Rock & Roll Birthdays

topcat

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May 12, 2021

• #4,341

May 10, 1946 Donovan

 

injinji

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May 13, 2021

• #4,342

1950 Stevie Wonder [Stevland Hardaway Morris], American singer-songwriter ("You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"; "Sir Duke"), born in Saginaw, Michigan

 

injinji

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May 13, 2021

• #4,343

• 1966 Darius Rucker, American rock singer (Hootie & the Blowfish - "Only Wanna Be With You"), born in Charleston, South Carolina

 

bernie344

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May 13, 2021

• #4,344

 

injinji

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May 14, 2021

• #4,345

• 1943 (John) "Jack" Bruce, Scottish bassist and singer-songwriter (Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"; "White Room"), born in Bishopbriggs, Scotland (d. 2014)

 

injinji

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May 15, 2021

• #4,346

• 1947 Graeham Goble, Australian rock guitarist (Little River Band - Reminiscing), born in Adelaide, Australia

 

injinji

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May 16, 2021

• #4,347

• 1948 Alto Reed [Thomas Cartmell], American saxophonist (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band), born in Detroit, Michigan

Maybe the best name in rock and roll.

 

injinji

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May 17, 2021

• #4,348

• 1942 Taj Mahal [Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr.], American singer-songwriter (Real Thing), born in Harlem, New York

 

injinji

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May 18, 2021

• #4,349

• 1911 Big Joe Turner, American blues singer ("Corrine Corrina"; "Shake Rattle & Roll"), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1985)

 

injinji

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May 18, 2021

• #4,350

• 1949 Rick Wakeman, British session (Cat Stevens; David Bowie) and progressive rock keyboardist (Yes), born in London

 

injinji

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May 18, 2021

• #4,351

• 1975 Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter (In Between Dreams, "Upside Down"), born in Oahu, Hawaii

 

injinji

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May 19, 2021

• #4,352

1945 Peter Townshend, English rock guitarist, vocalist and composer (The Who-Tommy), born in London, England

 

injinji

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May 19, 2021

• #4,353

• 1951 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], lead singer of the punk rock band The Ramones (Baby I Love You)

 

injinji

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May 20, 2021

• #4,354

1944 (John) "Joe" Cocker, English rock vocalist ("With A Little Help From My Friends"; "Cry Me A River"; "You Are So Beautiful"), born in Sheffield, England, (d. 2014)

 

injinji

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May 21, 2021

• #4,355

• 1943 Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in North Shields, Northumberland, England (d. 2021)

 

injinji

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May 21, 2021

• #4,356

• 1954 Marc Ribot, American guitarist (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn), born in Newark, New Jersey

 

injinji

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May 24, 2021

• #4,357

1941 Bob Dylan [Robert Zimmerman], American singer-songwriter ("Blowin' In The Wind"; "The Times They Are A-Changin'"; "Positively Fourth Street") and cultural icon, born in Duluth, Minnesota

 

injinji

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May 24, 2021

• #4,358

• 1946 Steve Upton, British-Welsh rock drummer (Wishbone Ash, 1969-90 - There's the Rub; Locked In), born in Wrexham, Wales

 

injinji

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May 26, 2021

• #4,359

1926 Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1991)

 

injinji

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May 26, 2021

• #4,360

• 1940 Levon Helm, American drummer and singer (The Band - "Up On Cripple Creek"; "The Weight"), and actor (Coal Miner's Daughter; The Right Stuff), born in Elaine, Arkansas (d. 2012)