Celebrating 11 April
Birthdays
1946 – Bob Harris, DJ and TV presenter
1955 – Neville Staple, vocalist, The Specials
1961 – Nigel Pulsford, guitarist, Bush
1966 – Lisa Stansfield, singer/songwriter
1969 – Cerys Matthews, singer, Catatonia
1970 – Delroy Pearson, singer, Five Star
1971 – Oliver Riedel, bassist, Rammstein
1974 – Tom Thacker, guitarist, Gob
1987 – Joss Stone, singer/songwriter
Died on this day
2001 – Sandy Bull, folk musician (born 1941)
2006 – June Pointer, singer, The Pointer Sisters (born 1953)
2006 – Proof ( DeShaun Dupree Holton), rapper, D12 (born 1973)
2014 – Jesse Winchester, singer/songwriter (born 1944)
2017 – J. Geils, guitarist, J. Geils Band (born 1946)
2017 – Toby Smith, keyboardist, Jamiroquai (born 1970)
And on this day in...
1966 – Buffalo Springfield made their live debut at the Troubadour, in Hollywood