Sid Vicious (bassist for The Sex Pistols) is born John Simon Ritchie in Lewisham in 1957 (d) 1979.. I won't post a Pistols song because in truth he contributed very little to them musically but helped their image a bit!....
58...Paul Hewson was born in Dublin in 1960. He shortened his nickname from Bono Vox (Latin for "good voice", pretentious, moi?) to simply Bono and fronts the band U2... Much prefer their early material...
72....'60s Folk/ Psychedelic Rocker Donovan was born Donovan Philips Leitch in Maryhill, Glasgow in 1946...
66....Reggae drummer Sly Dunbar (of Sly & Robbie) is born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston, Jamaicain 1952...
56...Garry Daley, vocalist, keyboard and songwriter (China Crisis-Christian) born in Kirby, Merseyside in 1962...
42...Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish Post Rock singer, musician and co-songwriter(Mogwai) born in Dalserf, Scotland in 1976...
Just read this on the Beeb website and i'm gutted... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44079462 Edit: The body is now confirmed as his, such a tragic loss of young talent...RIP Scott...
Irving Berlin [Israel Isidore Baline], American composer and lyricist considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history (God Bless America, White Xmas), born in Tyumen, Russian Empire in 1888 (d. 1989)...
35...Sexy Aussie Saints fan (she is related to Benny Hill...) Holly Valance, actress (Felicity "Flick" Scully-Neighbours) and singer, born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1983..
Kit Lambert, manager of The Who and co-founder of Track Records, was born Christopher Sebastian Lambert in Middlesex in 1935 (d) 1981...
Saw her at the BIC some years back promoting her "I'm not dead" album (2003, yikes!). Great entertainment and all the acrobatics mentioned above.
When I was 15 (1975) I worked in a garage and the chief mechanic introduced me to Alvin Lee. Became nearly obsessed as him. Saw him once at Cardiff Uni. P.S. together, we could change a clutch on a Cortina in 20 minutes!
A couple of friends saw her in Manchester a few years back and said that she was the best live act they'd ever seen.