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1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan… Read more

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]

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1967 – The Bee Gees release their first English single… Read more

1967 – The Bee Gees release their first English single…

1967 – The Bee Gees release their first English single, “New York Mining Disaster 1941.” Advertisements call the trio “The Most Significant Talent Since the Beatles.”

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2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below Read more

2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below

2006 – English songbird Katie Melua performs a concert 303 meters below sea level. The world’s deepest gig happens at the bottom of an oil rig shaft in the North Sea. Unfortunately, someone lifts Melua back to the surface. Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the deepest ever gig. Melua set the […]

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2005 – Edith Wong, a promoter who booked bands like the Police, X, the Go-Gos Read more

2005 – Edith Wong, a promoter who booked bands like the Police, X, the Go-Gos

2005 – Edith Wong, a promoter who booked bands like the Police, X, the Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo, the Motels, the Knack, the Textones and Plane English at her string of Madame Wong’s clubs in Los Angeles, dies aged 88.

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2005 – English singer and lucky bastard Seal marries… Read more

2005 – English singer and lucky bastard Seal marries…

2005 – English singer and lucky bastard Seal marries model Heidi Klum on a beach in Mexico. There might have been a kiss from a rose on a plate involved.

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2004 – John Peel, an English DJ whose eclectic taste and patronage was instrumental Read more

2004 – John Peel, an English DJ whose eclectic taste and patronage was instrumental

2004 – John Peel, an English DJ whose eclectic taste and patronage was instrumental in launching the careers of T. Rex, Rod Stewart, The Smiths, The Undertones, The Fall, and countless others, dies of a heart attack in Peru. He was 65.

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2003 – Christina Aguilera is forced to cancel the remainder of his Read more

2003 – Christina Aguilera is forced to cancel the remainder of his

2003 – Christina Aguilera is forced to cancel the remainder of his English after coming down with bronchitis.

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2003 – English songbird Dido releases Life for Rent, the follow-up to her Read more

2003 – English songbird Dido releases Life for Rent, the follow-up to her

2003 – English songbird Dido releases Life for Rent, the follow-up to her multi-million-selling debut No Angel.

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2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray’s Read more

2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray’s

2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath watch English comedy rockers the Darkness make their West Coast debut at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre.

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2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray Read more

2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray

2003 – Jack Osbourne, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath watch English comedy rockers the Darkness make their West Coast debut at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre.

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2003 – Madonna’s first children’s book is publishe… Read more

2003 – Madonna’s first children’s book is publishe…

2003 – Madonna’s first children’s book is published in 42 languages in more than 100 countries. The release of “The English Roses” by Callaway Editions and Penguin Group, in association with various publishers around the world, is touted as the largest simultaneous worldwide release of a book in history.

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2003 – Pete Doherty, singer/guitarist with rising English Read more

2003 – Pete Doherty, singer/guitarist with rising English

2003 – Pete Doherty, singer/guitarist with rising English band The Libertines’ Pete Doherty, is arrested for burglary after allegedly breaking into a basement apartment in central London. Does this guy get in alot of trouble or what… He must be kewl!

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  • KISS, and their personal army!

Music Downloads

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Music Industry links

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Rock Bassists of note

  • Ariane Cap
  • Billy Sheehan
  • Flea(Red Hot Chile Peppers)
  • Geddy Lee
  • John Paul Jones
  • Paul McCartney
  • Ross Valory

Rock Drummers of note

  • Carl Palmer
  • Clive Bunker(Jethro Tull)
  • John Bonham
  • Neil Peart
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Smith
  • Tommy Aldridge
  • Tommy Lee

Rock Guitarists of Note!

  • Angus Young
  • Blues Saraceno
  • Brian May
  • Carlos Santana
  • Doug Doppler
  • Eric Clapton
  • George Harrison
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Jimmy Page

Rock Keyboardists of note

  • Billy Joel
  • Elton John
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Jon Lord
  • Jonathan Cain
  • Keith Emerson
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Ray Manzarek
  • Rick Wakeman

Rock Singers of Note

  • Ann Wilson
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Bowie
  • David Lee Roth
  • Elvis Presley (The King)
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Grace Slick
  • Jim Morrison
  • Mick Jagger
  • Ozzy

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