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01 Jan 1952 Born on this day. Andy Johns, producer and engineer who worked on classic albums by Led Zeppelin, (Led Zeppelin II and all albums through to Physical Graffiti), the Rolling Stones, (Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street), Jimi Hendrix, (Axis: Bold as Love), Van Halen and many others. Johns, the younger brother of noted producer Glyn Johns died on April 7th 2013.
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15 Jan 1952 birth Melvyn Gale, cello, Electric Light Orchestra, (1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single 'Don't Bring Me Down', plus 26 other Top 40 hits).
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19 Jan 1952 birth Eric Leeds, American jazz and funk musician, saxophone and other woodwind and brass instruments. Best known for his work with Prince. Played on The Black Album, Lovesexy and Batman albums.
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20 Jan 1952 birth Paul Stanley, guitar, vocals, Kiss, who had 1976 US #11 album 'Rock and Roll Over' which spent 26 weeks on the chart. Plus the 1987 UK #4 single 'Crazy Crazy Nights'. Kiss have been awarded 24 gold albums to date, the most of any American rock band - selling more than 40 million albums.
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20 Jan 1952 birth Ian Hill, bass, Judas Priest, (1980 UK No.12 single 'Living After Midnight', 1980 UK No.4 album 'British Steel').
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29 Jan 1952 birth Thomas Erdelyi, (Tommy Ramone), Hungarian drummer with the Ramones, who had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. Erdelyi also worked as a record producer and was an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys. He died on July 11, 2014 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct cancer.
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31 Jan 1952 birth Curley Smith, drummer with American group Jo Jo Gunne who had the 1972 UK No.6 & US No. 27 single 'Run Run Run.'
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04 Feb 1952 birth Jerry Shirley, drummer with Humble Pie who had the 1969 UK No.4 single 'Natural Born Bugie'.
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12 Feb 1952 birth Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, who with The Doobie Brothers had the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', and the 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan.
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13 Feb 1952 birth Ed Gagliardi, bassist with Foreigner who had the 1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is'.
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15 Feb 1952 birth Melissa Manchester, US singer, songwriter who had the 1975 US No.6 single 'Midnight Blue'.
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18 Feb 1952 birth Judy Kay Newton, Juice Newton who had the 1981 US No.2 single, 'Queen Of Hearts'.
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18 Feb 1952 birth Randy Crawford, US female singer who had the 1980 UK No.2 single 'One Day I'll Fly Away' and with the Crusaders the 1979 UK No.5 & US No.36 single 'Street Life.'
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21 Feb 1952 birth Jean-Jacques Burnel, bassist, singer with The Stranglers who had the 1982 UK No.2 single 'Golden Brown' plus over 20 other UK Top 40 hits.
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23 Feb 1952 birth Brad Whitford, guitarist with Aerosmith who had the 1989 UK No.13 single 'Love In An Elevator'. Their 1989 album 'Pump' spent 53 weeks on the US charts. Also scored the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.4 single written by Diane Warren 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'.
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28 Feb 1952 birth Eddie Manion, from Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who had the 1978 album 'Hearts Of Stone'.
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05 Mar 1952 birth Alan Clark, keyboard player with Dire Straits who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Money For Nothing' and the 1986 UK No.2 single 'Walk Of Life'.
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07 Mar 1952 birth Ernie Isley, The Isley Brothers who had the 1968 UK No.3 single 'This Old Heart Of Mine' and the 1969 US No.2 single 'It's Your Thing'.
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19 Mar 1952 birth Derek Longmuir, Bay City Rollers, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby' plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles', 1976 US No.1 single 'Saturday Night').
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23 Mar 1952 birth Dave Bartram, Showaddywaddy, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Under The Moon Of Love' plus over 20 other UK Top 40 hits).
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01 Apr 1952 birth Billy Currie, keyboards, Ultravox, (1981 UK No.2 single 'Vienna', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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02 Apr 1952 birth Leon Wilkeson, bass, Lynyrd Skynyrd, (1974 US No. 8 single, 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'). He died on 27th July 2001.
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04 Apr 1952 birth Dave Hill, guitarist, Slade, (1971 UK No.1 single 'Coz I Luv You' plus 5 other UK No.1 and 18 top 40 singles).
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04 Apr 1952 birth Gary Moore, guitar, vocals, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, solo, (1979 UK No.8 single 'Parisian Walkways'). Died on 6th February 2011 while on holiday in Spain.
