Delbert McClinton celebra hoje 84 anos

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Delbert McClinton (Lubbock, Texas, November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.

Active as a side-man since 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major record label albums, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker which reached No. 4 on the Country chart. He has also had four albums that made it to No. 1 on the U.S. Blues chart, and another that reached No. 2.

He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame,in March 2011, along with Lee Roy Parnell, Bruce Channel, Gary Nicholson, and Cindy Walker. In 2019, Delbert McClinton was honored by the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas with the fifth star in their Walk of Fame (others are actors Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, and musical artists Jerry Jeff Walker and Lyle Lovett).

  

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Tom Petty nasceu há 74 anos...

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville, Florida, October 20, 1950 – Santa Monica, California, October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.

Petty had many hit records. Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also had a minor acting career, most notably starring in a recurring role as the voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's end in 2009.

In 2017, Petty died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.

 

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John Cougar Mellencamp celebra hoje 73 anos

    

John Cougar Mellencamp ou, simplesmente, John Cougar, ou ainda John Mellencamp (Seymour, Indiana, 7 de outubro de 1951), é um cantor, compositor e guitarrista norte-americano. Já vendeu mais de 40 milhões de discos na sua extensa carreira, iniciada nos anos 70. Teve 22 músicas no Top 40 americano e foi nomeado para 13 Grammy Awards, ganhando um pelo trabalho em "American Fool". Tendo um estilo em que mescla rock, folk e country de raiz americano, o artista destaca-se pelas suas letras empenhadas e de cunho social, sendo por muitas vezes comparado com os trabalhos de Bruce Springsteen. Mellencamp entrou para o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em março de 2008, ele também é conhecido como um dos fundadores do Farm Aid, uma organização que começou em 1985 para ajudar a angariar fundos para os agricultores, e as suas famílias, que perderam as suas terras. Entre os seu discos mais conhecidos estão: "American Fool" (1982), "Scarecrow" (1985), "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" (2008) e o recente "No Better Than This" (2010).

   

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Tom Petty morreu há sete anos...

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville, Florida, October 20, 1950 – Santa Monica, California, October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.

Petty had many hit records. Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also had a minor acting career, most notably starring in a recurring role as the voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's end in 2009.

In 2017, Petty died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.

 

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Bruce Springsteen celebra hoje 75 anos...!

   

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (Long Branch, 23 de setembro de 1949) é um influente cantor, compositor e guitarrista dos Estados Unidos. Na sua carreira, iniciada em 1969, Bruce já recebeu vários prémios importantes, como vinte Grammys, quatro American Music Awards e um Óscar.

O músico, nas suas letras, deixa evidenciado o seu patriotismo, e é uma espécie de porta-voz dos trabalhadores, muitas vezes mencionados nas suas canções. O álbum Born to Run está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

O artista também participou da música "We Are the World", uma parceria de 45 cantores que tinha o objetivo de arrecadar fundos para o combate da fome na África, escrita por Michael Jackson e Lionel Richie. Os 45 astros formaram o grupo USA for Africa. Bruce já vendeu mais de 120 milhões de discos. 

   

     

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Mark Knopfler - 75 anos...!

    

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.

    

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John Fogerty comemora hoje 79 anos

     
John Cameron Fogerty (Berkeley, Califórnia, 28 de maio de 1945) é um cantor, guitarrista e compositor norte-americano, fundador e ex-líder da banda de country rock Creedence Clearwater Revival. É considerado um dos maiores e mais influentes guitarristas e compositores da história do rock'n roll mundial.

John Cameron Fogerty e o seu irmão, Tom Fogerty, formaram uma banda no final dos anos 50 que se chamava Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets e em meados dos anos 60 trocaram de nome para The Golliwogs.

Em 1968, já com o nome de Creedence Clearwater Revival, a banda editou o seu primeiro álbum que continha o grande êxito, Suzie Q.

