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Fabian

Real name:  Fabiano Forte Bonaparte
Best known at:  »Tiger», US #3 (1959).
Birthday:  Feb. 6, 1943
Place of birth:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Fagen, Donald

Best known at:  Steely Dan, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 10, 1948
Place of birth:  Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Fahey, Siobhan

Best known at:  Bananarama, vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 10, 1958   [some sources: 1957]
Place of birth:  Dublin, Ireland   [some sources: London, England]

Fairweather-Low, Andy

Best known at:  Amen Corner, vocal, guitar. As solo »Reggae Tune», UK #10 (1974).
Birthday:  Aug. 8, 1950
Place of birth:  Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, M.Glamorgan, Wales

Faith, Adam

Real name:  Terence Nelhams
Best known at:  »Poor Me», UK #1 (1960).
Birthday:  June 23, 1940
Place of birth:  Acton, London, England
Death:  Mar. 8, 2003
Cause of death:  Heart attack.
More:  Wikpedia: Adam Faith and Adam Faith

Faithfull, Marianne

Real name:  June? Faithfull
Best known at:  »As Tears Go By» UK #9 (1964).
Birthday:  Dec. 29, 1946
Place of birth:  Hampstead, London, England

Falco

Real name:  Johann Holzell
Best known at:  »Der Komissar» (1983).
Birthday:  Feb. 19, 1957
Place of birth:  Austria

Fame, Georgie

Real name:  Clive Powell
Best known at:  »The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde», UK #1 (1968).
Birthday:  Sep. 26, 1943
Place of birth:  Leigh, Lancashire, England

Fardon, Don

Real name:  Donald Maughn
Best known at:  »Indian Reservation» (1968).
Birthday:  Aug. 19, 1943
Place of birth:  ?

Farlowe, Chris

Real name:  John Henry Deighton
Best known at:  »Out of Time», UK #1 (1966).
Birthday:  Oct. 13, 1940
Place of birth:  Berkhamstead, Hertshire, England

Farmer, Dave

Best known at:  Blackfoot Sue, drums. Twin brothers here!
Birthday:  Mar. 2, 1952
Place of birth:  Birmingham, England

Farmer, Tom

Best known at:  Blackfoot Sue, bass, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 2, 1952
Place of birth:  Birmingham, England

Farrell, Bobby

Best known at:  Boney M., vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 6, 1949
Place of birth:  Aruba, West Indies

Farriss, Andrew

Best known at:  INXS, keyboards.
Birthday:  Mar. 27, 1959
Place of birth:  Perth, Australia
More:  An Excess of INXS

Farriss, Jon

Best known at:  INXS, drums, vocals.
Birthday:  Aug. 10, 1961
Place of birth:  Perth, Australia
More:  An Excess of INXS

Farriss, Tim

Best known at:  INXS, guitar.
Birthday:  Aug. 16, 1957
Place of birth:  Perth, Australia
More:  An Excess of INXS

Farian, Frank

Real name:  Franz Reuther
Best known at:  German hit-writer for Boney M.
Birthday:  July 18, 1941
Place of birth:  Germany

Fariña, Richard

Best known at:  US folk musician.
Birthday:  1937
Place of birth:  New York, USA
Death:  Apr. 3 or 30?, 1966
Cause of death:  Motorcycle crash.

Faulkner, Eric

Best known at:  The Bay City Rollers, guitar.
Birthday:  Oct. 21, 1955
Place of birth:  Edinburgh, Scotland

Federici, Danny

Best known at:  The E Street Band, keyboards.
Birthday:  Jan. 23, 1950
Place of birth:  Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Death:  Apr. 17, 2008
Cause of death:  Melanoma.

Feliciano, Jose

Best known at:  »Light My Fire», US #3 (1968).
Birthday:  Sep. 10, 1945
Place of birth:  Lares, Puerto Rico

Ferguson, Keith

Best known at:  The Fabulous Thunderbirds, bass.
Birthday:  Apr. 23, 1946
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Apr. 29, 1997
Cause of death:  Drug overdose.

