Music Trivia

Original Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was born on October 24th of 1936. He was a member of the Rolling Stones from their founding in 1962 until 1993.

Since he left the Stones in '93 he has been performing and recording with his new band Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. They have released 5 albums so far with the most successful being 2000's Groovin' which reached #52 in the UK album charts.

He also released some solo albums while a member of the Rolling Stones. The most successful being his first, 1974's Monkey Grip which reached #39 in the UK and #99 in the US.

His most successful European single was 1981's "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star" which reached #14 on the UK singles charts. His most successful single in the US was 1985's "Baby Please Don't Go" which reached #37 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.

Wyman was the oldest member of the Rolling Stones by some quite a number of years. For comparison while Wyman is celebrating his 71st birthday today (Oct. 24 2007) Mick Jagger is 64 and Keith Richards is 63. Drummer Charlie Watts is 66. This age disparity played a part in him never becoming that close to the other members of the Stones despite being in the band for over 30 years.

Promo Video For "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star"

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Buddy Holly was born on September 7th of 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. His birth name was Charles Hardin Holley. The change in spelling from Holley to Holly was merely because of a typo on a contract that he signed.

Buddy Holly is one of the most influential rock n roll artists of all time. He was one of the first "self contained" rock n rollers that wrote and performed all of his own music. Holly was a big influence on the Beatles. Their name was chosen partly as a homage to the name of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets. Today Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to Holly's songs.

Holly, along with fellow music stars Ritchie Vallens & "The Big Bopper" (real name J.P. Richardson), died in a plane wreck on February 3, 1959. The 21 year old pilot of the plane, Roger Peterson, also died. They were on a trip from Clear Lake, Iowa to the next stop (Fargo, North Dakota) on the tour that Holly, Vallens, & The Big Bopper were headlining.

Holly was only 22 years old. He would have been 71 years old today.

Buddy Holly live performances:

"That'll Be The Day"