Rock & Roll Birthdays

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• 2015-05-15 Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (42) weds F1 racing team boss Christian Horner (41) in Bedfordshire, England

She is at a lot of the F1 races. Sky Sports have the American rights now, and all the commentators must be Spice Girl fans. They talk about her a lot when she's at the track.

 

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• 1920 James "Jimmy" Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (Ain't Nobody's Business), born in Gurdon, Arkansas (d. 1997)

 

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• 1932 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), born in Pahokee, Florida (d. 2017)

 

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• 1942 Jay David, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)

 

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• 1950 Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee

 

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• 1961 The Edge, [Dave Evans], rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow), born in London, England

 

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• 1961 Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn), born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

 

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• 1947 Barbara Mason, American singer (Yes, I'm Ready)

 

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1963 Whitney Houston, American singer (One Moment in Time, Bodyguard), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012)

 

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• 1970 Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)

 

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• 1909 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitars including the Stratocaster), born in Anaheim California (d. 1991)

 

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• 1928 Eddie Fisher, American singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)

 

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• 1928 Jimmy Dean, American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever), born in Plainview, Texas (d. 2010)

 

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• 1941 George Bellamy, English rocker (The Tornados), born in Sunderland, England

 

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• 1943 Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], American singer (Be My Little Baby), born in NYC, New York

 

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• 1947 Ian Anderson, Scottish-born musician, singer, and songwriter (Jethro Tull), born in Fife, Scotland

 

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• 1949 Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)

 

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• 1961 Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)

 

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• 1984 Cyrille Aimée, French jazz singer (Let's Get Lost), born in Samois-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau