Celebrating 8 May
Birthdays
1940 – Toni Tenille, singer-keyboardist, Captain & Tenille
1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, bassist, The Yardbirds
1944 – Bill Legend, drummer, T Rex
1951 – Philip Bailey, singer, Earth, Wind and Fire
1951 – Chris Frantz, drummer, Talking Heads
1953 – Alex Van Halen, drummer, Van Halen
1964 – Dave Rowntree, drummer, Blur
1972 – Darren Hayes, singer, Savage Garden
1975 – Enrique Iglesias, singer-songwriter
1976 – Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter
1976 – H (Ian Watkins), singer, Steps
1977 – Joe Bonamassa, blues-rock guitarist
1978 – Ana Maria Lombo, singer, Eden's Crush
1983 – Matt Willis, bassist, Busted
1996 – 6iz9ine, rapper
Died on this day
1974 – Graham Bond, organist and R&B pioneer (born 1937)
1982 – Neil Bogart, founder, Casablanca Records (born 1943)
2008 – Eddy Arnold, country singer (born 1918)
2008 – Larry Levine, audio engineer (born 1928)
And on this day in...
1970 – The Beatles released their 12th, and final, LP, Let It Be
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