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04 Apr 1952 birth Pete Haycock, Climax Blues Band, (1976 UK No.10 & 1977 US No.3 single 'Couldn't Get It Right').
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07 Apr 1952 birth Bruce Gary, The Knack, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'My Sharona').
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26 Apr 1952 birth Neol Davies, Selecter, (1979 UK No.8 single 'On My Radio').
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03 May 1952 Kitty Wells recorded 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'. Wells was disenchanted with her career prospects and was considering retirement, but agreed to the session at Owen Bradley’s studio because of the $125 union scale recording payment. 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' was an answer song to Hank Thompson's 'The Wild Side of Life', and its lyrical treatment of seductive, wayward women. It became the first No.1 Billboard country hit for a solo female artist.
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10 May 1952 birth Lee Brilleaux, Dr Feelgood, vocals, harmonica, (1979 UK No.9 single 'Milk And Alcohol'). He died of cancer on 7th April 1994.
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10 May 1952 birth Sly Dunbar, session drummer, as Sly and Robbie worked with Peter Tosh, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Cliff, Grace Jones, Joe Cocker, (1987 UK No.12 single 'Boops Here To Go').
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14 May 1952 birth David Byrne, guitar, vocals, Talking Heads, (1983 US No.9 single 'Burning Down The House', 1985 UK No.6 single 'Road To Nowhere'), Solo (2002 UK No. 2 single with X-Press, 'Lazy').
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18 May 1952 birth George Strait, US country singer, songwriter, (1992 album 'Pure Country' spent 40 weeks on the US chart). He has the second most number one country hits among any artist in any musical genre in history, totalling 53 number one hit songs. Only Conway Twitty has more, with 55.
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19 May 1952 birth Grace Jones, singer, model, (1985 UK No.12 single 'Slave To The Rhythm').
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19 May 1952 birth Jeffrey Hyman, (Joey Ramone), vocals, The Ramones, 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. He died on 15th April 2001 after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer aged 49. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
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20 May 1952 Born on this day Warren Cann, drummer, Ultravox, (1981 UK No.2 single 'Vienna', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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31 May 1952 birth Karl Bartos, Kraftwerk, (1975 US No.25 single 'Autobahn', 1982 UK No.1 single 'Computer Love / The Model').
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01 Jun 1952 birth John Ellis, guitarist, The Vibrators, (1978 UK No.35 single 'Automatic Lover').
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03 Jun 1952 birth Billy Powell, keyboards, Lynyrd Skynyrd, (1974 US No. 8 single, 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'). Died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida on 28th Jan 2009. Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate the musician but he was pronounced dead an hour later.
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04 Jun 1952 birth Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist, member of Thunderclap Newman, (1969 UK No.1 single 'Something In The Air'), also worked with Wings, John Entwistle, Stone The Crows and The Bluesbreakers. McCulloch died on September 27th 1979.
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05 Jun 1952 birth Nicko McBrain, drums, Iron Maiden, (1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter').
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12 Jun 1952 birth Pete Fardon, bass player with The Pretenders, (1980 UK No.1 single with ‘Brass In Pocket’). He died of a drug overdose on April 14th 1983.
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18 Jun 1952 birth Ricky Gazda, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, (1978 album 'Hearts Of Stone').
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25 Jun 1952 birth Tim Finn, singer, songwriter, Split Enz, (1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'). Crowded House, (1992 UK No.7 single 'Weather With You'). Solo and Finn Brothers.
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01 Jul 1952 birth Dan Aykroyd, actor, 'Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers, (1990 UK No.12 single 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love').
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01 Jul 1952 birth Leon Chancler, drummer, percussionist. Worked with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson's (Billie Jean), Donna Summer, Carlos Santana, The Crusaders, Frank Sinatra, Weather Report, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock and John Lee Hooker.
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02 Jul 1952 birth Johnny Colla, guitar, sax, Huey Lewis and the News, (1985 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'The Power Of Love').
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03 Jul 1952 birth Andy Fraser, bass player with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Joined Free when he was aged 16. (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single ‘All Right Now'). Ted Nugent, Robert Palmer and Joe Cocker have all covered songs written by Fraser. He died on 16 March 2015 at his home in California.
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06 Jul 1952 birth David Smith, singer, The Real Thing, (1976 UK No.1 single 'You To Me Are Everything').
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06 Jul 1952 birth Graham Oliver, Saxon, (1980 UK No.5 album 'Wheels Of Steel').
