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The Shrinkin Violetz would like to introduce you to the booze cruise page - yep for a reason for partying and drinking look no further !

Here's a list of events birthdays, Deaths, Strange info that you can either celebrate or drink heavily to & try to forget !

January            February            March

April                  May                       June

July                     August                 September

October            November           December   

April's  reason to booze & have a good time are as follows:                          

1st –Marvin Gaye shot dead in 1984, DJ Chris Evans born 1966, Ronnie Lane (faces) Born 1946, Philip Schofield Born 1962 - Born in 1981: Hannah Spearritt (S Club 7) - 1971: Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan) - 1965: Peter O'Toole (Hothouse Flowers) - 1964: Leslie Langston (bass, Throwing Muses) - 1962: Phillip Schofield (DJ) - 1961: Mark White (ABC) -    1954: Jeff Porcaro ( drums, Toto) - 1952: Billy Currie (Ultravox) - 1948: Simon Cowe ( guitar, Lindisfarne) - 1948: Jimmy Cliff (singer, songwriter) - 1947: Robin Scott -  1946: Arthur Conley (Sweet Soul Music) - 1945: John Barbata (Jefferson Starship) - 1945: Kenny Buttrey (session drummer) - 1942: Phil Margo (Tokens) - 1942: Alan Blakley (Tremeloes ) - 1939: Rudoph Isley (Isley Brothers) - 1932: Debbie Reynolds (Tammy) - 1927: Amos Milburn (blues performer)

2nd – Buddy Rich died 1987 (aged 69) – Marvin gaye Born 1937 - Born in 1979: Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5 ) - 1967: Greg Camp (Smash  Mouth) - :1961: Keren Jane Woodward (Bananarama) - 1956: Gregory Abbott - 1953: David Robinson (The Cars) - 1952: Leon Wilkerson (bass, Lynyrd Skynyrd) - 1947: Emmylou Harris (country singer) - 1946: Kurt Winter (Guess Who) - 1943: Glen Dale (guitar/vocals, Fortunes ) - 1941: Leon Russell (Byrds, singer /songwriter, mult-instumentalist) -1928: Serge Gainsbourg - Pete Wells of Rose Tattoo died 2006.

3rd – Sarah Vaughan (Jazz singer) died 1990 (Aged 66) – Tony ‘tie a yellow ribbon’ Orlando born 1944 - Born in 1970: Matthew Priest (Dodgy) - 1968: Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) - 1962: Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins ) - 1961: Eddie Murphy (actor/singer) - 1955: Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe) - 1951: Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) - 1949: Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention) - 1946: Dee Murray (Elton John band) - 1944: Barry Pritchard (guitar, Fortunes) - 1943: Richard Manuel (Band) - 1942: Wayne Newton - 1941: Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) - 1938: Jeff Barry (singer/songwriter) - 1937: Louis Satterfield (bassist and trombonist) - 1936: Jimmy McGriff (jazz player) - 1928: Don Gibson - 1924: Doris Day

4th – Beatles had all 5 top place in US cahrt in 1964 – Billborad launched 1958 – Clash debut LP released 1977, Gary Moore Born 1952 - born in 1978: Lemar (uk fame academy contestant) - 1975: Phil A. Jimenez (percussion, Wheatus) - 1974: Andre Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) - 1973: Kelly Price - 1972: Jill Scott - 1972: Magnus Sveningsson (bassist, The Cardigans) - 1968: Mark Yates (guitar, Terrorvision) - 1966: Mike Starr (formerly of Alice In Chains) - 1964: Kid (Kid 'N Play) - 1963: David Gavurin (Sundays) - 1962: Craig Adams (bassist, The Cult) - 1957: Graeme Kelling (Deacon Blue) - 1952: Gary Moore (guitarist, Thin Lizzy, solo) - 1952: Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band) - 1952: Dave Hill (guitar, Slade) - 1948: Pick Withers (Dire Straits) - 1948: Berry Oakley (bassist, Allman Brothers Band) - 1945: Knox Carnochan (Vibrators) - 1942: Christopher Franke (Tangerine Dream) - 1941: Major Lance (Soul Singer) - 1940: Sharon Sheeley (songwriter) - 1939: Hugh Masekela - 1915: Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)

