Celebrating 25 December
Birthdays
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1940 – Pete Brown, poet and lyricist, collaborator with Jack Bruce
1946 – Jimmy Buffett, US singer/songwriter
1948 – Barbara Mandrell, US country singer
1954 – Annie Lennox, singer, The Eurythmics
1954 – Robin Campbell, guitarist, UB40
1957 – Shane MacGowan, singer, The Pogues
1958 – Alannah Myles, Canadian singer/songwriter
1964 – Bob Stanley, Saint Etienne, and author/journalist
1971 – Dido, singer/songwriter
1971 – Noel Hogan, lead guitarist, The Cranberries
1972 – Josh Freese, US drummer, Devo; The Vandals
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Died on this day
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1954 – Johnny Ace, US R&B singer (born 1929)
1995 – Dean Martin, US singer (born 1917)
1998 – Bryan Maclean, guitarist, Love (born 1946)
2006 – James Brown, the Godfather of Soul (born 1933)
2008 – Eartha Kitt, US singer (born 1927)
2009 – Vic Chesnutt, US singer/songwriter (born 1964)
2009 – Tony Bellamy, guitarist, Redbone (born 1946)
2016 – George Michael, musician, songwriter (born 1963)
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And on this day in...
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1968 – Led Zeppelin arrive in the US to start their first ever American tour