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Happy 66th Birthday American pop and rock singer Jennifer Rush. She achieved initial success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single 'The Power of Love', which she co-wrote and released in 1984. #JenniferRush #ThePowerOfLove #musichistoty #fyp #80s

Happy Heavenly Birthday Scottish singer-songwriter Jim Diamond, best known for his three top 5 hits: 'I Won't Let You Down' (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances 'I Should Have Known Better', a UK No. 1 in 1984 and 'Hi Ho Silver', the theme song from the British TV series Boon, which reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986. Diamond died in his sleep on 8 October 2015, at the age of 64. #JimDiamond #HiHoSilver #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

Happy Heavenly Birthday Ben E King, (Benjmin Earl Nelson), soul and R&B singer with The Drifters who had the 1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me', and the 1987 UK No.1 solo single 'Stand By Me', (first released in 1961). King died at the Hackensack University Medical Center on April 30, 2015, at the age of 76. #BenEKing #musichistory #fyp #StandByMe #viral

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1991: American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis died of a stroke and pneumonia. Davis is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Throughout his wildly prolific, five-decade-long career, Davis pioneered a number of jazz subgenres, including hard bop, jazz-fusion, free jazz, and more. In addition to releasing the most popular jazz album of all time (1959’s Kind of Blue), Davis’ lengthy discography includes such groundbreaking titles as Birth of the Cool (1957), Sketches of Spain (1960), and Bitches Brew (1970). After launching his career in Charlie Parker’s band, Davis played in a variety of settings, including his famous quintets, and worked alongside the likes of John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter. Revered by Rolling Stone as “one of the most important musicians of the 20th century,” Davis won eight Grammy Awards and received thirty-two nominations during his career. #MilesDavis #musichistory #fyp #viral #jazz

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1991: Garth Brooks went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Ropin' The Wind'. The album spent a total of eighteen weeks at the No.1 position and 70 weeks on the chart selling over 11m copies. #GarthBrooks #RopinTheWind #musihcistory #fyp #country

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1980: The Police were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Stand So Close to Me', the group's third No.1. Taken from their album Zenyatta Mondatta, it became the best-selling single of 1980. The music and lyric of the song were written by Sting, which deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a schoolteacher has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate relationship is discovered. Before joining the Police, Sting had worked as an English teacher. #ThePolice #DontStandSoCloseToMe #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1976: Stevie Wonder released his eighteenth studio album, Songs in the Key of Life, an ambitious double LP with a four-song bonus EP. It debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Chart on October 8, 1976, becoming only the third album in history to achieve that feat and the first by an American artist. Considered to be one of his greatest masterpieces, the LP featured such hits as 'Isn’t She Lovely,' 'I Wish,' and 'Sir Duke.' The album won a Grammy for Album of the Year and has since been added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. The album's tracks have provided numerous samples for rap and hip-hop artists. 'Pastime Paradise' was reworked by Coolio as 'Gangsta's Paradise' in 1995. In 1999, Will Smith used 'I Wish' as the base for his US No.1 single 'Wild Wild West'.

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1972: Motown Records released The Temptations version of ‘Papa Was a Rollin' Stone’. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1971, The Temptations' version was a No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and won three Grammy Awards in 1973. The song had originally been recorded by Motown recording act The Undisputed Truth. #TheTemptations #PapaWasARollingStone #musihcistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 28th 1968: The Beatles started a nine-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Hey Jude." The Paul McCartney song, written about John Lennon's son Julian, gave the group their 16th U.S. No. 1 and the biggest-selling single of 1968. #HeyJude #TheBeatles #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 20th 1957: Buddy Holly released the single 'Peggy Sue' with 'Everyday' as the B-side. The song was originally entitled 'Cindy Lou', after Holly's niece, but was later changed to 'Peggy Sue' in reference to Peggy Sue Gerron the girlfriend (and future wife) of Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, after the couple had temporarily broken up. #BuddyHolly #PeggySue #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

Happy 64th Birthday Joanne Catherall, singer with The Human League. Formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 the group attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US No.1 hit 'Don't You Want Me'. #JoanneCatherall #TheHumanLeague #fyp #musichistory #viral

Happy Heavenly Birthday Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin), bassist, Ramones, 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'). He died of a drug overdose 5th June 2002. Dee Dee is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, not far from the cenotaph of his former Ramones' bandmate, Johnny Ramone. #DeeDeeRamone #TheRamones #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

Happy 86th Birthday American singer, actor and former teen idol Frankie Avalon. He had 31 charting US Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including No.1 hits, 'Venus' in 1959 and 'Why' in 1960. On his twenty-first birthday, Frankie Avalon was given $600,000 (£330,000) that he earned as a minor from his hit records. He had a supporting role in the 1978 musical film Grease, in which he sings the song 'Beauty School Dropout'. #FrankieAvalon #Venus #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 18th 2014: American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was at no.1 on the US singles chart with 'Shake It Off', becoming Swift's second No.1 single in the United States and the 22nd song to debut at No.1 in the chart's history. #TaylorSwift #ShakeItOff #musichistory #fyp #viral

On This Day In Music History: September 18th 1983: Kiss appeared without their makeup for the first time. It happened during an interview on MTV in which the band members were promoting the release of their newest album, Lick It Up. #KISS #LickItUp #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 18th 1971: The Who scored their first and only UK No.1 album with Who’s Next the bands sixth LP release, featuring 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. Cover artwork shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling. According to photographer Ethan Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. #TheWho #WhosNext #musichistory #fyp #classicrock

On This Day In Music History: September 18th 1970: Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix died in London of an accidental barbiturate overdose. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, the Seattle-born Hendrix is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Hendrix as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music." Hendrix's music has received a number of posthumous awards, including a Hall of Fame Grammy award in 2000 for his original composition, "Purple Haze," and in 2001 for his recording of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower." Hendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was honored with a Grammy in 2009. #JimiHendrix #PurpleHaze #fyp #musichistory #classicrock

Happy Heavenly Birthday Keith Flint, vocals, with English electronic dance music group The Prodigy who scored the 1996 UK No.1 & US No. 30 single 'Firestarter' and the 1997 UK & US No.1 album 'The Fat Of The Land'. Flint died at his Essex home in England on 4 March 2019 age 49. #KeithFlint #TheProdigy #musichistory #fyp #viral