January 30

Phil Collins is 70 today

Today in 1982, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins died of cancer, aged 70

 

Martyn Balin (Jefferson Airplane) was born today in 1942

 

Remembering Steve Marriott, (Small Faces, Humble Pie) born today in 1947

 

The late Roy Eldridge was born today in 1911

 

Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair died this day in 1980

Today in 1969, The Beatles played their famous rooftop concert on top of the Apple building on Savile Row in London