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07 Jul 1952 birth Lynval Golding, guitar, The Specials, (1981 UK No.1 single 'Ghost Town').
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12 Jul 1952 birth Liz Mitchell, singer, Boney M, (1978 UK No.1 & US No.30 single 'Rivers Of Babylon').
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12 Jul 1952 birth Philip Taylor Kramer, bass guitar, Iron Butterfly. His disappearance on February 12, 1995 caused a mystery lasting four years. On May 29, 1999, Kramer's Ford Aerostar minivan and skeletal remains were found by photographers looking for old car wrecks to shoot at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. Based on forensic evidence his death was ruled as a probable suicide.
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14 Jul 1952 birth Chris Cross, bass, synth, Ultravox, (1981 UK No.2 single 'Vienna', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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14 Jul 1952 birth Bob Casale, best known as a guitarist and keyboardist in the new wave band Devo. He engineered the first solo album for Police guitarist Andy Summers. Casale died on February 17, 2014.
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15 Jul 1952 birth Jeff Carlisli, 38 Special, (1982 US No.10 single 'Caught Up In You').
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15 Jul 1952 birth Johnny Thunders, (John Genzale), guitar, vocals, The New York Dolls, 1973 album 'New York Dolls'. Died of a drug overdose on 23rd April 1991.
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16 Jul 1952 birth Stewart Copeland, (aka Klark Kent), drummer, Curved Air, (1971 UK No.4 single 'Back Street Luv'), Police, (1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take' plus four other UK No.1 singles). The re-formed Doors. Read the full story
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17 Jul 1952 birth Chet McCracKen, drums, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin').
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17 Jul 1952 birth Phoebe Snow, US singer, songwriter, (1975 US No.5 single 'Poetry Man', 1979 UK No.37 single 'Every Night').
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19 Jul 1952 birth Allen Collins, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, (1974 US No. 8 single, 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'). Collins was behind the wheel in a car accident in 1986 that killed his girlfriend and left him paralyzed from the waist down. He died on 23rd January 1990 aged 37.
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20 Jul 1952 birth Jay Jay French, guitar, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry').
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23 Jul 1952 birth Janis Siegel, singer, Manhattan Transfer, (1977 UK No.1 'Chanson D'amour', 1981 US No.7 single 'Boy From New York City').
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04 Aug 1952 birth Marie Ni Bhraonain, Clannad, (1982 UK No.5 single 'Harry's Game').
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06 Aug 1952 birth Pat McDonald, Timbuk 3, (1987 UK No.21 single 'The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades').
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07 Aug 1952 birth Alexis Sayle, actor, comedian, (1984 UK No.15 single 'Ullo John Got A New Motor'').
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13 Aug 1952 The original version of 'Hound Dog' was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton. It would become the first hit for the song-writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and went on to top the Billboard R&B chart for seven weeks, selling nearly two million copies.
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18 Aug 1952 birth Patrick Swayze, actor, singer, (1988 US No.3 & UK No.17 single with Wendy Fraser, 'She's Like The Wind'). Swayze died from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.
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20 Aug 1952 birth Doug Fieger, The Knack, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'My Sharona'). Died of cancer on 14th Feb 2010.
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21 Aug 1952 birth Joe Strummer, singer, songwriter, guitarist, The Clash, (1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah, 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982 plus 15 other UK top 40 singles). Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. He died on 22nd December 2002.
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26 Aug 1952 birth Billy Rush, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, (1978 album 'Hearts Of Stone').
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30 Aug 1952 birth Kenny Andrews, Darts (1978 UK No.2 single 'Boy From New York City').
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01 Sep 1952 Atlantic Records bought Ray Charles' contract from Swingtime Records, where Charles had been recording in the mellower, bluesy style of Nat King Cole and Charles Brown.
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03 Sep 1952 birth Leroy Smith, Sweet Sensation, (1974 UK No.1 single with 'Sad Sweet Dreamer').
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08 Sep 1952 After Atlantic Records bought Ray Charles' contract from Swingtime, Charles recorded his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs. Over the next seven years, he will record such classics as ‘Mess Around,’ ‘I Got a Woman,’ ‘Hallelujah, I Love Her So’ and ‘What'd I Say.’
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09 Sep 1952 birth Dave Stewart, guitarist, songwriter, producer. Member of Longdancer, Tourists, (1979 UK No.4 single 'I Only Want To Be With You'), Eurythmics, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Sweet Dreams', 1985 UK No.1 single 'There Must Be An Angel'), solo, (1990 UK No.6 single 'Lily Was Here').
