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Happy birthday to Dave Grohl, born on 14th January 1969, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer. At the age of seventeen, Grohl joined Scream, he was the longest serving drummer with Nirvana and the frontman and founder of the Foo Fighters and is the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. In […]
Happy birthday to Rod Stewart, born on 10th January 1945, singer, songwriter with The Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket, Shotgun Express, Jeff Beck Group, The Faces (UK No.6 & US No.17 single 'Stay With Me'). Solo, (1971 UK & US No.1 single 'Maggie May', plus five other UK No.1's & over 35 Top 40 hits). His […]
Happy New Year! Work on our next The Day I Was There book is already underway, and it's about Prince. If you saw the Purple One in concert, we'd love to hear your memories at iwasatthatgig@gmail.com. We're interested in how you discovered his music, where and when you saw him, how old you were, who […]
Happy birthday to John Paul Jones, born on 3rd January 1946, bass, keyboards, producer with Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single Whole Lotta Love. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. As a session player in the 1960s he […]
Happy birthday to Stephen Stills, born on January 3rd 1945, American singer, songwriter who was a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Manassas. With CS&N he had the 1969 UK No.17 single 'Marrakesh Express' and the 1970 US No.1 album Deja Vu plus the 1971 solo UK No.37 single 'Love The […]
Happy birthday to Andy Summers, born on 31st December 1942, English guitarist Andy Summers, The Police who scored the 1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take', plus four other UK No.1 singles. Their second album Reggatta de Blanc became the first of five consecutive UK No. 1 albums and The Police won […]
Happy birthday to Jeff Lynne, Born on 30th December 1947, English songwriter, singer, record producer who was a member of Idle Race, then The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'. He co-founded ELO who had the 1979 hit 'Don't Bring Me Down'. And with the Traveling Wilburys had the 1988 UK […]
Happy Birthday to Paul Rodgers, born on 17th December 1949, singer, guitarist with Free, (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single ‘All Right Now’). Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 single ‘Can’t Get Enough’). Also a member of The Firm, with Jimmy Page and The Law, as well as touring and recording with Queen. Article source: […]
Happy birthday to Ozzy Osbourne, born on 3rd December 1948, (John Michael Osbourne), singer with English rock band Black Sabbath who had the 1970 UK No.4 single 'Paranoid'. The bands self-titled 1970 album was voted as the best British rock album ever by Kerrang! in 2005. He had the 1986 solo UK No.20 single 'Shot […]
Happy birthday to Randy Newman, born on 28th November 1943, songwriter, composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a […]