Ian McLagan (keyboardist for The Small Faces, The Faces) was born in Hounslow, Middlesex in 1945 (d) 2014... This is one of my all time favourite songs and his Hammond playing on it is sublime...
Ian Dury (Kilburn and the High-Roads, Ian Dury & the Blockheads) was born in Upminster, Essex in 1942 (d) 2000... This song has my dear old dad's full name in it (true).....
90...Burt Bacharach, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again), born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1928...
70....Steve Winwood (of Traffic, Blind Faith and The Spencer Davis Group) was born in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1948...
Ok, this one is a personal pleasure for me...It is the child musical genius of Motown who released several groundbreaking albums in the 70's ... 68...Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Morris in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950... Here's where it started..
Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens was born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California in 1941 (d) 1959 (In the same plane crash as Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper)..