Events in Music
- 1970-05-24 Peter Green quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
Music History
1970-08-07 British keyboard playing singer-songwriter Christine McVie (née Perfect) joins rock band Fleetwood Mac
Buckingham, Nicks Join Fleetwood Mac
1974-12-31 Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac
- 1977-02-04 "Rumours" 11th studio album by Fleetwood Mac is released (Grammy Album of the Year)
- 1977-04-02 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album goes to No. 1 & stays atop charts for 31 weeks
- 1977-09-17 British-American band Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" album is #1 for 19th straight week
- 1978-02-23 20th Grammy Awards: "Hotel California" by The Eagles; Fleetwood Mac; Debbie Boone win
- 1979-10-10 Rock band Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
Music History
1984-05-01 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1998-01-12 13th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Eagles; Fleetwood Mac; The Mamas & the Papas; Lloyd Price; Santana; Gene Vincent; "Jelly Roll" Morton; and Allen Toussaint
- 2014-01-11 During a concert in Maui, Mick Fleetwood announces that Christine McVie would be rejoining Fleetwood Mac
- 2018-04-09 Fleetwood Mac announce new members Neil Finn and Mike Campbell after firing long-standing member Lindsey Buckingham
Birthdays in Music
- 1939-03-05 Norman Seeff, South African-American photographer, filmmaker, and album cover artist (Joni Mitchell; Captain & Tenille; Fleetwood Mac), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Christine McVie (1943-2022)
1943-07-12 British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-22 - "Don't Stop"; "You Make Loving Fun"; solo - "Got A Hold On Me"), born in Bouth, Lancashire, England
- 1944-05-25 Herbert Worthington lll, American photographer and album cover artist (Stevie Nix; Fleetwood Mac), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
- 1945-05-12 Keith Olsen, American rock record producer and sound engineer (Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac; Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station; Joe Walsh - The Confessor), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (d. 2020)
- 1945-08-31 Bob Welch, American rock vocalist, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2012)
- 1945-11-26 John McVie, British rock bassist (John Mayall's Blues Breakers; Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Tusk), born in Ealing, Middlesex, England
- 1946-10-29 Peter Green [Greenbaum], English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), born in Bethnal Green, London (d. 2020) [1] [2]
Mick Fleetwood (76 years old)
1947-06-24 British rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"; "Tusk"; "The Chain"), born in Redruth, Cornwall, England
- 1947-11-01 Bob Weston, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1972-73), born in Devon, England (d. 2012)
Stevie Nicks (75 years old)
1948-05-26 American rock singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"; "Landslide"; Bella Donna - "Edge Of Seventeen"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1948-07-04 Jeremy Spencer, British rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Well"), born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England
- 1948-12-27 Martin Birch, British sound engineer (Fleetwood Mac; Deep Purple ) and record producer (Whitesnake; Iron Maiden), born in Woking, Surrey, England (d. 2020)
- 1949-10-03 Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1949-10-13 Rick Vito, American session and touring rock guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac, 1987-91, born in Darby, Pennsylvania
- 1950-05-13 Danny Kirwan, British musician, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- 1951-09-19 Richard Dashut, American record producer (Bob Welch; Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham), born in West Hollywood, California
- 1953-05-08 Billy Burnette, American rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, 1987-95), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Weddings in Music
Mick Fleetwood
1970-06-12 Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood (22) weds Jenny Boyd (23); divorce in 1975
Christine McVie
1986-10-18 "Fleetwood Mac" member Christine McVie (43) weds Portuguese keyboardist Eduardo Quintela; divorce in 2003
Deaths in Music
- 2012-01-03 Bob Weston, British guitarist & songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), dies from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 64 (body found this date)
- 2012-06-07 Bob Welch, American musician (Fleetwood Mac), commits suicide by gunshot at 66
- 2013-11-10 Herbert Worthington lll, American photographer and album cover artist (Stevie Nix; Fleetwood Mac), dies of heart disease at 69 (exact date uncertain, last seen on the 6th, body discovered on 10th)
- 2018-06-08 Danny Kirwan, British musician, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), dies at 68
- 2020-03-09 Keith Olsen, American rock record producer and sound engineer (Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac; Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station; Joe Walsh - The Confessor), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
- 2020-07-25 Peter Green [Greenbaum], English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac -"Albatross"), dies at 73 [1] [2]
- 2020-08-09 Martin Birch, British sound engineer (Fleetwood Mac; Deep Purple) and record producer (Whitesnake; Iron Maiden), dies at 71 [1]
- 2022-06-19 Brett Tuggle, American session and touring rock keyboard player (David Lee Roth, 1986-94; Fleetwood Mac, 1997-2017), dies of cancer at 70
Christine McVie (1943-2022)
2022-11-30 British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-2022 - "Don't Stop"; "You Make Loving Fun"; solo - "Got A Hold On Me"), dies at 79 [1]