Deep Purple's 'in Rock' is their fourth studio album featuring Ian Gillan on vocals and released on June 3, 1970 by Harvest.

Deep Purple's 'Machine Head' feat. 'Smoke on the Water' is their sixth studio album recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released on March 25, 1972 by Purple.

Deep Purple's 'Who Do We Think We Are' is their seventh studio album featuring Ian Gillan on vocals and released in January 1973 by Purple / Warner Bros.

Chris De Burgh, Snowy White, Queen, The Damned, Bobby McFerrin, The Flying Pickets, The Jeff Healey Band, Gillan, Gloria Gaynor, The Party Boys, Pepsi & Shirlie, Gary Numan

Bonfire, FM, The Almighty, Little Angels, Diamond Head, The Quireboys, Saxon, Ian Gillan Band, W.A.S.P., Great White, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe

Deep Purple's 'Perfect Strangers' is their eleventh studio album featuring the reformed 'Mark II' line-up and released on October 29, 1984 by Polydor / Mercury

Elton John, Derek, The Dominos, Faces, Gillan, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Focus, Motörhead, Bob Seger, Patti Smith, The Who, Queen, Sex Pistols

'The Concerto for Group and Orchestra' by Deep Purple & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a concerto composed by Jon Lord / Ian Gillian, first performed on September 24,1969 and released in December 1969 by Tetragrammaton / Harvest.

The Cure, Madness, Samantha Fox, Paul Simon, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Pete Townshend, Big Country, Lisa Marie, Bronski Beat, Nik Kershaw, Heavy Pettin', Gillan

Deep Purple's 'Made in Japan' is a double live album recorded in August 1972 during their first tour of Japan and released in December 1972 by Purple / Warner Bros.

Deep Purple's 'Fireball' is their fifth album released in July 1971 by Harvest Records

Guitarist extraordinaire, Steve Morse, who celebrates his birthday today has been for 40 more years a "guitar hero."

As we wish, today, English drummer Ian Paice a Happy 74th Birthday, the time has come to playlist the 'BESTS' of his band : Deep Purple

Talking Heads, Gary Numan, Breakfast Club, Joe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War, The Associates, Gillan, Midge Ure, Loose Ends, Genesis, Big Country, Jane, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Ultravox, Suzanne Vega, Gun, Gillan, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, Furniture, Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick, Thompson Twins, Queen, Sex Pistols

Deftones, Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Rage Against The Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Faith No More, Grand Funk Railroad, Slayer, Van Halen, Deep Purple

Billy Gibbons, Ritchie Blackmore, Tom Morello, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Frampton, John Cipollina, Joe Perry, Jerry Cantrell, Craig Chaquico, John Mayer, Robin Trower, Mick Mars

Eagles, George Harrison, Steve Miller Band, Bruce Springsteen, Grand Funk Railroad, The Tubes, David Bowie, 10cc, Deep Purple, ABBA, Iggy Pop, Tom Robinson Band