Rock & Roll Birthdays

too larry

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Mar 21, 2020

• #2,261

1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)

 

too larry

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Mar 21, 2020

• #2,262

1961 Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim McDonnell], American rock drummer (Stray Cats), born in Brooklyn, New York

 

too larry

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Mar 21, 2020

• #2,263

1961 Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,264

1897 "Sweet" Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana ( d. 1983)

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,265

1934 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter-guitarist (Train Kept A-Rollin', You're Sixteen), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1964)

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,266

1936 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,267

1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul" (Respect) and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 201

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,268

1947 Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], English singer (Rocketman), born in Pinner, Middlesex

 

injinji

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Mar 25, 2020

• #2,269

1966 Jeff Healey, Canadian blind pop guitarist (See the Light), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 200

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,270

1929 Maurice Simon, jazz musician

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,271

1936 Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,272

1944 Diana Ross [Earle], American singer and actress (the Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany), born in Detroit, Michigan

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,273

1948 Richard Tandy, rock bassist (ELO)

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,274

1948 Steven Tyler, American rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie's Got a Gun), born in NYC, New York

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,275

1949 Fran Sheehan, American rock bassist (Boston- "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts

 

injinji

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Mar 26, 2020

• #2,276

1950 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American singer (Turn Off the Lights), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2010)

 

injinji

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Mar 27, 2020

• #2,277

1868 Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (Happy Birthday to You), born in Anchorage, Kentucky (d. 1946)

 

injinji

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Mar 27, 2020

• #2,278

1905 Leroy Carr, blues singer-songwriter, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1935)

 

injinji

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Mar 27, 2020

• #2,279

1906 Pee Wee Russell, American jazz musician, born in Maplewood, Missouri (d. 1969)

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injinji

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Mar 27, 2020

• #2,280

1924 Sarah Vaughan, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990)