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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 22

A big Happy Birthday to Don Henley, legendary singer, songwriter, musician and founding member of The Eagles, born #OnThisDay in 1947.

📷 Don with his 1936 Ford in 1974 (Henry Diltz).

#DonHenley #TheEagles

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 21

It’s another Mini Monday. Here’s Charlotte Rampling, icon of the #SwingingSixties, with her spaniel Jessie and a very sharp Mini (📸 Norman Potter, September 1967).

#MiniMonday #CharlotteRampling

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 20

Remembering Natalie Wood, multi-award winning actress, born #OnThisDay in 1938.

📷 Natalie loved her cars. She owned a pink 1955 Thunderbird, a Mercedes 300SL Roadster, which she had painted pink, a Buick Riviera, and this Mercedes 250SL (Ron Galella, Brentwood, CA, 1968).

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 18

A big Happy Birthday to R&B and pop legend Martha Reeves.

📷 Martha and the Vandellas on the live Ford Mustang production line to record the landmark video for ‘Nowhere to Run’, 1965.

Martha: "That was a monumental moment. They'll never let anybody do that again!"

#FordMustang #MarthaReeves

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 17

Remembering Spencer Davis, founder of The Spencer Davis Group, born #OnThisDay in 1939.

As Island Records A&R guru in the 70s, Spencer worked with #BobMarley, #RobertPalmer, #SteveWinwood and @EddieHotRods.

📷 Koh Hasebe, London 1967.

#Rock #MiniCooper

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 16

A big Happy Birthday to Stewart Copeland, legendary drummer, composer and producer, born #OnThisDay in 1952.

📷 Barry Schultz

#stewartcopeland #police #thepolice
#NewWave #Rock #punk #PostPunk #bmw2002 #bmw02

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 15

A big Happy Birthday to the wonderful Linda Ronstadt, singer, songwriter and musician, born #OnThisDay in 1946.

📷 Michael Ochs, c 1970.

#LindaRonstadt #MorganPlus4

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 13

A big happy birthday to Harrison Ford, multi-award winning actor in roles spanning seven decades, born #OnThisDay in 1942.

📸 Swapping the Millennium Falcon for a more sedate ride - his 1955 Jaguar XK140 in British Racing Green (GQ magazine).

#HarrisonFord #Jaguar #XK140

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 12

Remembering Christine McVie, singer, keyboard player and one of the finest songwriters of her time, #BOTD 1943.

📸 Fleetwood Mac in 1975 - Christine (centre) with John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood (Fin Costello).

#ChristineMcVie #FleetwoodMac

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 11

Remembering Yul Brynner, legendary star of stage and screen, born #OnThisDay in 1920.

📷 Yul and his Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster before the premiere of “The Ten Commandments” (N/K October 1956).

#YulBrynner #MercedesBenzSL #MercedesBenz300SL #300SL

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 9

A big Happy Birthday to Tom Hanks, multi-award winning actor and filmmaker, born #OnThisDay in 1956.

📷 Tom with his fabulous heavily reworked Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, which he sold in 1991.

#Toyota #FJ40 #ToyotaTuesday #WagonWednesday

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 7

A big Happy 85th Birthday to Sir Ringo Starr MBE, born #OTD 1940.

Ringo liked his cars in a certain shade of burgundy, as seen by his Radford/Hooper Mini Cooper S, LWB Mercedes Pullman and the fabulous Facel II, the 1964 Motor Show car.

📷 National News / NK

#RingoStarr #TheBeatles

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jul 5

Remembering Warren Oates, legendary actor, born #OnThisDay in 1928. His credits included The Wild Bunch, In the Heat of the Night, The Hired Hand, Race with the Devil and one of our favourites, Two-Lane Blacktop (below).

(📸 Universal)

#WarrenOates #PontiacGTO #55Chevy

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 30

#OnThisDay in 1973, Slade’s ‘Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me' went straight to No.1 in the UK. It was their fifth No.1.

📸 The band celebrate outside Polydor’s London offices. Don Powell would crash his Bentley a few days later, with tragic consequences (📸 Jim Kay).

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 29

A big Happy Birthday to Deep Purple drumming legend Ian Paice, born #OTD 1948.

Ian owned this monster Mercedes-Benz LWB 500SEL for 33 years. He had it lowered and even fitted a Hutson supercharger.

“When we reformed Purple, this was a big present to myself.”

📷NK/Dean Smith

#IanPaice #DeepPurple

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 28

Staying with #ClintEastwood, here he is with his Jaguar XK150 at his Los Angeles home, 3512 Beverly Glen Blvd, back in 1961. At the same time, Clint also owned a Cadillac Series 62 Convertible.

#Caturday #JaguarXK #XK150

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 27

Here’s something a little different for #FordFriday - Clint Eastwood and his fabulous Ford Gran Torino Sport from 1982, powered by a 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet.

Clint’s 2009 movie ‘Gran Torino’ is his second highest grossing film to date.

#ClintEastwood #GranTorino

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 26

A big Happy Birthday to Chris Isaak, rockabilly revivalist and actor, born #OnThisDay in 1956.

📸 Chris with his 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille in 1995 (Michael Tighe). #ChrisIsaak #Cadillac #CadillacSedanDeVille

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 25

A big Happy 80th Birthday to Carly Simon, singer, songwriter, musician and author, born #OnThisDay 1945.

Carly loved her iconic Checker Marathon, which she used it at her Martha’s Vineyard home.

📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981.

#carlysimon #marthasvineyard #checker

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 24

A big Happy Birthday to Mick Fleetwood, born #OnThisDay in 1947.

📸 Here’s Mick with Lettuce Leaf, an Austin 7 he bought in his 20s, which he entrusted to Eric Clapton when he moved to the US, before restoring it and taking it to Maui.

#FleetwoodMac #MickFleetwood #Austin7 #AustinSeven

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 23

Very sad news. RIP Mick Ralphs, influential guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founding member of both Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, who has passed away, aged 81.

📸 Mick with his 390ci Ford Mustang Mach 1 in 1975 (Circus/Creem).

#RIPMickRalphs #MickRalphs #BadCompany #MotttheHoople

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just another #MiniMonday …

#PaulMcCartney #TheBeatles #Beatles #Radford #Mini #MiniCooper

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 22

For #SupercarSunday, we head back to 2012, when jazz funk legend Jay Kay bought this unique and stunning Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 shooting brake, by Vignale.

(📷 Top Gear)

#Jamiroquai #JK #Ferrari #JayKay

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 21

A big Happy Birthday to Sir Ray Davies, ‘The Godfather of Britpop’, born #OnThisDay in 1944.

Dedicated followers of fashion: Ray and The Kinks with the iconic Buick Electra designed and painted by BEV (📷 Mike Leale).

#Mod #BritPop #RayDavies #TheKinks #BEV #Buick #BuickElectra

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Stars and Cars @starsandcars.bsky.social · Jun 20

Remembering the genius of Brian Wilson, who sadly left us earlier this month, on what would have been his 83rd birthday.

📸 Brian (right), the Beach Boys and brother Dennis’s Corvette Stingray for the ‘Shut Down Volume 2’ photo shoot in 1963 (Michael Ochs’ archive).

#BrianWilson #TheBeachBoys

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