This has literally just been announced to the public today.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44401051
And this legendary voice from the Valleys had one of his biggest hits with a Prince song... 78...Tom Jones [Thomas John Woodward], Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat), born in Pontypridd in 1940..
And another band from about exactly the same period ('85-'89 ish) Prefab Sprout were grabbing a bit of my attention too... 56...Paddy McAloon, singer, songwriter and guitarist for Prefab Sprout was born in Witton Gilbert, County Durham in 1962...
Dean Martin [Dino Paul Crocetti], American singer and actor (Martin and Lewis, The Dean Martin Show), born in Steubenville, Ohio in 1917 (d. 1995).. This is probably his signature song, the drunken old sot....
64...Greg Ginn, Hardcore Punk guitarist and songwriter (Black Flag) was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1954... This is NOT a cover of an ABBA song!...
37...Alex Band (vocalist for The Calling) was born in Los Angeles in 1981. His father is horror film director Charles Band, known for the Puppet Master franchise....
77....Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, US pop singer, guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep) was born in Elkins, West Virginia in 1941... He wrote this...
78...Nancy Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1940. Her parents are Frank Sinatra and his wife Nancy Barbato. Nancy Jr. becomes a singer like her dad, and in 1966 has a #1 hit with "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'."...
67...Tony Rice, American Bluegrass, Folk and Jazz acoustic guitarist was born in Danville Virginia in 1951....
Went to the Kent Spitfire County Cricket ground yesterday evening. Awesome evening, saw Tom Bailey, ex Thompson Twins, OMD and Aha. OMD stole the show, amazing live band the fab the cool