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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Born on Oct 5: Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)

Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement.

"I Don't Like Mondays" was a UK number one single for four weeks during the summer of 1979. Written by Geldof and performed by The Boomtown Rats, it was the band's second number one single.

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