatto, cellist/vocalist, Clean Bandit
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Died on this day
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1967 – Otis Redding, soul and R&B legend (born 1941)
1995 – Darren Robinson, beatboxer, the Fat Boys (born 1967)
1999 – Rick Danko, bassist, The Band (born 1943)
2019 – Gershon Kingsley, electronic music pioneer (born 1922)
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And on this day in...
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2007 – Led Zeppelin's surviving members plus Jason Bonham played a one-off gig at London's O2 Arena, as part of the celebration of the life of Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records
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