Whole lotta birthdays!
| Heavy, Heavy, Heavy Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats - Afro Rock - Kona 02009 |
| Celebrating the birthday of Mercedes Sosa, Argentina Nuevo cancion folk singer and activist, (1935-2009. |
| Razon de Vivir Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la Vida - Universal Music 01989 |
| Galopa Murietta Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la Vida - Universal Music 01989 |
| Todo Cambio Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la Vida - Universal Music 01989 |
| Gracias a la Vida Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la Vida - Universal Music 01989 |
| Birthday as well of Haruomi Hosono (1948), bassist and songwriter with folk-rock band the Happy End and with electronic wizards Yellow Magic Orchestra |
| Riot in Lagos Yellow Magic Orchestra - Londonyomo - AEI 02008 |
| Tokyo Town Pages Yellow Magic Orchestra - Gijonomo - AEI 02008 |
| Neue Tanz Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic - Alfa Music 01981 |
| Celebrating as well the birthday of Marc Almond, songwriter and vocalist with Soft Cell, born in Lancashire on this date in 1957. |
| Heat Soft Cell - The Art of Falling Apart - Mercury 01983 |
| Bedsitter Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Mercury 01981 |
| And it's the birthday of another 80s vocalist, Jim Kerr (1959) of Simple Minds, born on this date in Glasgow. |
| In Trance as Mission Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination - Virgin 01981 |
| Love Song Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination - Virgin 01981 |
| New Gold Dream Simple Minds - New Gold Dream - Virgin 01982 |
| Waterfront 12 Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain - Virgin 01984 |
| And it's the birthday of drumming great Mitch Mitchell (1947-2008), session drummer for the Who and Pretty Things before signing on with Georgie Fame and then Jimi Hendrix |
| Last Night Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - Sweet Thing - Columbia 01966 |
| Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced - CBS 01966 |
| Burning of the Midnight Lamp Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland - Polydor 01968 |
| In From the Storm 4 Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel: Live from the Isle of Wight - MCA 02002 (rec 01970) |
| Whole Lotta Yoko The Dirty Mac - Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus - ABKCO 01966 |
| And it's the birthday of Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007), born in Oklahoma, who spent his teenage years in Texas. After returning from military service in Korea, he worked in Phoenis as a DJ, before going on to produce Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra, among others. |
| We All Make the Flowers Grow Lee Hazlewood - Trouble is a Lonesome Town - MGM 01963 |
| Morning Dew Lee Hazlewood - Love and Other Crimes - Reprise 01968 |
| Nothing Lee Hazlewood - Cake or Death - Sony 02006 |
| Jackson Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee - Reprise 01968 |
| Some Velvet Morning Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee - Reprise 01968 |
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8:57 PM, July 9th, 2016