Happy Birthday Ian Gillan, Ginger Baker, and John Deacon

Happy Birthday Ian Gillan, Ginger Baker, and John Deacon

25th February 1955: A sponge birthday cake has chocolate icing and five candles. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images

August 19th has gifted us some of the most extraordinary musicians.

Today we want to wish the following legends the most happy birthdays:

Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: Born August 19th, 1945

Photo by Tour Bus Live

Cream/Blind Faith’s Ginger Baker: Born August 19th, 1939 (Died October 6th, 2019)

UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 31: WINDSOR FESTIVAL Photo of CREAM and Ginger BAKER, with Cream, performing live onstage, Cream’s first live appearance, playing drums (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

Queen’s John Deacon: Born August 19th, 1951

John Deacon of Queen performs on stage on the ‘Queen II’ tour, Rainbow Theatre, London, 31 March 1974. (Photo by Ian Dickson/Redferns)

Today is the perfect day to listen to some Deep Purple, Cream, Blind Faith, or Queen!

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