5th – Bob “The Bear” Hite (Canned Heat) died 1981, Danny Rapp (Danny & the Juniors) Died 1983 (Aged 43), Joe Meek Producer born 1929 -  born in 1973: Pharrell Williams (Neptunes) - 1968: Paula Cole (US singer) - 1965: Mike McCready (guitar, Pearl Jam) - 1955: Janice Long (DJ) - 1954: Stan Ridgway (Camouflage) - 1951: Everett Morton (drums, English Beat) - 1950: Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA) - 1944: Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers) - 1942: Alan Clarke (Hollies) - 1941: Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention) - 1941: David La Flame (It's a Beautiful Day) - 1941: Eric Burdon (Animals) - 1939: Ronnie White (Miracles) - 1929: Joe Meek (producer, Tornados) - 1928: Tony Williams (Platters) - Cozy Powell died in car crash 1997

6th – Bob Marley born in 1945, David Bowie Born 1947 - also born in 1978: Myleene Klass (Hear'Say ) - 1965: Frank Black (guitar, Pixies) - 1962: Stan Cullimore (Housemartins ) - 1951: Ralph Cooper (drums, Air Supply) - 1947: Tony Connor (Hot Chocolate) - 1944: John Stax (Pretty Things) - 1944: Michelle Phillips (Mamas & The Papas) - 1942: Christopher Franke (keyboard, Tangerine Dream) - 1927: Merle Haggard (US country singer, songwriter) - Gene Pitney died 2006.  

7th – Kit Lambert (Ex Who Manager) died 1981, , born in 1979: Duncan James (Blue) - 1960: Simon Climie (songwriter, producer) - 1952: Bruce Gary (The Knack) - 1951: Janis Ian (US singer songwriter) - 1950: Steve Ellis (vocals, Love Affair/widowmaker) - 1949: John Oates (Hall & Oates) - 1948: Carol Douglas (Chantels) - 1947: Florian Schneider- Esleben (Kraftwerk ) - 1947: Pat Bennett (The Chiffons) -  1946: Bill Kreutzmann (drums, Grateful Dead) - 1943: Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull) - 1943: Alan Buck (Four Pennies) - 1938: Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet player) - 1938: Spencer Dryden (drums, Jefferson Airplane) - 1937: Charlie Thomas (Drifters) - 1935: Bobby Bare (The All-American Boy) - 1918: Percy Faith (A Theme From a Summerplace) - 1915: Billie Holiday (female jazz singer )

8th – Julian Lennon born 1963, The Damned pay in US first UK Punk Band to do so in 1977, Steve Howe (Yes) Born 1947, Peter Perret (Only Ones) Born 1952 - born in 1975: Anouk - 1971: Darren Jessee (drums, Ben Folds Five) - 1964: Biz Markie - 1963: Donita Sparks (guitar/vocals, L7) - 1962: Jerry Kelly (Lotus Eaters) - 1962: Izzy Stradlin (guitar, Guns N' Roses) - 1962: Adam Mole (Pop Will Eat Itself ) - 1956: Justin Sullivan (New Model Army) - 1942: Roger Chapman (vocals, Family)
1929: Jacques Brel (French singer, songwriter)

9th – Folksinger Phil Ochs hung himself 1976, Les Gray (mud) Born 1946 - born in 1980: Albert Hammond Jr (guitar, Strokes) - 1978: Rachel Stevens (pop singer) - 1969: Kevin Martin (Candlebox) - 1961: Mark Kelly (keyboards, Marillion) - 1948: Phillip Wright (drums, Paper Lace) - 1944: Emil Stucchio (Classics) - 1944: Gene Parsons (drums, Byrds) - 1943: Terry Night (Grand Funk) - 1932: Carl Perkins (singer, songwriter, guitarist)

10th – Stargazers “broken wings” became the first british recording to top the charts in 1953 – Stuart Sutcliffe of the Beatles died 1962 - 1984: Mandy Moore (US singer) - 1981: Elizabeth Margaret (Atomic Kitten) - 1979: Sophie Ellis Bextor (singer) - 1970: Mike Mushok (guitar, Staind) - 1970: Kenny Lattimore - 1968: Kenediid Osman (bassist, Sleeper ) - 1964: Reni (drums, Stone Roses) - 1960: Afrika Bambaataa - 1959: Babyface - 1959: Katrina Leskanich (Katrina And The Waves) - 1959: Brian Setzer (guitar, Stray Cats) - 1957: Steve Gustafson (10,000 Maniacs) - 1953: Terre Roche (Roches ) - 1950: Eddie Hazel (Parliament) - 1950: Dave Pevertt (guitar/vocals, Savoy Brown, Foghat) - 1950: Ernest Stewart (bassist, KC and the Sunshine Band) - 1948: Fred Smith (bassist, Television) - 1947: Bunny Livingston (percussion, Bob Marley & Wailers) - 1947: Karl Russell (Hues Corporation) - 1940: Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) - 1940: Ricky Valance (Welsh singer) - 1936: Bobbie Smith (Detroit Spinners ) - 1932: Nate Nelson (Platters) - 1921: Sheb Wooley (actor, singer) - 1911: Martin Denny (Quiet Village)      

