Celebrating 30 March
Birthdays
1930 – Rolf Harris, musician, artist, sex offender
1941 – Graeme Edge, drummer, The Moody Blues
1945 – Eric Clapton, guitarist, Cream, Blind Faith
1948 – Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, vocalist, Black Oak Arkansas
1949 – Lene Lovich, singer/songwriter
1962 – MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), hip hopster
1964 – Tracy Chapman, singer/songwriter
1965 – Tim Dorney, keyboardist, Republica
1966 – Joey Castillo, drummer, Queens of the Stone Age
1967 – Ace (Martin Kent), guitarist, Skunk Anansie
1968 – Céline Dion, chanteuse
1976 – Mark McClelland, bassist, Snow Patrol
1978 – Simon Webbe, singer, Blue
1979 – Norah Jones, singer/songwriter, pianist
Died on this day
2004 – Timi Yuro, blue-eyed soul singer (born 1940)
2013 – Phil Ramone, record producer (born 1934)
And on this day in...
1967 – The cover photographs were taken for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band