Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1951 Johnny Graham, American guitarist and singer (Earth Wind & Fire), born in Louisville, Kentucky

• 1959 Martin Atkins, English drummer (Nine Inch Nails), born in Coventry

• 1961 Lee Rocker [Leon Drucker], American rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball), born in Long Island, New York

• 1963 Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia

• 1907 Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter

• 1942 Rick Huxley, English guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), born in Dartford, England (d. 2013)

• 1947 Rick Derringer [Ricky Dead Zehringer], American guitarist, songwriter and producer (The McCoys), born in Fort Recovery, Ohio

• 1960 Calvin Hayes, British musician (Johnny Hates Jazz)

• 1960 Mike Nocito, American rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz), born in Wiesbaden, West Germany

• 1965 Jeff Coffin, American musician (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), born in Massachusetts

Amos Otis said:

I got to know Pat McDonald in '87 over the course of a couple of months. Not trying to hijack your cool thread @too larry , I just knew this one. Him and his wife [at the time] Barbara K were great people to hang out with. Smart and funny.

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too larry said:

Feel free to add. I take a day off once in a while anyway.

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• 1930 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American civil rights activist, jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress (Nothing But a Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)

• 1937 Charlie [Charles Edward] Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra), born in Shenandoah, Iowa (d. 2014)

• 1953 Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)

British

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

• 1996-07-08 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the UK
• 1996-11-04 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut album "Spice", goes on to sell 23 million copies
• 1997-12-08 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win
• 1997-12-15 "Spice World" movie directed by Bob Spiers and starring girl group the Spice Girls premieres in the UK
• 1998-01-26 25th American Music Awards: Spice Girls & Babyface win
• 2018-11-05 Spice Girls announce a new tour but without "Posh Spice", Victoria Beckham
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