Gaye Black, better known as Gaye Advert, one of punk rockâs first female icons, turned 65 today.
Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker and nurse who smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, passed away on this date in 2008.
The frontman of synth-pop juggernaut Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan, turned 59 today.
21 years ago today, Ian Robins Dury, best known as the leader of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, died after a long battle with cancer at age 58.
Viva Hate, the debut solo album by Morrissey, turned 33 today!
Beth Gibbons turned 56 today! Happy birthday, Bristol Joplin!
Bryan Ferry, one of my biggest idols ever, turned 75 today.
Thrash metal bossman, Dave Mustaine, turned 59 today.
143 years ago today, one of the most notable and iconic of Native American warriors, Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
Cocteau Twins' singer, was once described as "the voice of God", Liz Fraser, turned 62 today.
Doug Fieger would have been 68 today. Do you even know that "My Sharona" is actually taken from a girl with the same nameâSharona Alperin?
Today, 51 years ago, "Space Oddity" by David Bowie was released. Inspired by Stanley Kubrickâs film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the song is about the launch into space of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut.
The politico-punk godfather, Jello Biafra, turned 62 today.
42 years ago today, "You're the One That I Want" went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Siouxsie Sioux, the Godmother of Goth, turned 63 today. This is a happy house!
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