BIRTHDAYS “Whispering” Bill Anderson (1937) country singer/guitarist/songwriter [“Still”/”Mama Sang a Song”] SSG Barry Sadler (1940) singer/songwriter/guitarist [“Ballad of the Green Berets”] (died 1989) age 49 – cardiac arrest Richard “Kinky” Friedman (1944) country singer/songwriter/guitarist Ric Grech [born Richard Grechko] (1946) Blind Faith bassist/co-founder and Traffic bassist (died 1990) age 43 – renal failure Jim Steinman… Continue reading November 1 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Erik Griffiths (1940) The Quarrymen lead guitarist/co-founder (died 2005) age 64 – pancreatic cancer Russ Ballard (1945) Argent lead singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“Hold Your Head Up”] and solo singer/guitarist/songwriter [“Voices”] Rik Kenton (1945) Roxy Music bassist Bob Siebenberg (1949) Supertramp drummer [current] Tony Bowers (1952) Simply Red bassist/co-founder Bernard Edwards (1952) Chic bassist/songwriter/singer/co-founder (died 1996) age… Continue reading October 31 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Grace Slick [born Grace Wing] (1939) Jefferson Airplane lead singer/keyboardist and Jefferson Starship and Starship lead singer/keyboardist/co-founder Eddie Holland Jr. (1939) singer, also Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriter [“Heat Wave”/”Can I Get a Witness”/”Baby Love”/”I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”/”Give Me Just a Little More Time”] Otis Williams [Otis Miles Jr.] (1941) The Temptations baritone… Continue reading October 30 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Denny Laine [born Brian Hines] (1944) Moody Blues singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“Go Now”], Ginger Baker’s Air Force guitarist/songwriter/co-founder, Wings guitarist/bassist/pianist/singer/songwriter/co-founder and solo guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter (died 2020) age 79 – interstitial lung disease Robbie van Leeuwen (1944) Shocking Blue guitarist/sitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“Venus”] Melba Moore [born Beatrice Hill] (1945) soul and gospel singer Peter Green [born Peter Greenbaum] (1946) Fleetwood… Continue reading October 29 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Charlie Daniels (1936) The Charlie Daniels Band singer/guitarist/fiddler/songwriter/co-founder (died 2020) age 83 – stroke Curtis Lee (1939) singer/songwriter [“Pretty Little Angel Eyes”] (died 2015) age 75 – cancer Jim Post (1939) Friend & Lover lead singer/songwriter/co-founder [“Reach Out of the Darkness”] and solo singer/songwriter, also actor (died 2022) age 82 – congestive heart failure… Continue reading October 28 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Floyd Cramer (1933) country pianist [“Last Date”] (died 1997) age 64 – lung cancer Melvin “Lee” Greenwood (1942) country singer/songwriter [“God Bless the U.S.A.”] Mike Appel (1942) The Balloon Farm lead singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“A Question of Temperature”] [also co-wrote “Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted”/”I Can Feel Your Heartbeat”] Dick Dodd Jr. (1945) The Standells… Continue reading October 27 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Mahalia Jackson (1911) gospel singer [“The Queen of Gospel”] [“Move on Up a Little Higher”/”His Eye is on the Sparrow”/”Precious Lord, Take My Hand”] (died (1972) age 60 – heart failure Neal Matthews Jr. (1929) The Jordanaires second tenor (died 2000) age 70 – heart attack Alan Henderson (1944) Them bassist/co-founder [“Gloria”/”Baby, Please Don’t… Continue reading October 26 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Jiles “J.P.” Richardson [“The Big Bopper”] (1930) singer/guitarist [“Chantilly Lace”] (died 1959) age 28 – plane crash Bill Wyman [born William Perks] (1936) Rolling Stones bassist/keyboardist/songwriter/co-founder and solo bassist/keyboardist/songwriter/singer Ted Templeman (1944) Harpers Bizarre guitarist/singer/drummer/co-founder [“The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)”] Jerry Edmonton (1946) Steppenwolf drummer/songwriter/co-founder (died 1993) age 47 – car accident… Continue reading October 25 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Charlie Foxx (1939) Inez and Charlie Foxx singer/guitarist/co-founder [“Mockingbird”] (died 1998) age 58 – leukemia Barbara Ann Hawkins (1943) The Dixie Cups singer/co-founder [“Chapel of Love”/”Iko Iko”] Greg Ridley (1947) Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth bassist/co-founder (died 2003) age 56 – pneumonia Würzel [born Michael Burston] (1949) Mötorhead guitarist (died 2011) age 61 –… Continue reading October 23 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Franz Liszt (1811) composer/pianist/conductor/arranger/organist (died 1886) age 74 – pneumonia Ray Jones (1939) Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas bassist (died 2000) age 60 – heart attack Bobby Fuller (1942) The Bobby Fuller Four lead singer/guitarist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [“Love’s Made a Fool of You”/”I Fought the Law”] (died 1966) age 23 – possible suicide or murder… Continue reading October 22 Music History Report