More has happened in rock music on Christmas than one might think.
The number one single today in 1971 is not about a Christmas gift:
The number three British single today in 1982 (though recorded in 1977) at least has a Christmas theme:
Birthdays begin with O’Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers:
Phil Spector:
Henry Vestine of Canned Heat:
Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience:
Jimmy Buffett:
Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics:
Robin Campbell of UB40:
Alannah Myles:
Three deaths of note today: Dean Martin in 1995 …
… James Brown in 2006 …
… and Eartha Kitt in 2008:
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