Rock & Roll Birthdays

too larry

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Jun 8, 2020

• #2,761

1979 Derek Trucks, American guitarist and founder of Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band (Tedeschi Truck Band), born in Jacksonville, Florida

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2020

• #2,762

1891 Cole Porter, America composer and lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate), born in Peru, Indiana (d. 1964)

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2020

• #2,763

1915 Les Paul, American jazz, country and blues guitarist, songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin (d. 2009)

 

injinji

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Jun 9, 2020

• #2,764

1934 Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1996)

 

Amos Otis

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Jun 9, 2020

• #2,765

1934 Jackie Wilson

 

injinji

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Jun 10, 2020

• #2,766

1910 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), born in White Station, Mississippi (d. 1976)

 

injinji

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Jun 10, 2020

• #2,767

1942 Janet Vogel, rocker (Skyliners)

 

injinji

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Jun 10, 2020

• #2,768

1961 Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)

1961 Kelley Deal, American musician (The Breeders)

 

injinji

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Jun 10, 2020

• #2,769

1964 Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)

 

Amos Otis

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Jun 10, 2020

• #2,770

1931 João Gilberto, creator of the bossa nova

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,771

1904 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, American jazz pianist and singer (Boogie Woogie Piano), born in Troy, Alabama (d. 1929)

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,772

1940 Joey Dee, American singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris), born in Passaic, New Jersey

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,773

1947 Glenn Leonard, American R&B singer (Temptations), born in Washington, D.C.

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,774

1949 Frank Beard, American country rock drummer (ZZ Top), born in Frankton, Texas

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,775

1952 Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist (.38 Special), born in Jacksonville, Florida

 

Amos Otis

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,776

injinji said:

1947 Glenn Leonard, American R&B singer (Temptations), born in Washington, D.C.

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Leonard wasn't in this original lineup, joining about 8 years later as a replacement for a replacement, long past the heyday of the group.

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,777

1954 Johnny Neel, American musician, singer and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Dickey Betts), born in Wilmington, Delaware

 

injinji

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,778

Amos Otis said:

Leonard wasn't in this original lineup, joining about 8 years later as a replacement for a replacement, long past the heyday of the group.

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And I almost Googled him. . . . . .

 

Amos Otis

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Jun 11, 2020

• #2,779

injinji said:

And I almost Googled him. . . . . .

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I watched the made for tv movie several times.

 

Amos Otis

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Jun 12, 2020

• #2,780

1941 Roy Harper, English musician

lead vocal