5 АВГУСТА
Сегодня родились:
1941, Airto Moreira, ударник, Weather Report, (1976 single 'Birdland', 1977 album Heavy Weather').
1940, Rick Huxley, гитара, Dave Clark Five, (1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over', 1965 US No.1 single 'Over And Over' , plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles).
1947, Gregory Leskiw, гитара, Guess Who
1947, Rick Derringer (фото), гитарист, (The McCoys, Edgar Winter)
1955, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, гитарист, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK Hit 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry').
1952, Louis Walsh, ирландский менеджер, Boyzone, Westlife Samantha Mumba and Girls Aloud. Judge on reality television series Popstars : The Rivals and in 2005 as a judge (along with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne ) on the ITV talent show, The X Factor.
1959, Pat Smear, Germs, Nirvana, (fourth member), Foo Fighters, (1995 UK Hit single 'This Is A Call'). Left the band in 1997.
1960, Stuart Croxford, Kajagoogoo, (1983 UK No.1 single 'Too Shy').
Ушли из жизни:
1962: Marilyn Monroe
1968: Luther Perkins
1992: Jeff Porcaro (Toto)
1993: Randy Hobbs (The McCoys, The Edgar Winter Group, Montrose)