Today in Music & more (February 22)

Singers / Musicians

1933, Ernie K-Doe (Mother-In-Law, 1961)

1945, Oliver (Good Morning Starshine, 1969)

1950, Genesis P-Orridge / Neil Andrew Megson (PSYCHIC TV )

1974, James Blunt ("You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", 2004)

1979, Tom Higgenson (PLAIN WHITE T'S / see: Hey There Delilah, 2005)

Various

1900, Luis Buñuel (Spanish filmmaker)

1929, James Hong (actor)

1937, Γιώργος Πάντζας (ηθοποιός)

1942, Christine Keeler (Profumo Affair)

1944, Jonathan Demme (filmmaker / The Silence Of The Lambs)

1944, Robert Kardashian (lawyer & businessman)

1949, Niki Lauda (Formula 1)

1950, Julius Erving (NBA)

1959, Kyle MacLachlan (actor, Twin Peaks)

1969, Joaquín Cortés (flamenco dancer)

1969, Brian Laudrup (football, Denmark)

1969, Marc Wilmots (football, Belgium)

1975, Drew Barrymore (actress)

1985, Γιώργος Πρίντεζης (καλαθοσφαίριση)

Died

1512, Amerigo Vespucci (the... Godfather of America)

1973, Κατίνα Παξινού (ηθοποιός)

1976, Florence Ballard (SUPREMES)

1987, Andy Warhol 

2015, Chris Rainbow (ALAN PARSONS PROJECT / The Turn Of A Friendly Card, 1980 -  Days Are Numbers, 1985)

2017, Νίκος Κούνδουρος (ηθοποιός)

2017, Θέμης Μάνεσης (ηθοποιός)

2020, Κική Δημουλά (ποιήτρια)

2022, Mark Lanegan (SCREAMING TREES, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE)

Important Dates

1977, "Hotel California" by the Eagles is released