Legend

Happy 85 FRANK ZAPPA

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Phenomenal multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter FRANK ZAPPA
was born on 21 December 1940 in Baltimore. He would have celebrated his
85th birthday today.

Zappa Magazines.

CIRCUS Magazine – 1967

ROLLING STONE – 1968

CREEM – 1974

CASHBOX – 1982

KEYBOARD Magazine – 1987

Zappa passed away on 4 December 1993 due to cancer. R.I.P.

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Happy 75 To GRAHAM PARKER – One Of The Greatest Rock & Soul Voices Ever

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18 November 2025

British prolific songsmith and terrific voice
GRAHAM PARKER was born in Hackney,
London on 18 November 1970.

Happy 75 to one of the greatest rock
and soul voices ever (to my ears).

He played in a couple of pub bands before forming his group
The Rumour with whom he recorded/released 6 albums with their
5-star masterpiece Squeezing Out Sparks that came out in 1978.

Later on Parker played solo, released records with different
backing bands and reunited the Rumour from 1992 to 1995.
His most recent longplayer is Last Chance To Do The Twist,
released in 2023.

Let’s do his 1977 classic
THE NEW YORK SHUFFLE
to start the birthday party.

And do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle,
Going to stay awake all night
Do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle,
Get yourself uptight, get uptight

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HAPPY 80 To NEIL YOUNG, The Rock Icon Who Keeps On Rockin’ In The Free World

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12 November 2025

Living rock legend NEIL YOUNG was born on 12 November 1945 in Toronto, Canada.

Happy 80 to the imperishable, iconic singer-songwriter. He has released about
a thousand albums since 1963. He worked solo, regularly recorded with his pals
Crazy Horse, and played with three other memorable voices: Crosby, Stills, & Nash and Buffalo Springfield, a long time ago.

On his newest album, Talkin’ To The Trees, released last
June, he’s assisted by his new band The Chrome Hearts


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In between, he keeps on coming up with old stuff from his
inexhaustible Archives, which seem to be inexhaustible.
And he still performs live.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Neil.

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Child In Time IAN GILLAN Celebrates His 80th Birthday Today

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19 August 2025


Gillan, 2nd from the right

Singer IAN GILLAN was born in Chiswick, Middlesex, England
on 19 August 1945. Happy 80 to one of the greatest voices
ever in rock history.

He joined hard rock titans DEEP PURPLE in 1969 (they were named Episode Six
at that point) after being in several local bands. He left the band already in 1973,
after 5 LPs, to go solo with his own band and he also was the singer for Black Sabbath
for one year in 1983.

Gillan returned to the group in 1993, and has remained its lead singer ever since.

Many rock fans, certainly the fanatic ones, will remember him always for his jaw-dropping vocal tour de force on their 10-minute classic Child In Time from their notorious 1970 LP ‘Deep Purple In Rock‘. Watch/hear a spectacular live version above.

That classic – reworked instrumentally – is now part of the soundtrack for the fifth
season of American sf-horror series Stranger Things, which starts streaming on Netflix from November 26 onward. Listen to the new version below.


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JERRY GARCIA – Charismatic Frontman Of Illustrious Rock Crusaders GRATEFUL DEAD Passed Away Today 30 Years Ago

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9 August 2025

San Francisco‘s illustrious rock crusaders GRATEFUL DEAD were unquestionably
one of the most important, famous and productive (5 albums between 1967 and
1970) American bands of the 60s/70s. Their eclectic mix of blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock, gospel, reggae, and psychedelia fitted the counterculture of those
decades perfectly well. Overall they released 13 studio LPs and multiple live ones.
They went on to play until 1995.

Co-founder/frontman/guitarist/songwriter
JERRY GARCIA was the voice and face of
the Dead.

He passed away on 9 August 1995, today 30 years ago in a rehabilitation clinic
following a heart attack, likely due to diabetes and his poor diet. Garcia had long
struggled with diabetes, weight problems, sleep apnea, heavy smoking, and drug addiction, all of which contributed to his physical decline. RIP.

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