Ferguson, Larry

Best known at:  Hot Chocolate, keyboards.
Birthday:  Apr. 14, 1948
Place of birth:  Nassau, Bahamas

Fergusson, Alex

Best known at:  Alternative TV, guitar.
Birthday:  Dec. 16, 1952
Place of birth:  Glasgow, Scotland

Ferrone, Steve

Best known at:  Average White Band, drums.
Birthday:  Apr. 25, 1950
Place of birth:  Brighton, England

Ferry, Brian

Best known at:  Roxy Music, vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 26, 1945
Place of birth:  Washington, Durham, England

Fielder, Jim

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, bass.
Birthday:  Oct. 4, 1947
Place of birth:  Denton, Texas, USA

Finer, Jem

Real name:  Jeremy Max Finer
Best known at:  The Pogues, banjo, mandola.
Birthday:  July 25, 1955
Place of birth:  Stoke-on-Trent, Staffshire, England
More:  The Pogues: in the wake of the Medusa

Finn, Mickie

Best known at:  T. Rex, percussion, guitar.
Birthday:  June 3, 1947
Place of birth:  Thornton Heath, Surrey, England
Death:  Jan. 11, 2003
Cause of death:  Apparently heart and liver problems.

Fisher, Jerry

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 1, 1942
Place of birth:  DeKalb, Texas, USA

Fisher, Matthew

Best known at:  Procol Harum, keyboards.
Birthday:  Mar. 7, 1946
Place of birth:  Croydon, Surrey, England
More:  Matthew Fisher

Fisher, Morgan

Best known at:  Love Affair, Mott The Hoople, keyboards.
Birthday:  Jan. 1, 1950
Place of birth:  London, England
Trivia:  Morgan played keyboards on Queen's 1982 tour of Europe.
More:  Morgan Fisher's Home Page

Flack, Roberta

Best known at:  »Killing Me Softly with His Song», US #1, UK #6 (1973).
Birthday:  Feb. 10, 1937
Place of birth:  Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Fleetwood, Mick

Best known at:  Fleetwood Mac, drums.
Birthday:  June 24, 1942
Place of birth:  London, England

Floyd, Eddie

Best known at:  »Knock on Wood», US R&B #1 (1966).
Birthday:  June 25, 1935
Place of birth:  Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Fogelberg, Dan

Best known at:  »Hard to Say»,US #7 (1981).
Birthday:  Aug. 13, 1951
Place of birth:  Peoria, Illinois, USA

Fogerty, John

Best known at:  Tommy Fogerty & The Blue Velvets, The Golliwogs, CCR, vocal, guitar, SONGwriting.
Birthday:  May 28, 1945
Place of birth:  Berkeley, California, USA
Trivia:  John C. Fogerty is (one of) The Greatest Rock'n Roll Singer, composer and guitarist ever. During 1968–1972 JF wrote a pile of swamping hits for his band CCR and later went solo, successfully.
JF is pretty much a musical genius and also very unique person and a legendary hermit. JF has performed in Finland four times and one of these concerts was in the city of Turku (May 1, 2005). Rockweb site author was there: Read the review.
More:  John Fogerty and Electric Bayou.

Fogerty, Tom

Best known at:  Brother of John.
Birthday:  Nov. 9, 1941
Place of birth:  Berkeley, California, USA
Death:  Sep. 6, 1990
Cause of death:  Respiratory failure after a long battle with tuberculosis.

Ford, Frankie

Real name:  Frank Guzzo
Best known at:  »Sea Cruise», US #14 (1959).
Birthday:  Aug. 4, 1940
Place of birth:  Gretna, Louisiana, USA

Fordham, Julie

Birthday:  Aug. 10, 1962
Place of birth:  Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Fowley, Kim

Best known at:  Famous producer.
Birthday:  July 21, 1942
Place of birth:  Manila

Fox, Samantha

Best known at:  Big ones.
Birthday:  Apr. 15, 1966
Place of birth:  England

Frame, Roddy

Best known at:  Aztec Camera, vocal, guitar.
Birthday:  Jan. 29, 1964
Place of birth:  East Kilbride, Strathclyde, Scotland
More:  Aztec Camera or KillermontStreet.com

Frampton, Peter

Best known at:  Double live LP »Frampton Comes Alive» (1975).
Birthday:  Apr. 22, 1950
Place of birth:  Beckenham, Kent, England

