Celebrating 31 December
Birthdays
1942 – Andy Summers, guitarist, The Police
1947 – Burton Cummings, keyboardist, The Guess Who
1951 – Tom Hamilton, bassist, Aerosmith
1951 – Fermin Goytisolo, percussionist, KC & the Sunshine Band
1959 – Paul Westerberg, guitarist, The Replacements
1963 – Scott Ian, guitarist, Anthrax
1970 – Danny McNamara, lead singer, Embrace
1972 – Joey McIntyre, singer, New Kids On The Block
1977 – PSY, South Korean singer/rapper
1979 – Bob Bryar, drummer, My Chemical Romance
Died on this day
1985 – Ricky Nelson, singer/songwriter and actor (born 1940)
2002 – Kevin MacMichael, guitarist, Cutting Crew (born 1951)
2015 – Natalie Cole, singer, actress (born 1950)
2022 – Anita Pointer, singer, The Pointer Sisters (born 1948)
And on this day in...
1961 – The Beach Boys made their live debut as The Beach Boys, in Long Beach, CA
1963 – The Kinks made their live debut, in London
1973 – AC/DC made their live debut, in Sydney