Celebrating 13 December
Birthdays
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1933 – Lou Adler, record producer
1945 – Robert Martinez, drummer, ? & the Mysterians
1947 – Chuck Findley, US session musician, trumpeter
1948 – Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist, Steely Dan; Doobie Brothers
1948 – Ted Nugent, guitarist
1948 – David O'List, guitarist, the Nice
1949 – Tom Verlaine, guitarist, Television
1949 – Randy Owen, singer, Alabama
1953 – Berton Averre, lead guitarist, The Knack
1961 – Harry Gregson-Williams, film and TV composer
1967 – Jamie Foxx, musician and actor
1970 – Danny Lohner, bassist, Nine Inch Nails
1974 – Nick McCarthy, guitarist, Franz Ferdinand
1975 – Tom DeLonge, guitarist, Blink-182
1981 – Amy Lee, vocalist, Evanescence
1989 – Taylor Swift, US singer/songwriter
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Died on this day
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2001 – Chuck Schuldiner, guitarist, Death (born 1967)
2002 – Zal Yanovsky, guitarist, The Lovin' Spoonful (born 1944)
2010 – Woolly Wolstenholme, Barclay James Harvest (born 1947)
2019 – Roy Loney, vocalist, Flamin' Groovies (born 1946)
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And on this day in...
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1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their UK TV debut, on "Ready, Steady, Go!"
2000 – It was announced that the Melody Maker would cease publication after Christmas, and merge with the NME
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