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Mick Ralphs

Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

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Born
March 31, 1944
Died
June 23, 2025
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1944

About Mick Ralphs

Michael Geoffrey Ralphs was an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was a founding member of English rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company. Despite not being a constant member, he appeared on every studio album released by both bands. In 2011 he formed the Mick Ralphs Blues Band with musicians he had met in a jam session. Ralphs founded Bad Company with vocalist Paul Rodgers from Free. Ralphs continued to record and tour with Bad Company until they folded in 1982, after the release of Rough Diamonds. After a debut album that band changed its name twice, first to Silence in 1968 and then to Mott the Hoople in 1969.

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Mick Ralphs timeline

  1. After a debut album that band changed its name twice, first to Silence in 1968 and then to Mott the Hoople in 1969.
  2. Ralphs continued to record and tour with Bad Company until they folded in 1982, after the release of Rough Diamonds.
  3. In 2011 he formed the Mick Ralphs Blues Band with musicians he had met in a jam session.

The world when Mick Ralphs was born

Mick Ralphs was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mick Ralphs's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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