Barclay James Harvest 12 January 1974
Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel…
Leo Sayer 12 January 1974
Gerard Hugh “Leo” Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since 1973. He began his music career co-writing songs with David Courtney,…
Sassafras 11 January 1974
Sassafras are a rock band from South Wales first formed in 1970. They play a mix of rock and roll, progressive rock and country rock with the emphasis on vocal…
Hank Marvin & John Farrar
. Hank Marvin b. 28 October 1941 (age 82) John Farrar b. 8 November 1946 (age 77) Hank Marvin was born as Brian Robson Rankin at 138 Stanhope Street in…
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated…
Deke Leonard 31 January 1973
Daily Telegraph Deke Leonard Obituary – 18/12/1944 – 31/01/2017 Guitarist with the psychedelic progressive rock group Man DEKE LEONARD, who has died aged 72, was the guitarist with the Welsh…
Showaddywaddy
Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. They have…
The Fantastics 23/12/1973
The Fantastics When they arrived in Britain, they discovered that they were to be billed as The Fabulous Temptations and were expected to perform Motown songs. However, they toured successfully…
Black Sabbath
Tony Iommi – Guitar. Geezer Butler – Bass. Bill Ward – Drums. Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals. Rick Wakeman – Piano & Synthesizer. With 1973’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, heavy metal godfathers…
Jackie Trent / Tony Hatch 16/12/1973
24 April 2015 AS the stars gathered to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Neighbours last month few if any would have known that singer-songwriter Jackie Trent lay dying. The woman…