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11 Sep 1952 Ahmet Ertegun began recording his newest signing, 21 year old Ray Charles at Atlantic Records on West 56th St in New York City. Ertegun had purchased the singers contract from the Swingtime label for $2,500.
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12 Sep 1952 birth Gerry Beckley, America (1972 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Horse With No Name').
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12 Sep 1952 birth Neil Peart, drummer, Rush, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Spirit Of Radio' 1982 US No. 21 single 'New World Man'). Peart was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to be so honored, as a group.
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13 Sep 1952 birth Don Was, Producer, Was Not Was, (1992 UK No.4 single 'Shake Your Head').
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13 Sep 1952 birth Randy Jones, The Village People, (1978 US No.2 & 1979 UK No.1 single 'YMCA').
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16 Sep 1952 birth Ron Blair, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No.3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open').
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18 Sep 1952 birth Dee Dee Ramone, (Douglas Colvin), bass, The Ramones, 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'). He died of a drug overdose 5th June 2002. Dee Dee is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, not far from the cenotaph of his former Ramones' bandmate, Johnny Ramone.
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19 Sep 1952 birth Nile Rodgers, Chic, (1978 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Le Freak'), Produced Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, David Bowie, (Let's Dance album.)
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22 Sep 1952 birth Mark Panker, Guitar, American Music Club, (1993 album 'Mercury').
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28 Sep 1952 birth Andy Ward, Marillion, (1985 UK No.2 single 'Kayleigh')
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30 Sep 1952 birth John Lombardo, 10,000 Maniacs, (1993 UK No.47 single 'Candy Everybody Wants').
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02 Oct 1952 birth John Otway, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1977 UK No.27 single 'Really Free', with Wild Willy Barrett). 2002 UK No.7 single 'Bunsen Burner'.
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05 Oct 1952 birth Harold Faltemeyer, (1985 UK No.2 7 US No.3 single 'Axel F').
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10 Oct 1952 birth Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy and star of MTV The Osbournes TV Show.
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14 Oct 1952 birth Chris Amoo, The Real Thing, (1976 UK No.1 single 'You To Me Are Everything').
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18 Oct 1952 birth Keith Knudson, drummer, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'). Died of pneumonia on 8th Feb 2005 aged 56.
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21 Oct 1952 birth Brent Mydland, The Grateful Dead, (1970 UK No.69 and US No.127 album 'Workingman's Dead'). He was found dead on the floor of his home on 26th July 1990 aged 38 from a drug overdose.
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26 Oct 1952 birth David Was, Was Not Was, (1992 UK No.4 single 'Shake Your Head').
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31 Oct 1952 Pianist Johnnie Johnson hired 26 year old Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band. While playing evening gigs in the St. Louis area, Berry kept his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years.
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31 Oct 1952 birth Bernard Edwards, producer and member of Chic, (1978 UK No.7 single 'Le Freak'). Produced ABC, Power Station and Rod Stewart. Edwards died on 18th April 1996.
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02 Nov 1952 birth Maxine Nightingale, singer, (1975 UK No.8 single 'Right Back Where We Started').
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08 Nov 1952 The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns. ‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks.
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08 Nov 1952 The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns. ‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks.
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11 Nov 1952 birth Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills, (1967 US No.2 single 'The Rain, The Park & Other Things', 1969 US No.2 single the theme from 'Hair'). TV's Partridge Family was based on the family.
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11 Nov 1952 birth Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills, (1967 US No.2 single 'The Rain, The Park & Other Things', 1969 US No.2 single the theme from 'Hair'). TV's Partridge Family was based on the family.
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12 Nov 1952 birth Laurence Juber, British guitarist, most famous for playing lead guitar with Paul McCartney in Wings.
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12 Nov 1952 birth Laurence Juber, British guitarist, most famous for playing lead guitar with Paul McCartney in Wings.
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03 Dec 1952 birth Duane Roland, guitar, Molly Hatchet, (1980 album 'Beatin' The Odds).
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05 Dec 1952 birth Andy Kim, singer, (1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Rock Me Gently')
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13 Dec 1952 birth Berton Averre, The Knack, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'My Sharona').
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27 Dec 1952 birth David Knopfler, Dire Straits, left in early 1980, (1979 UK No.8 single 'Sultans Of Swing').
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