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2020; Seattle, Washington

2020; London, England

1979; London band plays The Palladium in New York City; London funeral 2002, Dec. 30, for Joe Strummer, died 2002, Dec. 22, age 50, sheer heart attack

1979; New York City band plays Paris; for singer writer Patti Smith, born December 30, 1946; Smith had the 1976 album 'Horses' and 1978 UK #5 and US #13 single 'Because The Night', co-written with Bruce Springsteen

1979; for ELO maestro Jeff Lynne, born December 30 (Wednesday) 1947

1966; for original Kinks bassist Pete Quaife, born December 31, 1943; Quaife played w/the Kinks from 1963 until 1969. Known for the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'You Really Got Me', the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset'

for Police guitarist Andy Summers, born December 31, 1942

1979; for Motorhead bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, born December 24, 1945 - died 2015, December 28, cancer; Lemmy played with 1960s beat band the Rockin' Vickers, roadied for Jimi Hendrix and the Nice, before joining Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead on their hit 'Silver Machine'

1984; for Gang of Four guitarist / songwriter Andy Gill, born January 1, 1956 (died 2010, Feb. 1, age 64); Andy Gill a founding member and guitarist for the English post-punk group Gang of Four. Their 1979 debut album, Entertainment!, was ranked as fifth greatest punk album of all time. Gill also produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Stranglers, Michael Hutchence and Killing Joke

1979; Los Angeles, California; for Germs bassist Lorna Doom, born January 4 (Monday) 1958 (died 2019, January 16, cancer, age 61)

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1970; for bassist / keyboardist John Paul Jones, born January 3, 1946

1983; for actress singer comedienne Tracy Ullman, born December 30 (Wednesday) 1959; had 1983 UK #2 single 'They Don't Know'

second & final hour of My So-Called Radio Show, Saturday, 3-5pm

1983; Athens, Georgia; for John Michael Stipe, born January 4, 1960

1978; recorded 7/4/1977; “we wrote this one for anyone who had ever been”; for Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton, born December 31, 1951; Aerosmith had 1989 UK #13 single 'Love In An Elevator', and their 1989 album Pump spent 53 weeks on the US charts They had the 1993 US #1 & UK #2 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US #1 & UK #4 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide

Live at CBGB, New York, NY 12/9/84 ... 30 December 30 1969: Peter Tork quit The Monkees buying himself out of his contract which left him broke. He went on to form a group called Release and played banjo on George Harrison's soundtrack to the film Wonderwall … for guitarist / vocalist / songwriter Mike Nesmith, born December 30, 1942; The Monkees (1967 UK & US #1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles); Nesmith wrote 'Different Drum' (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys), and was the executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984) … also, for Monkees singer Davy Jones, born December 30, 1945 (died 2012, Feb. 29) ... also for Dawn Elberta Wells (October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020) who played Mary Ann Summers on CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island

1987; Minneapolis, Minnesota band recorded album in Memphis, Tennessee; ... for singer songwriter guitarist Paul Westerberg, born December 31, 1960

for Big Star members Chris Bell, died 1978, December 27, age 27; and Alex Chilton, born December 28, 1950 (died 2010, March 17, age 59) … Chilton with The Box Tops had 1967 US #1 & UK #5 single 'The Letter’; formed Big Star in 1971-1975 / 1993-2010

1991; Glasgow, Scotland; for TFC guitarist / vocalist Raymond McGinley, born January 3 (Sunday) 1964; Teenage Fanclub had 1992 UK #31 single 'What You Do To Me'

1974; Dublin, Ireland; for songwriter bassist-vocalist Phil Lynott, died 1986, January 4 (Monday); Thin Lizzy had the 1973 hit 'Whiskey in the Jar', (their version of the traditional Irish song) and hits with ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’, ‘Jailbreak’ and ‘Waiting for an Alibi’. Their 1978 album 'Live and Dangerous' spent 62 weeks on UK chart

for Shane MagGowan, born Dec. 25 (Friday) 1957; and for former Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan, born January 4 (Monday) 1965

1982; Woking, England; for American soul singer songwriter guitarist Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999)

for New Order guitarist-vocalist Bernard Sumner, born January 4, 1956; Warsaw, Joy Division, New Order, Electronic … Joy Division had 1980 UK #13 single 'Love Will Tear Us Apart’); New Order had 1983 UK #9 single 'Blue Monday’); Electronic had 1991 UK #8 single 'Get The Message')

1984; Grangemouth, Scotland; for Cocteau Twins singer songwriter Robin Guthrie, born January 4, 1962; Cocteau Twins released the album Heaven or Las Vegas in late 1990 which became the most commercially successful of their many recordings

1978; New York City; for Blondie guitarist songwriter Chris Stein, born January 5 (Tuesday) 1950; Blondie scored five UK #1 singles including the 1979 UK & US #1 single 'Heart Of Glass' and the 1978 world-wide #1 album Parallel Lines

1996; New York City; for Luscious Jackson singer Kate Schellenbach, born January 5, 1966; Luscious Jackson had 1997 UK #25 single 'Naked Eye'