Rock & Roll Birthdays

injinji

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Mar 8, 2021

• #4,141

• 1893 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, born in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi (d. 1966)

 

injinji

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Mar 8, 2021

• #4,142

• 1942 Ralph Ellis, British rock guitarist (The Swinging Blue Jeans – "Hippy Hippy Shake"), born in Liverpool, England

 

injinji

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Mar 8, 2021

• #4,143

• 1946 Randy Meisner, American rock bassist and vocalist (Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band; Linda Ronstadt; Eagles, 1971-77- "Take It To The Limit"), born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska

 

Amos Otis

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,144

1928 Keely Smith

 

Amos Otis

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,145

1933 Lloyd Price

 

Amos Otis

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,146

1942 Mark Lindsay

 

Amos Otis

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,147

1945 Robin Trower

 

injinji

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,148

1930 Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2015)

 

injinji

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,149

• 1933 Lloyd Price, American R&B singer ("Just Because"; "Stagger Lee"), born in Kenner, Louisiana

 

injinji

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,150

• 1942 John Cale, Welsh musician, composer and singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground), born in Garnant, Wales

 

injinji

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Mar 9, 2021

• #4,151

• 1945 Robin Trower, British rock guitarist (Procol Harum, 1967-71 - "Conquistador"; solo - Bridge Of Sighs), born in London, England

 

injinji

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,152

• 1920 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, American country singer, and mandolin player (Homer & Jethro -"The Battle of Kookamonga"), born in Conasauga, Tennessee (d. 1989)

 

injinji

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,153

• 1940 Dean Torrence, American surf music singer (Jan & Dean - "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"), born in Los Angeles, California

 

injinji

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,154

• 1953 Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York

 

injinji

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,155

• 1966 Edie Brickell, American rock singer-songwriter (New Bohemians '"What I Am"), married to Paul Simon, born in Oak Cliff, Texas

 

Amos Otis

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,156

1939 Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez

 

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Amos Otis

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Mar 10, 2021

• #4,157

• 1948 George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer (Golden Earring)

An end of an era for Golden Earring as George Kooyman is diagnosed with ALS - DutchNews.nl

One of the founders of Dutch rock band Golden Earring has been diagnosed with the muscle disease ALS, and that means the end of the band performing, the group’s manager told broadcaster NOS. Guitarist and singer George Kooymans, 72, formed the band as a young teenager with bass player Rinus...

www.dutchnews.nl

 

injinji

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Mar 11, 2021

• #4,158

• 1939 Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez, American Tex-Mex accordionist, born in San Antonio, Texas

 

injinji

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Mar 12, 2021

• #4,159

• 1896 Jesse Fuller, American one-man blues band ("San Francisco Bay Blues"), born in Jonesboro, Georgia (d. 1979)

 

injinji

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Mar 12, 2021

• #4,160

• 1948 James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Fire And Rain"; "You've Got A Friend"; "Shower The People"), born in Boston, Massachusetts