Francis, Connie

Real name:  Concetta Maria Franconero
Best known at:  »Who’s Sorry Now», UK #1 (1958), »Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool», US #1 (1960).
Birthday:  Dec. 12, 1938
Place of birth:  Newark, New Jersey, USA

Franklin, Aretha

Real name:  Aretha Louise Franklin
Best known at:  Lady of SOUL
Birthday:  Mar. 25, 1942
Place of birth:  Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Franklin, Melvin

Real name:  David English
Best known at:  The Temptations, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 12, 1942
Place of birth:  Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death:  Feb. 23, 1995
Cause of death:  Heart failure following years of suffering diabetes.

Fraser, Andy

Best known at:  Free, bass.
Birthday:  Aug. 7, 1952
Place of birth:  London, England

Fredriksson, Marie

Best known at:  Roxette, vocal.
Birthday:  May 29, 1958
Place of birth:  Östra Ljungby, Sweden.

Freed, Alan

Best known at:  Famous disc-jockey from the early days of rock'n roll.
Birthday:  Dec. 15, 1922
Place of birth:  Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:  Jan. 20, 1965
Cause of death:  Uraemia.

Freeman, Bobby

Best known at:  »Do You Wanna Dance» (1958).
Birthday:  June 13, 1940
Place of birth:  San Francisco, California, USA

Freeman, Ernie

Best known at:  US pianist and composer. »Raunchy» (1957).
Birthday:  Aug. 16, 1922
Place of birth:  Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Death:  May 16, 1981
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Frehley, Ace

Real name:  Paul Daniel Frehley
Best known at:  Kiss, guitar, vocals.
Birthday:  Apr. 22, 1951
Place of birth:  Bronx, New York, USA

Freitas, Pete de

Best known at:  Echo & the Bunnymen, drums.
Birthday:  Aug. 2, 1961
Place of birth:  Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Death:  June 15, 1989
Cause of death:  Motorcycle accident.

Frey, Glenn

Best known at:  The Eagles, guitar.
Birthday:  Nov. 6, 1948
Place of birth:  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Fripp, Robert

Best known at:  King Crimson, guitar.
Birthday:  May 16, 1946
Place of birth:  Wimbourne, Dorset, England

Frisco, Rocky

Best known at:  Columbia Album, 1960: »The Big Ten» (as "Rocky Curtiss and the Harmony Flames"), also JJ Cale Band, piano, vocals.
Birthday:  July 26, 1937
Place of birth:  Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Trivia:  Nickname »Raccoon». And this swingin' daddy-o is also one true car fan, go ahead and take a look!
More:  Rocky Frisco's Home Page

Frizzell, Lefty

Real name:  William Orville Frizzell
Best known at:  US country artist.
Birthday:  Mar. 31, 1928
Place of birth:  Corsicana, Texas, USA
Death:  July 19, 1975
Cause of death:  hemorrhage due to a stroke.
More:  Tribute to Lefty Frizzell

Fry, Martin

Best known at:  ABC, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 9, 1958
Place of birth:  Manchester, Lancashire, England

Fuller, Bobby

Real name:  Robert Fuller
Best known at:  Bobby Fuller Four, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 22, 1943
Place of birth:  Baytown, Texas, USA
Death:  July 18, 1966
Cause of death:  died under peculiar circumstances: possible suicide, but friends speculated he was murdered by mobsters — forced inhalation of gasoline.

Furay, Richie

Best known at:  Buffalo Springfield and Poco, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  May 9, 1945
Place of birth:  Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA

Furuholmen, Mags

Real name:  Magne Furuholmen
Best known at:  a-ha, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  Nov. 1, 1962
Place of birth:  Oslo, Norway

Fury, Billy

Real name:  Ronald Wycherley
Best known at:  »Halfway to Paradise», UK #3 (1961).
Birthday:  Apr. 17, 1940
Place of birth:  Liverpool, England
Death:  Jan. 28, 1983
Cause of death:  Heart failure.

Faltskog, Agnetha

Best known at:  Abba, vocal.
Birthday:  Apr. 5, 1950
Place of birth:  Jonkopping, Sweden