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1968: Joe Walsh

Orb — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:35:27 +0000

Biography Joseph Fidler “Joe” Walsh (born Joseph Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He has previously been a member of two commercially successful bands: Barnstorm and the Eagles. In the late 1960s, he was also a member of the critically acclaimed James Gang. He has also experienced […]

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1958: Harry Nilsson

Orb — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:33:44 +0000

Biography Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. He is known for the hit singles “Everybody’s Talkin'” (1969), “Without You” (1971), and “Coconut” (1972). Nilsson also wrote the song “One” made […]

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1965: The Equals

Orb — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:00:42 +0000

Biography The Equals were a British pop, R&B and rock group,[1] that formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for their million-selling chart-topper, “Baby, Come Back“. Eddy Grant, then sporting dyed blonde hair, founded the group. Completing the original line-up were John Hall, Pat Lloyd, and twin brothers Derv and Lincoln […]

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1962: The Osmonds

Orb — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:50:51 +0000

Biography The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers. The Osmonds are devout members of The Church of […]

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1969: Uriah Heep

Orb — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:11:59 +0000

Biography Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and are regarded as one of the seminal hard rock acts of the early 1970s. Uriah Heep’s progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion’s distinctive features have always included a massive keyboard sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron‘s quasi-operatic vocals. […]

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1961: Vangelis

Orb — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:19:58 +0000

Biography Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou; born 29 March 1943, professionally known as Vangelis, is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Antarctica, Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, […]

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1963: The Chessmen

Orb — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:36:50 +0000

Biography Guy Sobell was a guitarist in a Vancouver band, The Ken Clark Trio, and while in Europe, he had heard music by Swedish group The Spotnicks and the English group The Shadows and decided to form his own band after returning to Canada. At the same time, a 17 year old named Terry […]

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1962: Terry Jacks

Orb — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 02:59:05 +0000

Biography Terrence Ross “Terry” Jacks (born March 29, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his chart-topping 1974 hit song “Seasons in the Sun”. Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in Winnipeg. His family relocated to Vancouver in the early 1960s. Jacks took up guitar […]

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1966: Vanilla Fudge

Orb — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:42:24 +0000

Biography Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their psychedelic renditions of popular songs. The band’s original lineup—vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice—recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in 1970. The band has reunited in various configurations over the years, and […]

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1965: The Lovin Spoonful

Orb — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:35:28 +0000

Biography The Lovin’ Spoonful is an American rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of “Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry”, prompting his friend, Fritz Richmond, to suggest the name “Lovin’ Spoonful” […]

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1968: The Archies

Orb — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:35:19 +0000

Biography The Archies are a fictional garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones, a group of adolescent characters of the Archie universe, in the context of the animated TV series, The Archie Show. The group is also known for their real world success, through a virtual band. The fictional band’s music […]

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1968: The Millennium

Orb — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:49:36 +0000

Biography The Millennium was an American super group based in California, who were conceived by Curt Boettcher. The group consisted of psychedelic rock musicians, and they incorporated sunshine pop harmonies. The roots of the band lie in several groups. Boettcher had originally worked with drummer Ron Edgar for a brief time in the folk group The […]

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1968: Zephyr

Orb — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:28:52 +0000

Biography Zephyr was a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1969 in Boulder, Colorado by guitarist Tommy Bolin, keyboardist John Faris, David Givens on bass guitar, Robbie Chamberlin on drums and Candy Givens on vocals. Although the charismatic performances by Candy Givens were originally the focal point for the band, it was the flashy guitar […]

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1962: The Zombies

Orb — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 22:50:19 +0000

Biography The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent (piano, organ and vocals) and Colin Blunstone (vocals). The group scored British and American hits in 1964 with “She’s Not There”. In the US, two further singles, “Tell Her No” and, in 1969, “Time of the […]

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1967: Blue Cheer

Orb — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:53:18 +0000

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