11th – Neville Staple of the Specials born in 1956 – staurt Adamson Big Country Born 1958 - Born in 1987: Joss Stone (UK singer) - 1970: Dylan Keefe (Marcy Playground) - 1970: Delroy Pearson (5 Star ) - 1969: Cerys Matthews (vocals, Catatonia) - 1966: Lisa Stansfield (UK singer) - 1965: Nigel Pulsford (Bush) - 1954: Chris Difford (Squeeze) - 1946: Bob Harris (BBC DJ, Old Grey Whistle Test) - 1943: Tony Victor (Classics)

12th – “rock around the clock” first rock n roll no1 was recorded in 1954 Pat Travers born in 1954 – will Sergeant Echo & Bunnymen born 1958 – B B Bumble (Real name William Bumble) & Stingers release “Nut Rocker” 1962 -  Born in 1980: Bryan McFadden (Westlife) - 1978: Guy Berryman (bass, Coldplay) - 1970: Nicholas Lofton Hexum (311) - 1967: Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne) - 1966: Marc Ford (Black Crowes) - 1965: Sean Welch (Beautiful South ) - 1964: Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) - 1962: Art Alexakis (Everclear) - 1958: Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen) - 1958: Fish (Marillion) - 1957: Vince Gill (US country singer) - 1956: Herbert Grönemeyer (German singer) - 1951: Alexander Briley (Village People) - 1950: David Cassidy (Partridge Family) - 1949: Donald Ray Mitchell (Was Not Was) - 1947: Emmylou Harris (US country singer) - 1944: John Kay (guitar, Steppenwolf) - 1940: Herbie Hancock (keyboard player, composer of film tracks) - 1933: Tiny Tim (US singer)

13th – Feargal Sharkey of the Undertones born 1958, Reverend Al Greene Born 1946 -  born in 1975: Lou Bega (singer) - 1972: Aaron Lewis (vocals, Staind) - 1966: Marc Ford (Black Crowes) - 1962: Hillel Slovak (guitar, Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1959: Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool) - 1957: Wayne Lewis (Atlantic Starr) - 1955: Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson) - 1954: Jimmy Destri (Keyboards, Blondie) - 1951: Max Weinberg (E Street Band) - 1951: Peabo Bryson (singer) - 1946: Roy Loney (Flamin Groovies) - 1946: Al Green (singer) - 1945: Lowell George (singer / songwriter / guitarist, Little Feat) - 1944: Jack Cassady (bassist, Jefferson Airplane) - 1944: Brian Pendleton (Pretty Things) - 1943: Eve Graham (New Seekers) - 1942: Bill Conti (US singer) - 1940: Lester Chambers (Chambers Brothers) - 1936: Tim Field (Springfields) - 1934: Horace Kay (Tams ) - 1919: Howard Keel (singer/actor), June Pointer died aged 52 in 2006 (Pointer Sisters youngest sister)

14th – Elvis Presley mum Gladys died in 1958, “What a Waste” released by Ian Dury 1978, Pete Farndon (Pretenders) died 1984 - Born in 1974: DaBrat - 1969: Martyn Le Noble (Porno For Pyros) - 1965: Carl Hunter (The Farm) - 1965: Sheila Chandra (Monsoon) - 1962: Joey Pesce ('til tuesday) - 1949: June Millington (Fanny ) - 1949: Sonja Kristina (vocals, Curved Air) - 1949: Dennis Bryon (Amen Corner) - 1948: Larry Ferguson (Hot Chocolate) - 1946: Patrick Fairley (Marmalade) - 1945: Ritchie Blackmore (guitar, Rainbow /Deep Purple) - 1942: Tony Burrows (singer, Edison Lighthouse) - 1935: Loretta Lynn (country, singer) - 1933: Buddy Knox (US singer)

