The birthday thread

73 today Manfred Mann.

[video=youtube;OlBifX0H3yg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBifX0H3yg[/video]

 

Happy birthday to Julian Cope

[video=youtube;xMFTesj7YiM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMFTesj7YiM[/video]


[video=youtube;d2VyHma19sY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2VyHma19sY[/video]

[video=youtube;ByH-G2aYq-Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByH-G2aYq-Q[/video]

 

Dizzy Gillespie

[video=youtube;6ScgUCDd9l0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ScgUCDd9l0[/video]

 

Lux Interior of the Cramps was born today

[video=youtube;9TR6QuOj-Gw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TR6QuOj-Gw[/video]

 

Remember a week or so I denounced Midge Ure as being Scotland's shame. I retract that. Happy birthday to Eric Faulconer.

[video=youtube;ytii7-bUxuk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytii7-bUxuk[/video]

 

[video=youtube;syZk099BXng]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZk099BXng[/video]

ROnald Reagan

 

Steve Cropper guitarist for of Booker T and the MCs

[video=youtube;Jbf1Vvw9rjo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbf1Vvw9rjo[/video]

 

Charlotte Caffey of the Go- Go's.

[video=youtube;f55KlPe81Yw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55KlPe81Yw[/video]

 

Pierre Moerlen of Gong was born today he died in 2005.

[video=youtube;AFhaAUnfObE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFhaAUnfObE&list=PLbQ-ic06B-25VuYhL4PT-lxi3Wz7gYtRE[/video]

 

Bill Wyman bass player of the Rolling Stones and friend to all the family. Ask the Smiths

[video=youtube;tiMMGC706SU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiMMGC706SU[/video]

 

Edgar Broughton. Head and guitarist.

[video=youtube;MhNZMcWP8HI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNZMcWP8HI[/video]

 

[video=youtube;CevxZvSJLk8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CevxZvSJLk8[/video]

Katy Perry

 

Happy birthday to Jon Anderson of Yes

[video=youtube;-Tdu4uKSZ3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tdu4uKSZ3M[/video]

 

[video=youtube;YiPYTInr7Is]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPYTInr7Is[/video]

Richard Lloyd of Television

 

[video=youtube;JR_0nbEzVdY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR_0nbEzVdY[/video]

Gary W Tallent keyboard player for the E Street band

[video=youtube;HGDmBLAPikU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDmBLAPikU[/video]

Chubby onanist Simon Le Bon.

 

Hugely influential guitarist (see post 191) and friend of Cliff. Today is Hank Marvin's birthday.

[video=youtube;rUAj5z67T04]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUAj5z67T04[/video]

 

Stephen Morris of Joy Division and New Order is 55 today.

[video=youtube;zzeNAUOp17c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzeNAUOp17c[/video]

[video=youtube;PMAB3r6EjcM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAB3r6EjcM[/video]

[video=youtube;95H1vtE9JjU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95H1vtE9JjU[/video]

 

Denny Laine of Wings and the Moody Blues is today's birthday.

[video=youtube;6ABYfzNdJOA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ABYfzNdJOA[/video]

[video=youtube;sUFFRd27YDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFFRd27YDw[/video]

 

Dear God I nearly missed Jim Williamson of The Stooges!

[video=youtube;BJIqnXTqg8I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I[/video]

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[video=youtube;1tp4srXRZDI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tp4srXRZDI[/video]

 

Today in 1975 the Sex Pistols played their first gig, at St Martin's College of Art in London. 786,883 people were there.