It is customary, at the start of a new year, and especially the start of a new decade, to look back - remembering in particular those who are no longer with us. In response to this, plus a post last week on how old various rock stars would be this year, I looked up a few of yesterday's musicians, to see which birthday they would be looking at were they alive today.
(No significance in the list; they were just the first few names I thought of.)
Gary Moore - 68
Rory Gallagher - 72
Carl Wilson - 74
Dennis Wilson - 76
Cilla Black, George Harrison, Tony Meehan - 77
Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, John Rostill - 78
Big Jim Sullivan - 79
Billy Fury, John Lennon - 80
Jet Harris - 81
Eddie Cochran, Kathy Kirby - 82
Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley - 84
Johnny Kidd - 85
Alma Cogan - 88
Bill Haley - 95