Em 1971, devido a tensões entre ambos, Tom deixa o grupo. John tenta manter o grupo unido que ainda edita mais um álbum com o título de Mardi Gras que seria no entanto, o último.

Em 2003, a Revista Rolling Stone incluiu John Fogerty no nº 40 da sua lista dos melhores guitarristas de todos os tempos.

    

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Guy Fletcher, antigo teclista dos Dire Straits, faz hoje 64 anos

 

Guy Edward Fletcher (Maidstone, Kent, 24 May 1960) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as one of the two keyboard players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler. Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.      

   

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Sheryl Crow faz hoje sessenta e dois anos

 

Sheryl Suzanne Crow (Kennett, 11 de fevereiro de 1962) é uma famosa cantora, compositora, multi-instrumentista e atriz norte-americana, formada em música e composição. O seu estilo musical incorpora elementos de rock, pop, country e hip hop.

 

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Delbert McClinton nasceu há 83 anos

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Delbert McClinton (Lubbock, Texas, November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.

Active as a side-man since 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major record label albums, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker which reached No. 4 on the Country chart. He has also had four albums that made it to No. 1 on the U.S. Blues chart, and another that reached No. 2.

He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame,in March 2011, along with Lee Roy Parnell, Bruce Channel, Gary Nicholson, and Cindy Walker. In 2019, Delbert McClinton was honored by the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas with the fifth star in their Walk of Fame (others are actors Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, and musical artists Jerry Jeff Walker and Lyle Lovett).

  

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Tom Petty nasceu há 73 anos...

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville, Florida, October 20, 1950 – Santa Monica, California, October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.

Petty had many hit records. Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also had a minor acting career, most notably starring in a recurring role as the voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's end in 2009.

In 2017, Petty died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.

 

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John Cougar Mellencamp faz hoje 72 anos

    

John Cougar Mellencamp ou, simplesmente, John Cougar, ou ainda John Mellencamp (Seymour, Indiana, 7 de outubro de 1951), é um cantor, compositor e guitarrista norte-americano. Já vendeu mais de 40 milhões de discos na sua extensa carreira, iniciada nos anos 70. Teve 22 músicas no Top 40 americano e foi nomeado para 13 Grammy Awards, ganhando um pelo trabalho em "American Fool". Tendo um estilo em que mescla rock, folk e country de raiz americano, o artista destaca-se pelas suas letras empenhadas e de cunho social, sendo por muitas vezes comparado com os trabalhos de Bruce Springsteen. Mellencamp entrou para o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em março de 2008, ele também é conhecido como um dos fundadores do Farm Aid, uma organização que começou em 1985 para ajudar a angariar fundos para os agricultores, e as suas famílias, que perderam as suas terras. Entre os seu discos mais conhecidos estão: "American Fool" (1982), "Scarecrow" (1985), "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" (2008) e o recente "No Better Than This" (2010).

   

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Tom Petty morreu há seis anos...

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville, Florida, October 20, 1950 – Santa Monica, California, October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.

Petty had many hit records. Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also had a minor acting career, most notably starring in a recurring role as the voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's end in 2009.

In 2017, Petty died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.

 

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Bruce Springsteen faz hoje 74 anos

   

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (Long Branch, 23 de setembro de 1949) é um influente cantor, compositor e guitarrista dos Estados Unidos. Na sua carreira, iniciada em 1969, Bruce já recebeu vários prémios importantes, como vinte Grammys, quatro American Music Awards e um Óscar.

O músico, nas suas letras, deixa evidenciado o seu patriotismo, e é uma espécie de porta-voz dos trabalhadores, muitas vezes mencionados nas suas canções. O álbum Born to Run está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

O artista também participou da música "We Are the World", uma parceria de 45 cantores que tinha o objetivo de arrecadar fundos para o combate da fome na África, escrita por Michael Jackson e Lionel Richie. Os 45 astros formaram o grupo USA for Africa. Bruce já vendeu mais de 120 milhões de discos. 

   

     

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