Beauty and the Beast

Two birthdays to mention today and two completely different individuals.

Actress and pinup, Ava Lavinia Gardner was born this day 1922 in North Carolina, the youngest of 7 children.  She was considered one of the most beautiful women of her day.

Ava was married to Mickey Rooney in 1942 and divorced a year later.  She was then briefly married to jazz musician Artie Shaw and then in 1951 she married Frank Sinatra.  Ava would go on later to say that he was the love her life but the marriage was tumultuous and they divorced in 1957.

She died on January 25th 1990 in London from pneumonia and was buried with her family back in North Carolina.

Lemmy (Ian Fraser) Kilmister was born this day in 1945 in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.  Best known as the lead vocalist and sole constant member of rock band Motorhead as well as being a former band member of Hawkwind before getting fired.

In October 1980, they released the brilliant Ace of Spades which spent 12 weeks in the UK charts.  In March 2005, Q Magazine placed it at No 27 in their list of 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks and in 2009, VH1 named it the 10th greatest hard rock song of all time.