Celebrating 11 January
Birthdays
1946 – Tony Kaye, keyboardist, Yes
1948 – Terry Williams, drummer, Love Sculpture
1958 – Vicki Peterson, guitarist, The Bangles
1968 – Tom Dumont, guitarist, No Doubt
1971 – Mary J. Blige, singer
1971 – Tom Rowlands, The Chemical Brothers
1981 – Thomas Meighan, vocalist, Kasabian
1981 – Jamelia, singer
1985 – Newton Faulkner, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
1999 – Barry Pritchard, guitarist, The Fortunes (born 1944)
2003 – Mickey Finn, percussionist, T Rex (born 1947)
2005 – Jimmy Griffin, guitarist, Bread (born 1943)
2005 – Spencer Dryden, drummer, Jefferson Airplane (born 1938)
2017 – Tommy Allsup, rockabilly guitarist (born 1931)
And on this day in...
1963 – Please Please Me released in the UK
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded Purple Haze