English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

Terry Reid

Terrance James Reid, who was nicknamed Superlungs, was an English musician, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his emotive style of singing in appearances with high-profile musicians as vocalist, supporting act and session musician. As a solo recording and touring artist he released six studio albums and four live albums. Described as an "artists' artist" by Rolling Stone, Reid was recognised by his contemporaries as an eminent talent in English rock music, both as a guitarist and a vocalist. Robert Plant praised his vocal "flexibility, power and control" and Graham Nash was quoted as saying he should have been "a gigantic star".

Born

1949

November 13

Died

Living

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1940s

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Key dates

1949 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1002 English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1093 Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.
1160 Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.
1642 First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.

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The world in 1949

When Terry arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 13

Albert VII 1559–1621 archduke of Austria (born 1559) Aldo Nova 1956– Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Dana Vollmer 1987– American swimmer Edward III of England (died 1377) 1312– Gerard Butler 1969– Scottish actor Jiaqing Emperor of China (died 1820) 1760– Joseph Hooker 1814–1879 American general (died 1879) Lon Nol 1913– Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985) Motoo Kimura 1924–1994 Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1949

Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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