February 10th: Born:

1977, Rosanna Tavarez, Eden's Crush, (2001 US No. 8 single 'Get Over Yourself').

1962, Cliff Burton, bass, Metallica, killed 27/9/87, when the bands tour bus crashed as it was travelling between Stockholm and Copenhagen. Burton was found crushed to death under the bus.

1958, Norman Harris, guitarist, songwriter, producer, died of a heart attack 21/3/87. Worked with The Delfonics, The Trammps, MFSB.

1949, Nigel Olsson, drums, Elton John band.

1946, Clifford T. Ward, singer, songwriter, died 18/12/01, (1973 UK No.8 single 'Gaye').

1943, Ral Donner, US singer, died 6/4/84, (1961 US No.4 & UK No.25 single 'You Don't Know What You've Got Until You Loose It').

1940, Jimmy Merchant, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, (1956 UK No.1 & US No.6 single 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love').

1937, Don Wilson, guitar, The Ventures, (1960 UK No.4 single 'Perfidia', 1960 US No.2 single 'Walk Don't Run').

1937, Roberta Flack, singer, (1972 US No.1 single 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 1973 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Killing Me Softly With His Song').

1929, Jerry Goldsmith. Created the music for scores of classic movies and television shows ‘Star Trek’, ‘Planet of the Apes’, ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘Dr. Kildare.’ Died after a long battle with cancer 21/7/04 aged 75.

1914, Larry Adler, mouth organist, died 7/8/01 aged 87, (1994 tribute album 'Glory Of Gershwin'). The oldest artist ever to appear on the UK charts.



February 10th: died:

1997, Brian Connolly singer with the 1970's Glam rock group Sweet of kidney and liver failure aged 47.

1975, Dave Alexander, bass player with Iggy Pop and the Stooges from Pneumonia aged 28.