15th – “In the City” The Jam released 1977, Sam Fox born 1966, Marty Wilde (Smith) Born 1939 -  born in 1968: Ed O'Brien (guitar, Radiohead) - 1967: Frankie Poullian (bass, Darkness) - 1966: Samantha Fox (model, singer) - 1966: Graeme Clark (bassist, Wet Wet Wet) - 1965: Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) - 1965: Oscar Harrison (drummer, Ocean Colour Scene) - 1962: Nick Kamen (uk singer) - 1947: Wooly Woolsenholme (Barclay James Harvest) - 1947: Michael Chapman (producer / writer/ Chinnichap productions) - 1944: Dave Edmunds (guitar, vocals, producer, Love Sculpture) - 1940: Clarence Satchell (Ohio Players) - 1939: Marty Wilde (uk singer) - 1932: Roy Clark (US singer) - 1894: Bessie Smith (US blues singer)

16th – Jimmy Osmond born 1963, The Arrows ‘ I love rock n roll’ released in 1975, Dusty Springfield Born 1939 - born in 1976: Sean Maguire (uk singer) - 1969: Sean Cook (bassist, Spiritualized) - 1964: David Pirner (guitar/vocals, Soul Asylum) - 1963: Little Jimmy Osmond (US singer) - 1963: Nick Berry (uk singer/actor) - 1959: Stephen Singleton (ABC) - 1956: Paul Buchanan (Blue Nile) - 1951: John Bentley (bass, Squeeze) - 1949: Boll Spooner (guitar, Tubes) - 1947: Gerry Rafferty (UK singer songwriter, Stealers Wheel) - 1945: Stefan Grossman (folk guitarist) - 1935: Bobby Vinton (US singer) - 1929: Roy Hamilton (US singer) - 1924: Rudy Pompilli (saxophone, Comets) - 1924: Henry Mancini (US composer and conductor) - 1889: Charlie Chaplin (composer/actor)

17th – Eddie Cochrane died 1960, Pete McNeish(Shelley – Buzzcocks) born 1955 - Born in 1974: Victoria [Adams] Beckham (Posh Spice/Spice Girls) - 1970: Redman (US rapper) - 1967: Liz Phair - 1964: James Keenan (Tool) - 1954: Michael Sembello (guitarist / singer) - 1948: Jan Hammer (keyboard player, Mahavishnu Orchestra) - 1946: Bill Kreutzman (Grateful Dead) - 1943: Roy Estrada (bassist, Frank Zappa Band) - 1941: Billy Fury (uk singer) - 1934: Don Kirshner (producer/promoter) - 1929: James Last (orchestra leader)

18th – Les Pattison (Echo & Bunnymen) Born 1958, Mark”Bez”Berry Born 1964 (happy Mondays), Ian Gillan(Deep Purple) Born 1945 - born in 1974: Mark Tremonti (Creed) - 1970: Greg Eklund (Everclear) - 1962: Shirley Holliman (vocals,Wham!) -1958: Andy Kyriacou (Modern Romance) - 1946: Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na) - 1944: Skip Spence (Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane) - 1941: Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann) - 1939: Glen D.Hardin (Crickets) - 1924: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (multi musician)

19th – Alan Price (Animals) Born 1942, Alexis Korner Born 1928 -  born in 1956: Rod Morgenstein (Winger) - 1944: Mark Volman (The Turtles) - 1944: Bernie Worrell Keyboards, Parliament) 

20th – Nick Heyward Born 1961 - born in 1972: Stephen Marley (Melody Makers) - 1971: Mikey Welsh (bassist, Weezer) - 1951: Luther Vandross - 1948: Craig Frost (Grand Funk Railroad) - 1945: Jimmy Winston (organ, Small Faces) - 1939: Johnny Tillotson - 1929: Bob Braun (Til Death Us Do Part)

21st – Mike Barson Madness born 1958 – Robert Smith of the Cure born 1959, Sandy Denny died 1977 aged 37, Queens Birthday, Iggy Pop Born1947 - born in 1963: Johnny McElhone (Texas) - 1959: Michael Timmins (guitar, Cowboy Junkies) - 1951: Nicole Barclay (Fanny) - 1948: Paul Davis (US singer) - 1947: John Weider (guitar, Family) - 1947: Alan Warner (Foundations)  - 1947: Iggy Pop (The Phsycodelic Stooges/Stooges), Dermot Lynch of the Shrinkin Violetz born 1963.

