Born on this day in music, February 4th

1982
Kimberly Wyatt, American singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress and choreographer. She is best known as a former member of the Pussycat Dolls who she joined in 2003. In 2010, she announced her departure from the group, continuing with her new band Her Majesty & The Wolves.

1975
Natalie Imbruglia, actress, singer, who had the 1997 UK No.2 single ‘Torn’, from the 1997 UK No.5 album ‘Left Of The Middle’. Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours.

1968
Steve Queralt, from British indie group Ride who had the 1992 UK No.9 single ‘Leave Them All Behind’.

1966
Bass player Dave Buchanan is born. He becomes a member of Yankee Grey, whose 1999 debut album yields a pair of hits and gains them an Academy of Country Music nomination for Best New Duet or Group

1965
Confederate Railroad keyboard player Chris McDaniel is born in Rock Springs, Georgia. Leaning on southern rock, the band scores 1990s hits with “Trashy Women,” “Queen Of Memphis” and “Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind”

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Confederate Railroad - Queen Of Memphis (Official Video)04:30

1963
Wasserman, guitarist from American punk rock band The Offspring, who had the 1999 UK No.1 single ‘Pretty Fly, (For A White Guy)’, and the 1999 US No.6 & UK No.10 album Americana.

1962
Clint Black, country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Black made his debut with his Killin’ Time album, which produced four No.1 singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. He has amassed more than 30 singles on the US country charts (of which 13 have reached No.1).

1960
Tim Booth, vocals, with English group James who had the 1991 UK No.2 single ‘Sit Down’. Booth has also released solo projects

1952
Jerry Shirley, drummer with Humble Pie who had the 1969 UK No.4 single ‘Natural Born Bugie’.

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1951
Phil Ehart, from American rock band Kansas, who scored the 1978 US No.3 single ‘Dust In The Wind’, and the 1978 hit single ‘Carry On Wayward Son’. which was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No.1 in 1997.

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1950
James Dunn, singer with the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics who had the 1974 US No.2 single ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’, and the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Can’t Give You Anything But My Love’ and twelve consecutive US R&B top ten hits.

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1949
Drummer Roy Yeager is born in Greenwood, Mississippi. The year prior to joining the Atlanta Rhythm Section in 1979, he plays on Bobby Bare’s country hit “Sleep Tight, Good Night Man”

1948
American singer, songwriter Alice Cooper, (Vincent Furnier), who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single ‘School’s Out’, the 1972 hit ‘Elected’ and the 1973 US & UK No.1 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper’s live shows featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords. Cooper is now also a radio presenter.

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Alice Cooper - School's Out

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1947
Margie and Mary Ann Ganser, vocalists for The Shangri-Las, who had a 1964 US No.1 & UK No.11 single with ‘Leader Of The Pack’. Mary Ann died in New York on March 15, 1970, aged 22, of a drug overdose. Margie died of breast cancer on July 28th 1996 age 48.

1944
Florence Larue, from The 5th Dimension who had the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.11 single ‘Aquarius’.

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1943
Barry Beckett, keyboardist, session musician in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section at the Muscle Shoals studio in Sheffield, Alabama. He worked with many artists including Paul Simon and Traffic.

1943
Jimmy Johnson, American guitarist best known as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. He played on many hits and countless sessions including, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Clarence Carter, Arthur Conley, Wilson Pickett, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart. He also engineered The Rolling Stones album, Sticky Fingers. Johnston died of a suspected heart attack on 11 September 2019 at his home in Waller, Texas, at the age of 58.

1941
John Steel, drummer with The Animals who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun‘.

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The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964) HQ/Widescreen ♫♥ 58 YEARS AGO04:09

1941
American rock and jazz guitarist Mike Deasy. He worked as a member of The Wrecking Crew on sessions for Phil Spector, and contributed guitar parts to The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. In the 1960s and later years he also worked on records by the Monkees, the Association, Scott McKenzie, Randy Newman, Spanky & Our Gang, Tommy Roe, Fats Domino, The Byrds, Michael Jackson, Helen Reddy, Frank Zappa, and others.

1929
Paul Burlison, American pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison worked with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. He died on Sept 27th 2003.

1915
Pop songwriter Ray Evans is born in Salamanca, New York. Known for “Silver Bells” and “Que Sera, Sera,” he hits the country charts when Moon Mullican records “Mona Lisa” and Gene Autry covers “Buttons And Bows”. Died February 15, 2007.

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