Rock & Roll Birthdays

Amos Otis

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Dec 28, 2020

• #3,821

1959 Ana Torroja

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,822

• 1933 "Prez" Kenneth [Kidd] Kenneth, American blues singer and bass guitarist ("Devil Dealing"), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1995)

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,823

• 1941 Ray Thomas, English rock vocalist and flautist (Moody Blues - "Legend Of A Mind"), born in Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom (d. 201

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,824

• 1943 Rick Danko, Canadian bassist and singer (The Band - "Stage Fright"), born in Blayney, Ontario (d. 1999)

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,825

• 1946 Marianne Faithfull, English folk-rock singer-songwriter ("As Tears Go By"), born in Hampstead, England

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,826

• 1947 Cozy Powell [Colin Flooks] English rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP), born in Cirencester, United Kingdom (d. 199

 

injinji

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Dec 29, 2020

• #3,827

• 1955 Neil "Spyder" Giraldo, American rock guitarist, arranger, and producer (Pat Benatar Band), born in Cleveland, Ohio

 

Amos Otis

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,828

1931 Skeeter Davis (d. 2004)

 

Amos Otis

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,829

1934 Del Shannon (d. 1990, suicide])

 

Amos Otis

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,830

1946 Patti Smith

 

Amos Otis

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,831

1946 Clive Bunker drummer (Jethro Tull, 1967-71)

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,832

• 1928 Bo Diddley [Ellas Bates McDaniels], American rock `n' roll pioneer guitarist (Bo Diddley), born in McComb, Mississippi (d. 200

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,833

• 1928 Jack Montrose, American "cool jazz" tenor saxophonist and arranger, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2006)

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,834

• 1934 Del Shannon, American rock musician and songwriter (Runaway), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1990)

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,835

• 1942 Robert Quine, American rock guitarist, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2004)

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,836

• 1946 Patti Smith, American poet and punk rock vocalist (Horses; "Because The Night"), born in Chicago, Illinois

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,837

• 1946 Clive Bunker, British drummer (Jethro Tull, 1967-71), born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England

 

injinji

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Dec 30, 2020

• #3,838

• 1947 Jeff Lynne, British rock singer-songwriter and record producer (ELO - "Livin' Thing", Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"; Beatles - "Free As A Bird"), born in Shard End, Birmingham, England

And a birthday cover.

 

injinji

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Dec 31, 2020

• #3,839

• 1942 Andy Summers, English rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne), born in Blackpool, Lancashire

For a brief time in 1968, he was a member of the Animals, then known as Eric Burdon and the Animals, with whom he recorded one album, Love Is. The album features a recording of Traffic's "Coloured Rain", which includes a 4 minute and 15 second guitar solo by Summers.

 

injinji

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Dec 31, 2020

• #3,840

• 1943 Pete Quaife, English rock bassist (The Kinks), born in Tavistock, England (d. 2010)