22nd – Peter Frampton Born 1950, Paul Carrick  (Ace / Squeeze / Mechanics) Born 1951 - born in 1979: Daniel Johns (Silverchair) - 1969: Craig Logan (Bros) - 1956: Kenny Lyons (Lemonheads) - 1939: Simon Napier-Bell (manager of Wham! T Rex & Japan.) - 1937: Jack Nitzche (producer, songwriter) - 1936: Glen Campbell (singer /guitarist) -1922: Charles Mingus (Jazz musician /bandleader)

23rd – Ray Burns aka Captain Sensible born in 1955, Pete Ham of Badfinger died 1975 (co writer of Without You) - St Georges Day, John ‘Music’ Miles Born 1949 - born in 1969: Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray) - 1968: Paul Clifford (bass, Wonder Stuff) - 1966: Neil Wathey (Bitter Suite, drummer) - 1964: Simon Matthews (drummer, Jesus Jones) - 1960: Steve Clark (Def Leppard) - 1960: David Gedge (Wedding Present) 1952: Narada Michael Walden - 1949: John Miles (singer / songwriter) - 1939: Ray Peterson (singer) - 1936: Roy Orbison (singer/songwriter) - Johnny Thunders died of drugs 1991, St Georges Day so party on down.

24th – Barbara Strisand Born 1942 – Talking Heads support Ramones on first European Tour 1977 -  born in 1982: Kelly Clarkson (winner of the US TV show Pop Idol) - 1968: Aaron Comess (drums, Spin Doctors) - 1967: Patty Schemel (Hole) - 1963: Billy Gould (Faith No More) - 1960: Paula Yates (music presenter) - 1958: Boris Williams (drums, The Cure) - 1957: David Jay (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets) - 1948: Steve York (Manfred Mann) - 1947: Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull) - 1947: Ann Kelly (Hues Corporation) - 1945: Me ('Tis My Site) - 1945: Doug Clifford (drums, Creedence Clearwater Revival) - 1942: Barbra Streisand (singer / actress)

25th – Pam Morrison wife of Jim died aged 27 in 1974, Ramones Film “Rock N Roll High School’ Premiered 1979, Tony Christie Born 1944, Fish (Marillion) Born 1958 - 1980: Jacob Underwood (O-Town) - 1965: Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction) - 1964: Andy Bell (Erasure) - 1945: Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) - 1945: Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - 1943: John Bryson Eulenberg (songwriter/pioneer)

26th – Roger Taylor of Duran Duran born 1960, The Beat released first ever digitally recorded single “Mirror in the bathroom” 1980 -  born in 1976: Jose Pasillas (Incubus) - 1970: T-Boz (TLC) - 1961: Chris Mars (The Replacements) - 1943: Gary Wright - 1942: Bobby Rydell - 1938: Duane Eddy

27th – Sandie shaw had no 1 in 1967 “puppet on a string” – Marco Pirroni (Adam & the Ants) born 1959 - born in 1959: Sheena Easton - 1951: Ace Frehley (Kiss) - 1948: Kate Pierson (The B-52's) - 1932: Casey Kasem (TV music commentator) 

28th – Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) died 1980 - Born in 1968: Daisy Berkowitz (Marilyn Manson) - 1966: Too Short - 1952: Kim Gordan (Sonic Youth) - 1945: John Wolters (Dr. Hook) - Steve currie (Trex) died in car crash  (1981)

29th – Birthday of Lonnie Donegan Born 1931, Mick Ronson died of liver cancer  1993 (Aged 46), - born in 1973: Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) - 1970: Master P - 1968: Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) - 1947: Tommy James - 1959: The Geezer (Rik Lovejoy) (Violetz / Spiderbox) - 1943: Duane Allen (Oak Ridge Boys) - 1899: Duke Ellington (pianist / bandleader / songwriter / composer)

30th -  Muddy Waters died 1984 (Aged 68), Darrell Sweet died 30/04/1999 (b 16/05/47) - Lee Brilleaux Died 1994 (feelgoods) - Born in 1973: Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) - 1972: J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) - 1971: Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) - 1967: Turbo B (Snap) - 1933: Willie Nelson 

Numbers One’s included the following classics:

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