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gr8dane

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Posted: September 28 2007 at 13:45

July 7th-Ringo *

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Posted: September 28 2007 at 14:59

August 2nd
1970: Zelma Davis (vocals; C+C Music Factory)?
1965: Alasdiar MaCaulay (drums, percussion, trumpet; Tindersticks).
1962: Lee Mavers (rhythm guitar, lead vocals; La's).
1961: Pete De Freitas (Spanish drummer; Echo And The Bunnymen)*June.14.1989.
1957: Mojo Nixon/Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr (US singer, guitarist).
1953: Donnie Munro/Donaidh Rothach (Scottish lead singer; Runrig).
1951: Andrew Gold (singer, songwriter, multi-musician; Sugar Beats/Bryndle).
1949: Fat Larry James (singer, drummer; Fat Larry's Band)*5.Dec.1987
1948: Andy Fairweather-Low (Welsh vocalist, guitar; Amen Corner/solo).
1941: Doris Coley (vocals; Shirelles)*04.Feb.2000.
1941: Andrew Roy Malcolm Steele (drums; The Herd).
1939: Edward Patten (vocals; Gladys Knight & The Pips)*25.Feb.2005.
1937: Garth 'Eric' Hudson (saxophone, keyboards; The Band).
1900: Helen Morgan (American singer and actress)*08.10.1941

Hmmm, nobody prog-ish, although Mojo Nixon's certainly cool. No one from my year of birth though.

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Posted: September 28 2007 at 15:02

September 5th
1980: Kevin Simm (vocals; Liberty X)
1969: Dweezil Zappa (Vocals, Guitar; sessionist)
1968: Brad Wilk (drums, Rage Against The Machine)
1966: Terry Ellis (vocals; En Vogue)
1964: Kevin Saunderson (member, producer, mixing; Reese&Santonio/Inner City/Kreem/Es'Ray).
1954: Sal Solo/Charles Peter Smith (lead singer; Classix Nouveaux)
1949: Dave Clempson (guitar, keyboards; Colosseum/Humble Pie/guest)
1947: Buddy Miles (drummer; Ink Spots/Band of Gypsys/session/guest)
1946: Freddie Mercury/Frederick Bulsara (frontman, singer, pianist, songwriter; Queen)*24.11.1991
1946: Dean Ford/Thomas McAleese (lead singer; Marmalade)
1946: Loudon Wainwright III (US singer, songwriter)
1945: Al Stewart (UK Vocals, Keyboards, Trumpet, Guitar)
1939: John Stewart (singer, songwriter Kingston Trio)
1936: Willie Woods (guitar; Junior Walker & the All Stars) *27.05.1997

"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio

pelican

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Posted: September 28 2007 at 15:08

Prince - June 7th

Repner

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Posted: September 29 2007 at 17:53

September 15th
1976: Paul Thomson (drums; Franz Ferdinand)
1976: KG (lead vocals; MN8)
1976: Ivette Sosa (singer, dancer; Eden's Crush)
1975: Jamie Stevens (German pop singer)
1960: Mitch Dorge (drummer, composer, producer; Crash Test Dummies)
1958: Tim Whelan (guitar; Furniture)
1956: Jaki Graham (singer; Ferrari/Medium Wave/UB40/solo)
1942: Lee Dorman (bass, vocals, keyboards; Iron Butterfly/Captain Beyond)
1941: Les Braid (bass, keyboards; Swinging Blue Jeans)*31.07.2005
1924: Bobby Short (US singer, pianist)*21.03.2005
1915: Al Casey (guitarist, Fats Waller, Harlem Blues & Jazz Band)*11.09.2005
1903: Roy Acuff (country singer, fiddle player, songwriter)*23.10.1992

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Posted: September 29 2007 at 21:57

There is a high probability that a room filled with thirty randomly selected people - even prog musicians plus you - share the same birthday. This is so sweet.....come on...... grow up........ what's the point? Oh! I forgot, thinking such sweet things. Heart

Sheesh!

Kid-A

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 09:13

^No that's not true. It's just that the probability of two people within a group of 25+ sharing the same birthday is more than 0.5. It's not probable that someone within a group has the same birthday as you specifically.