He later left and founded Hard Rock band, Bad Company with Paul Rodgers from Free and wrote this from their debut album...
Jazz and Latin Trumpeter, Singer, Pianist, Songwriter, Arranger and Record Producer, Herb Alpert is 83 today, having been born in Los Angeles in 1935...
Lead Vocalist and Bassist for 60s Brummie Beat group, The Fortunes, Rod Allen was born in Leicester on this day in 1944...
There was a special Front Row on Radio 4 yesterday devoted entirely to his centenary. It does say 25 August on Wiki, but I assume the BBC know what they’re talking about, especially as one of his sons was interviewed!
@Saints_Alive I just checked on the official Leonard Bernstein site https://leonardbernstein.com and his birthday is definitely 25 August 1918. I think the BBC just chose yesterday for some reason as there are special events going on, for two whole years from 25 August last year to the same date in 2019. Apologies for the confusion, Wiki was right after all!
In 1985, i went to The Longest Day concert at Milton Keynes Bowl. I was a young teen and there were some amazing acts performing that day including Spear of Destiny, the brilliant Billy Bragg, The Ramones, R.E.M and a raw U2. Fantastic day brilliant concert. Despite all those brilliant artists the performance that stayed with me was by a band called The Faith Brothers. Went on to produce 2 brilliant albums. Here is a Stranger on Home Ground
Sadly lead singer Billy Franks was one of a number of great artists the world sadly lost in 2016 at the age of just 60.. If you only listen to a couple of tracks from artists you have never heard before, let these be the ones
Two personal favourites of mine were born on this day, firstly the late, great Ronnie Lane, Bassist, Singer and Songwriter for The Small Faces, Faces, Slim Chance and Solo work, was born in Plaistow in 1946...
This song from his brilliant collaborative album with Pete Townshend, Rough Mix from 1977 is very appropriate today... He suffered a long time from progressive mulitiple sclerosis and finally succumbed to pneumonia in 1997 aged 51.
Happy 70th Birthday to Ska and Reggae Legend, Jimmy Cliff who was born on this day in Somerton District St. James, Jamaica in 1948. He is a Singer, Songwriter, Musician and an Actor....
