American drummer (born 1954)

Clem Burke

Clement Anthony Burke was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie throughout the band's entire career until his death in 2025. He appeared on all of the band's albums with two of the founding members, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. He was drummer for the Ramones for a brief time in 1987 under the name Elvis Ramone, and played on albums by other artists, including Eurythmics, Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop.

Born

1954

November 24

Died

2025

Era

1950s

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Clem, in brief

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What else happened on this day, through history

380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
847 An earthquake hits Syria, causing multiple casualties and damages in Antioch, Damascus and Mosul.
1190 Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.
1221 Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia.

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The world in 1954

When Clem arrived

april 1 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
april 18 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
april 22 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
april 25 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 24

Baruch Spinoza 1632–1677 Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632) Cass Gilbert 1859–1934 American architect (born 1859) Garret Dillahunt 1964– American actor Lucky Luciano 1897–1962 Italian-American mob boss (born 1897) Oscar Robertson 1938– American basketball player and sportscaster Scott Joplin 1868–1917 American pianist and composer (born 1868) Stephen Merchant 1974– English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Ted Bundy 1946–1989 American serial killer (born 1946) Ye Gongchuo 1881–1968 Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (born 1881)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1954

Alan Kulwicki 1954–1993 American race car driver (born 1954) Annie Lennox 1954– Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist Archie Griffin 1954– American football player Chris Huhne 1954– English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Cliff Martinez 1954– American drummer and songwriter David Keith 1954– American actor and director David Lee Roth 1954– American singer-songwriter and producer Dawn Primarolo 1954– English politician Dennis Haysbert 1954– American actor and producer

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