1945, Chris White, bass, The Zombies, (1964 US No.2 & UK No.12 single 'She's Not There'). She's Not There

1952, Ernie Isley, The Isley Brothers, (1968 UK No.3 single 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 1969 US No.2 single 'It's Your Thing').Isely Brothers ~~ Who's that lady


1948, Little Peggy March, US singer, (1963 US No.1 single 'I Will Follow Him').I will Follow Him


1946, Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale')Whiter Shade of Pale

1995, 5th March, Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was killed in a house fire.

Urban Spaceman

1951, Born 5th March, Elaine Page, singer, (1985 UK No.1 single 'I Know Him So Well')

Elaine Paige ~~ I know him so Well

1952, 5th March, born: Alan Clark, keyboards, Dire Straits, (1985 US No.1 single 'Money For Nothing', 1986 UK No.2 single 'Walk Of Life').

Dire Straits ~~ Walk of Life

1986, Songwriter Howard Greenfield died of a brain tumour aged 50. Co-wrote with Neil Sedaka, 'Calendar Girl', 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do', 'Crying In The Rain' with Carole King. Also wrote TV theme songs theme to 'Bewitched.'

Neil Sedaka ~ Calendar Girl

1950, Born 4th March, Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, (1984 UK No.6 single 'Dr Beat'
1989 US No.1 single 'Don't Wanna Loose You').

Dr. Beat

Ditty^Doo: yep!

Eric Clapton ~~ Old Love

awesome:

The Beatles ~~ Hold me Tight

Andersp:

and here he is with the rest of Abba ~Thank you for the Music

Andersp: Benny Andersson !

3rd March 1949, Born: Derek (Blue) Weaver, keyboards, Amen Corner, (1969 UK No.1 single 'If Paradise Is Half As Nice'). Strawbs, (1973 UK No.2 single with 'Part Of The Union'). Also worked with The Bee Gees, (1975 US No.1 'Jive Talking').Amen Corner ~~ Bend me shape me

3rd March 1947, Born: Dave Mount, Mud, (1974 UK No.1 single 'Tiger Feet' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles). Mount died on 2nd December 2006
Mud ~~ Tiger Feet

awesome:

Mamas and Papas ~~ California Dreaming

awesome:

Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass Elliot Piano

Born 2nd March. 1950, Karen Carpenter, vocals, drums, The Carpenters. (1973 UK No.2 single 'Yesterday Once More' plus 3 US No.1's including 1975 US No.1single 'Please Mr Postman'. 1974 UK & US No.1 album 'The Singles 1969-1973 spent 125 weeks on the UK chart). She died on February 4th 1983 of anorexia nervosa.The Carpenters ~~ We've Only Just Begun....

On 2nd March 1999, Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against cancer, aged 59. The British singer had her first UK hit single in 1963 with ‘I Only Want To Be With You’, which reached No.4, a 1966 UK No.1 & US No.4 single with 'You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.


Dusty Springfield ~~ I Close My Eyes and Count to ten....

awesome:

Donovan and John Denver ~~ Only the Blue, 1973

awesome:

Simon and Garfunkel ~~ The Sounds of Silence

nightmagic: some how, I'm not that surprised!

nightmagic: the er 'older stuff' stands the Test of Time much better than more recent music does.

1944,

Mike D'Abo, singer, songwriter, Manfred Mann, (1968 UK No.1 & US No.10 single 'Mighty Quinn'). Wrote 'Handbags & Gladrags' covered by Rod Stewart and Stereophonics. Also wrote 'Build Me Up A Buttercup' a 1968 hit for The Foundations


Manfred Mann ~~ Mighty Quinn

Harry Belafonte in Holland 1988

Born 1st March 1927, Harry Belafonte, US singer,(1957 UK No.1 & US No.12 single with ‘Mary’s Boy Child’ and a 1957 UK No.2 & US No.5 with ‘Banana Boat Song’). He also scored over 15 US Top 40 albums, including the 1956 Calypso.

nightmagic: that's only because I've someone on messenger chatting to me, hence the slight delay.

nightmagic:

a good one, yes.


The Animals ~~ House of the Rising Sun

nightmagic:


Jaurim ~~Magic Carpet Ride

nightmagic:

Moody Blues ~~ Nights in White Satin

nightmagic:

Jimi Hendricks ~~ All along the Watchtower

awesome:
Led Zeppelin ~~ Kashmir

Tuesday: Shooter Jennings ~~Daddy's Farm

awesome: Dire Straits Sultans of swing

Mousetrap:

and I remember seeing the man himself in commercials for Sky along side Ronnie Corbett last year.

awesome:

Alice Cooper ~~ School's Out

Happy New Year to all the Music Lovers here.

TexasToest:

Hank Williams ~~ Cold Cold Heart

TexasToest:

Wikipaedia describes her as a singer/song writer, so she must do, yes.

Chantal Kreviazuk

TexasToest:

Chantal Kreviazuk ~Far away

TexasToest:

Chantal Kreviazuk ~ Leaving on a Jet Plane

DJ Alan Freeman dies, aged 79
Broadcaster Alan Freeman, the man who coined the phrase "Greetings, Pop Pickers", has died.

The 79-year-old died peacefully at his Brinsworth House home in Twickenham, London, after a brief illness.

Freeman, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1927, and came to Britain in 1957, enjoyed almost 50 years in the industry.


Al Freeman

Born 20th November 1942, Norman Greenbaum

Spirit in the Sky

1992, Ronnie Bond of The Troggs. (1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing').


The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

Jim Dandy:

Roy Buchanan

gogul: