Jonathan Richman was born in Boston on 16 May 1951. Raised in Needham, Massachusetts, he dropped out of school, whiled away some time in Andy Warhol’s formative…
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Canterbury brothers Trevor and John Evan-Jones started playing music together at a very early age, and when their family emigrated to Australia in the early…
Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo to an Italian-American family in Chicago, Illinois, on 22 September 1930. Giovanna babysat and worked in a bakery…
Roberta Joan Anderson was born on 7 November 1943, in Fort Macleod in the prairie province of Alberta, Canada. She was the only child of William…
Formed in 1971, Jook were the brainchild of Sparks manager John Hewlett, who introduced guitarist Trevor White to singer-songwriter Ian Kimmett and recruited bassist Ian Hampton and…
By the release of 1981’s Escape, Journey had evolved into the ultimate American arena rock band, complete with clinical production and the finest collection of mullet…
Joy Division formed in Manchester, England, in January 1977 originally as The Stiff Kittens, then Warsaw. The name they finally settled on came from House of…
Joyce Harris was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1939 and moved to New Orleans with her family when she was 13 years old. Harris…
Named after the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest and led by Tim Brooke-Taylor look-alike and openly gay biker dress-alike Rob…
Presented by David Geffen’s Asylum label as the archetypal singer-songstress of the period, Judee Sill’s background differed markedly from those of her self-absorbed peers. While…
As a former bouncer at Brixton’s Ram Jam club, Alexander Hughes met Prince Buster and Derrick Morgan. He also worked as a bodyguard and -…
Judy Collins was born in 1939 in Denver, Colorado, daughter of Chuck Collins, a blind, well-known radio personality in Denver and on the West Coast.…
Born Judith Anne Stone in Sydney in 1940, this Australian singer successfully straddled pop, rock and country genres in the ’60s and ’70s, often recording…
Juicy Lucy was formed in 1968 from the ashes of a psychedelic garage band called The Misunderstood, who had released the single I Can Take…
Early April 1963, not far from Penny Lane, Liverpool. Outside in the cool night air, the young girls wait for a glimpse of John Lennon.…
Julie Felix was born on 14 June 1938 in Santa Barbara, California. She arrived in the UK in the early 60s during a time when…
Vivien Foreman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, on 12 July 1946 and relocated as a small child to Cape Town (South Africa) with her family.…
Born Gayle Peck in 1926, Julie London married actor Jack Webb of Dragnet fame in 1947. They were drawn to each other through a mutual interest…
Ealing-based R&B band The Tomcats responded to the dawning of the Age of Aquarius by investing in sitars and tablas and reinventing themselves as psychedelic…
Richard Knott, Mark Bradridge and David Rowley ended up in Watusi Now. Richard Knott Guitar, vocals Mark Bradridge Bass, vocals David Rowley Drums, vocals Gary…