Celebrating 24 December
Birthdays
1944 – Tab Martin, bassist, The Tornados
1946 – Jan Akkerman, guitarist, Focus
1961 – Darren Wharton, keyboardist, Thin Lizzy
1963 – Mary Ramsey, John & Mary, 10,000 Maniacs
1963 – Neil Turbin, vocalist, Anthrax
1965 – Millard Powers, bassist, Counting Crows
1968 – Doyle Bramhall II, guitarist, Roger Waters
1971 – Ricky Martin, singer
1975 – Joe Washbourn, vocalist, Toploader
1991 – Louis Tomlinson, One Direction
Died on this day
2000 – Nick Massi, bassist, The Four Seasons (born 1927)
2012 – Ray Collins, vocalist, Mothers of Invention (born 1936)
2015 – William Guest, Gladys Knight & The Pips (born 1941)
2016 – Rick Parfitt, guitarist, Status Quo (born 1948)
2019 – Allee Willis, songwriter (born 1947)
2024 – Richard Perry, record producer (born 1942)
And on this day in...
1977 – The Sex Pistols played their last gig, in Huddersfield, before splitting (they reformed in 1996)
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