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Letzter Beitrag der vorhergehenden Seite:

February 29
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)
1956 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-I Don't Know, I Don't Care)
March 1
1810 Frederic Chopin, Polish/French pianist and composer (Concert in F Minor), born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw (d. 1849) (baptismal records 22nd Feb)
1904 Glenn Miller, American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood), born in Clarinda, Iowa (d. 1944)
1927 Harry Belafonte, American calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher), born in Harlem, New York
1940 Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon)
1942 Jerry Fischer, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)
1946 Tony Ashton, British musician (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), born in Blackburn (d. 2001)
1948 Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
March 2
1900 Kurt J Weill, Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany)
1942 Lou Reed, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Velvet Underground), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
1948 Rory Gallagher, Donegal, Irish rock guitarist and songwriter (See Here) Gestorben: 14. Juni 1995, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
1956 Mark Evans, Australian rock bassist (AC/DC), born in Melbourne, Victoria

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March 3
1938 Willie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1942 Mike Pender, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles & Pins), born in Liverpool, England
1951 Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
1953 Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
1954 Chris Hughes, English record producer and rock drummer (Adam & The Ants), born in London, England
March 4
1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Baroque violin virtuoso and composer (The Four Seasons), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1741)
1932 Miriam Makeba, singer (Grammy 1965), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1947 Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
1951 Chris Rea, English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over), born in Middlesbrough, England

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Christopher Russell Edward „Chris“ Squire war ein britischer Rockmusiker.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Squire
Einem weltweiten Publikum wurde er als Bassist der Progressive-Rock-Formation Yes bekannt. Wikipedia
Geboren: 4. März 1948, Kingsbury, Harrow, Vereinigtes Königreich
Gestorben: 27. Juni 2015, Phoenix, Arizona, Vereinigte Staaten
Größe: 1,93 m
Ehepartnerinnen: Scotland Squire (verh. 2003–2015), Melissa Morgan (verh. 1993–2004), Nikki Squire (verh. 1972–1987)

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1944 Mary Wilson, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go), born in Detroit, Michigan
1945 Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
1947 Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
1949 Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na)
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1946 David Gilmour, English rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall), born in Cambridge, England

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1875 Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937)
1943 Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
1945 Arthur Lee, rocker
1946 Matthew Fisher, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), born in London, England

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March 8
1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz guitarist (Perfect Circle)
1946 Randy Meisner, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy)
1947 Mike Allsup, Modesto Ca, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night)
1957 Clive Burr, East Ham, London, drummer (Iron Maiden 1979-82), (d. 2013)
1958 Gary Numan, [Gary Webb], Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas)
1973 Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
March 9
1930 Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2015)
1942 John Cale, Welsh musician, composer and singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground), born in Garnant, Wales
1945 Robin Trower, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), born in London, England
1945 Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), born in Pretoria (d. 1988)
1968 Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative), born in Brooklyn, New York

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1947 Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1950 Ted McKenna, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)

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1945 Harvey Mandel, rock guitarist
1947 Mark Stein, singer/organist/keyboardist (Vanilla Fudge)
1948 George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer (Golden Earring)
1950 Bobby McFerrin, singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989)

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March 12:
1940 Al Jarreau, American jazz singer (Moonlighting), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
1946 Liza Minnelli, American singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret), born in Hollywood, California
1948 James Taylor, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1949 Bill Payne, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero), born in Waco, Texas
1949 Mike Gibbons, Welsh musician and drummer (Badfinger), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2005)
1951 Jack Green, Scottish musician (T. Rex, The Pretty Things), born in Glasgow
1957 Steve Harris, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss), born in London, England
March 13:
1939 Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do), born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 Adam Clayton, English-Irish musician and rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow), born in Chinnor, England
1962 Terence Blanchard, American jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) and film score composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana

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1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late baroque composer, born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 1767)
1804 Johann Strauss the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March), born in Leopoldstadt, Austria (d. 1849)
1933 Quincy Jones Jr, American composer and singer (We Are The World), born in Chicago, Illinois
1943 Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles, Mothers of Invention), born in Santa Monica, California
1945 Walt Parazaider, rock saxophonist (Chicago), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Billy Sherwood

14. März 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada