21 мая
Сегодня родились:
1941, Ronald Isley, вокалист, автор песен, The Isley Brothers, (1968 UK Hit single 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 1969 US Hit single 'It's Your Thing').
1943, Hilton Valentine, гитара, The Animals, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun').
1943, John Dalton, бас-гитара , The Kinks, (1964 UK No.1 & US Hit 'You Really Got Me', 1967 UK Hit single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles).
1943, Vincent Crane, клавишные, The Crazy world of Arthur Brown, (1968 UK No.1 and US Hit single 'Fire'), Atomic Rooster, (1971 UK Hit single 'The Devil's Answer'). Умер 14 февраля 1989.
1948, Leo Sayer, певец,(1977 UK & US No.1 single 'When I Need You', the Chrysalis record label's first No.1, plus 13 other UK Top 40 singles).
1954, Marc Ribot, гитарист и композитор. Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits.
1955, Stan Lynch, ударные, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.Hit single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK album 'Into The Great Wide Open').
1963, Kevin Shields, вокалист и гитарист, My Bloody Valentine, (1991 UK Hit single 'To Here Knows When').
1963, Tim Lever, клавишник, соавтор песен, Dead Or Alive, (1985 UK No.1 single 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record').
1964, Martin Blunt, бас-гитарист, The Charlatans, (1990 UK Hit single 'The Only One I Know', 1996 UK Hit single 'One To Another', plus 3 UK No.1 albums).
1972, The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Christopher G. Wallace). Gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles on 9th March 1997 aged 24. (1995 UK Hit single 'One More Chance', 1997 US No.1 single 'Hypnotize').
1975, Lee Gaze, гитарист, Lostprophets, (2004 UK Hit single ‘Last Train Home’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Liberation Transmission’).
1978, Adam Wade Gontier, ведущий певец и гитарист , Three Days Grace.
1985, Mutya Buena, певица, Sugababes, (2002 UK No.1 single, 'Round Round', 2002 UK album 'Angels With Dirty Faces'). Оставила группу в декабре 2005.
Ушли из жизни:
1990: Morris Levy