Born On This Day In Music, April 22nd

1990 – Machine Gun Kelly
Colson Baker, known professionally as Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), American rapper, musician, noted for his compositional blending of contemporary and alternative hip hop with rock. He released his debut studio album, Lace Up, in 2012, which peaked at No.4 on the US Billboard chart and contained his breakout single ‘Wild Boy’. His sixth studio album Mainstream Sellout peaked at No.1 on the US chart in 2022.

1984 – Amelle Berrabah
Amelle Berrabah, singer with British girl group Sugababes who had the 2002 UK No.1 single, ‘Round Round’. In 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums named the Sugababes as the most successful female act of the 21st century with six UK No.1 singles and eighteen UK top ten hits.

1979 – Daniel Johns
Daniel Johns from Australian rock band Silverchair who had the 1997 Australian No.1 single ‘Freak’ and the 1995 Australian No.1 album Frogstomp plus three other Australian No.1 albums. During their career, Silverchair won more ARIA Music Awards than any other artist in history with 21 wins.

1974 – Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian, bassist with Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down who had the 2001 US No.1 album Toxicity and the 2005 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Mezmerize.

1969 – Craig Logan
Craig Logan from English pop band Bros who had the 1988 UK No.1 single ‘I Owe You Nothing’ plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles.

1956 – Cynthia Johnson
American singer, songwriter, Cynthia Johnson best known as the lead singer of the band Lipps Inc who had the 1980 worldwide smash hit ‘Funkytown’.

1956 – Kenny Lyons
Kenny Lyons, from American alternative rock band The Lemonheads. A cover of Simon And Garfunkel’s ‘Mrs. Robinson’, became one of the band’s most successful single in the early 90s.

1951 – Paul Carrack
English singer, songwriter Paul Carrack who was a member of Ace, who had the 1974 UK No.20 single ‘How Long’. He replaced keyboardist Jools Holland in Squeeze in 1981 (sang on the hit single ‘Tempted’). Was a member of Mike And The Mechanics, (sang lead on their 1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘The Living Years’). Carrack has also worked with artists such as Elton John, The Pretenders, B.B. King and played keyboards on The Smiths’ eponymous debut album, The Smiths. He now works as a solo artist.

1950 – Pete Carr
American guitarist Pete Carr. He was lead guitarist for the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and recorded extensively at FAME Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. He recorded with Joan Baez, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Hank Williams, Jr., among many others. Carr died on 27 June 2020 age 70.

1950 – Peter Frampton
British-American rock musician Peter Frampton who with The Herd, had the 1968 UK No.5 single ‘I Don’t Want Our Loving To Die’, with Humble Pie, the 1969 UK No.4 single ‘Natural Born Bugie‘. As a solo artists he scored the 1976 UK No.10 single ‘Show Me The Way’ taken from his live release Frampton Comes Alive!. Frampton has worked with David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson. Frampton is known for his work as a guitar player and particularly with a Talkbox.

1948 – Larry Groce
Larry Groce, singer of the hit 1976 novelty tune “Junk Food Junkie” and host of the NPR-distributed radio program Mountain Stage, is born in Dallas, Texas.

1945 – Martin Quittenton
British guitarist and composer Martin Quittenton. He played in the blues rock band Steamhammer, formed in 1968 and Quittenton also worked with Rod Stewart and co-wrote the international hit singles ‘Maggie May’ and ‘You Wear It Well’. Stewart invited Quittenton to join his group The Faces, but Quittenton was not attracted by the wild off-stage antics for which the Faces were notorious. He died on 16 April 2015.

1944 – Howard Wyeth
Drummer Howard Wyeth, who has worked with Bob Dylan, Don McLean, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell.He died of a heart attack 27 March 1996.

1937 – Jack Nitzche
Jack Nitzsche, producer, songwriter. Produced The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and The Walker Brothers. Co-wrote, ‘Up Where We Belong’ with Buffy Sainte-Marie. Died of a heart attack on 25th August 2000.

1936 – Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, country singer, songwriter, TV presenter. Hits include ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’. As a session musician in the 1960s he worked with Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra. His guitar playing can be heard on ‘Strangers in the Night’ by Frank Sinatra, ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’‘ by The Righteous Brothers and ‘I’m a Believer’ by The Monkees. Campbell became a patient at an Alzheimer’s long-term care and treatment facility in 2014 and died of the disease in Nashville, Tennessee on August 8, 2017 at the age of 81.

1935 – W. S. Holland
American drummer W. S. Holland who played with Carl Perkins, and later for Johnny Cash in the bands The Tennessee Three, The Great Eighties Eight, and The Johnny Cash Show Band. He played drums on the 1955 Sun Records recording of ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ and performed on the “Million Dollar Quartet” session that featured Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins, and Cash. He died on 23 September 2020 age 85.

1922 – Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, His final project was the collaboration with Joni Mitchell Mingus. He died 5th January 1979 aged 56.

 

 

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