Celebrating 12 March
Birthdays
1946 – Liza Minnelli, singer and actress
1948 – James Taylor, singer/songwriter
1948 – Les Holroyd, bassist, Barclay James Harvest
1949 – Bill Payne, keyboardist, Little Feat
1951 – Jack Green, guitarist, The Pretty Things
1956 – Steve Harris, bassist, Iron Maiden
1957 – Marlon Jackson, singer, The Jacksons
1965 – Coleen Nolan, singer, The Nolans
1969 – Graham Coxon, guitarist, Blur
1975 – Kéllé Bryan, singer, Eternal
1975 – Ben Kenney, bassist, Incubus
1979 – Pete Doherty, singer/guitarist, The Libertines
1986 – Danny Jones, guitarist, McFly
1988 – Elly Jackson, singer, La Roux
Died on this day
1955 – Charlie Parker, "Bird", jazz saxophonist (born 1920)
2010 – Lesley Duncan, singer/songwriter (born 1943)
2012 – Michael Hossack, drummer, Doobie Brothers (born 1946)
2013 – Clive Burr, drummer, Iron Maiden (born 1957)
And on this day in...
1967 – Velvet Underground's debut album was released
1969 – Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman, in London
1971 – The Allman Brothers Band played the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York, both of which were recorded, later released
as At Fillmore East, their third and breakthrough album
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