Today's birthdays:
1942 - Jan Hammer
Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program Miami Vice.
1954 - Michael Sembello
American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sembello was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his 1983 song "Maniac", which he sang and co-wrote. The song reached number one in the United States and featured in the Flashdance film soundtrack.
1957 - Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of Hip Hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing.
1964 - Maynard James Keenan
American singer, songwriter, philanthropist, record producer, and winemaker. He is best known as the singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
1967 - Liz Phair
American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Phair's 1993 debut studio album, Exile in Guyville, was released to acclaim; it has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
1974 - Victoria Beckham
English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice.
On this day today:
1970 - Paul McCartney releases his first solo album, McCartney.
1994 - Pink Floyd achieved yet another milestone with their album "The Division Bell" by embarking on a four-week reign at the top of the UK album chart. This marked their fourth No.1 album
2008 - Leona Lewis made history with her debut album "Spirit" by becoming the first British woman to soar straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.
2018 - Tina: The Musical, opens in London's West End. Jukebox musical featuring the music of Tina Turner and depicting her life from her humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into a rock 'n roll superstar
2020 - Fiona Apple releases her fifth album, Fetch The Bolt Cutters. Rooted in experimentation, the album largely features unconventional percussion.
