Some Birthday happenings for May 26th: 1904 ● George Formby (Booth) → Stage/screen actor, singing comedian and ukulele player, recorded more than 200 albums and appeared in 20 films. 1920 ● Peggy Lee (Norma Deloris Egstrom) → Singer, pop-jazz-big band songwriter and actress, worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones and others. 1926 ● Miles Dewey Davis III → Jazz trumpeter, composer and badass, major influence on jazz and fusion music. 1939 ● Jaki Liebezeit → Drummer for Can. 1940 ● Levon Helm → Drummer, vocals,songwriter and legend for The Band, producer. 1941 ● Art Sharp → Guitar and vocals for The Nashville Teens. 1942 ● Ray Ennis → Vocals and guitar for The Swinging Blue Jeans. 1944 ● Terence Verden Allen → Keyboards for Mott The Hoople. 1945 ● Garry Peterson → Drummer for The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. 1946 ● Michael Mick Ronson → Guitarist, songwriter and producer, worked with David Bowie as one of the Spiders from Mars, session work for Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter, Morrissey and others. 1946 ● Ronnie Harkai → Drummer for The Outsiders, recording engineer and producer. 1948 ● Stephanie Lynn (Stevie) Nicks → Singer/songwriter for Fleetwood Mac and solo. 1949 ● Randall Hank Williams, Jr. → Singer/songwriter, guitarist and jackass. 1958 ● Wayne Hussey (Jerry Lovelock) → Guitarist for Dead Or Alive, The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission. 1962 ● Colin Vearncombe → Singer/songwriter for Black, solo. 1964 ● Leonard Albert Lenny Kravitz → Singer, songwriter. 1966 ● Tommy Stewart → Drummer for Extreme, Everclear, Fuel, Halloween and others, 1967 ● Kristen Pfaff → Bass for Janitor Joe, Hole. 1968 ● Phillip Rhodes → Drummer for The Gin Blossoms. 1971 ● Joey Kibble → Vocals for Take 6. 1972 ● Alan White → Drummer for Oasis. 1981 ● Isaac Slade →Singer, pianist for The Fray.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 13:05:52 +0000
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