Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin AEROSMITH BOB DYLAN DR. JOHN ERIC CLAPTON FREDDIE MERCURY GEORGE HARRISON MUSIC HISTORY MUSIC TRIVIA NEIL YOUNG PAUL SIMON November 19, 1990 The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences strips the 1989 Best New Artist Grammy from Milli Vanilli because Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan didn’t actually…
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Irish singer, songwriter, actor, and political activist Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats turns 69 today. The band had the 1979 UK No.1 single ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles. The music world came together to raise awareness and funds for a project Geldof created with Midge Ure from Ultravox…
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Happy Birthday to Roger Waters, born this day in 1943. Waters is a singer, songwriter, bassist, and co-founder of Pink Floyd (formerly called Tea Set). He became the band’s principal lyricist after Syd Barrett’s 1968 departure. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and released a series of successful solo albums. He has also authored an opera,…
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Cream formed in 1966 with bassist Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton on guitar and drummer Ginger Baker made their live debut at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England. This British group’s third album Wheels of Fire was the world’s first platinum-selling double. album. The primary songwriter and vocalist was Bruce, yet Clapton contributed vocals and songs as…
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