January 6

 

On this date in 1993 Dizzy Gillespie died of pancreatic cancer...

 

Today in 2006, Lou Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles...

 

Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) was born on this date in 1946. He passed away in 2006...

 

Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention) was born on this day in 1947 in London...

 

Bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs (The Bluegrass Boys, The Foggy Mountain Boys) was born on this day in 1924 near Boiling Springs, NC...

 

Malcolm Young (AC/DC) was born today in 1953...

 

Frampton Comes Alive! Was released today in 1976