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Celebrating 20 December

Birthdays

1944 Bobby Colomby, drummer, Blood, Sweat and Tears

1945 Peter Criss, drummer, Kiss

1948 – Alan Parsons, founder, The Alan Parsons Project

1956 – Anita Ward, US soul singer

1957 – Billy Bragg, singer/songwriter and activist

1957 Mike Watt, bassist, Minutemen

1966 – Chris Robinson, vocalist, The Black Crowes

1975 – Graham Hopkins, drummer, Therapy?

1980 – Chris Edwards, bassist, Kasabian

1990 – JoJo, US singer/songwriter

Died on this day

1973 – Bobby Darin, singer/songwriter (born 1936)

1999 – Hank Snow, Canadian country musician (born 1914)

2013 – David Richards, producer (born 1956)

And on this day in...

1974 – Joe Walsh officially replaced Bernie Leadon in the Eagles

2006 – Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum won his court case to be recognised as a co-writer of A Whiter Shade of Pale

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