Talk:Ian Gillan

Birthplace
The article says - "Gillan was born on 19 August 1945[2] at Chiswick Maternity Hospital". That hospital was in Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, which was in Middlesex. See the Chiswick article if you want a more detailed explanation. You might also want to see anachronism, which is what has happened here, as happens in countless wiki articles every day. Hopefully someone will correct the infobox back to Middlesex. Further detail, if needed, can be put into the body of the article. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 21:19, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Butterfly Ball concert
The article says "replacing Ronnie James Dio at the last minute" regarding the Butterfly Ball concert on October 16 1975. Despite the fact that this comes from Ian Gillan's (auto)biography, it is wrong. Ian is mentioned in a New Musical Express article from September 20 1975 announcing that concert. As well as in an ad from October 11 in the same paper. He is also mentioned in the concert program. Linking a Facebook page with this articles wasn't proof enough, so how can I change it with having the evidence only in paper form? 2.203.233.90 (talk) 19:33, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

More likely Mozart than Brubeck
Though it's not impossible his mammy was that hep, the reference to an early musical memory of Gillan's mother playing Blue Rondo a la Turk on the piano looks questionable. The Brubeck track wasn't released until Gillan was 14, so hardly his earliest years. It seems more likely to refer to Mozart's very well known Rondo alla Turca. I don't have the given source to check. Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:48, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * What's more, though it may be a coincidence, during his time in Episode Six, they covered Rondo alla Turca as "Mozart Vs The Rest". Mutt Lunker (talk) 23:57, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The sources says, verbatim, "I suppose Audrey first tuned my ear to music, her brave attempts at 'Rondo a la Turk' on the piano always a climatic disappointment at the same particular bit" then "We're talking the early fifties". So I guess it's Rondo alla Turca. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:00, 19 December 2023 (UTC)