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Born On This Day In Music April 8th
1989 – Matthew Healy
Matthew Healy, lead vocals, guitar and keyboards with English indie rock band The 1975. Their second album released in 2016, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, went to No.1 on both the UK and US album charts, (setting the record for longest title of a Billboard No.1 album with 71 characters).
1984 – Ezra Koenig
Ezra Koenig, singer, guitarist, Vampire Weekend. 2010 US & UK No.1 album, ‘Contra’ and the 2013 US No.1 album ‘Modern Vampires of the City’.
1975 – Anouk
Dutch singer-songwriter Anouk is born Anouk Teeuwe in The Hague, Netherlands.
1972 – Paul Gray
Slipknot bass player Paul Gray is born in Los Angeles, but is raised in Des Moines, Iowa.
1971 – Darren Jessee
Darren Jessee, drummer from American alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five. Their single ‘Brick’ from the 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen gained airplay on many mainstream radio stations.
1963 – Donita Sparks
Donita Sparks, guitar, vocals with American rock band L7 who were associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. L7 influenced many of the riot girl bands of the 1990s.
1963 – Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon, first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of Lennon’s first wife Cynthia Lennon. His godfather was Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein. Julian Lennon had the 1991 UK No.6 single ‘Saltwater’. Had a cameo role in the 1995 film ‘Leaving Las Vegas’, as a bartender.
1962 – Adam Mole
Adam Mole from English alternative rock band, Pop Will Eat Itself who scored the 1991 UK No.15 single ‘X Y & Zee’ and the 1993 top ten hit, ‘Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!’
1962 – Izzy Stradlin
American guitarist, singer and songwriter Izzy Stradlin, from Guns N’ Roses, is born Jeffrey Dean Isbell in Lafayette, Indiana. Their 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction reached No.1 on the Billboard chart a year after its release, on the strength of ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’, the band’s only single to reach No.1. The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide, including 18 million in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time as well as the eleventh best-selling album in the US.
1962 – Jerry Kelly
Jerry Kelly, from the English new wave band The Lotus Eaters who had the 1983 UK No.15 single ‘First Picture Of You’ which was a hit in continental Europe, notably France, Italy, Belgium and Spain.
1951 – Mel Schacher
Mel Schacher, best known as the bassist for Grand Funk Railroad who had the US No.1 single with their version of ‘The Loco-Motion’ which was produced by Todd Rundgren. He plays on the 1973 hit “We’re An American Band.” They were the most successful US Heavy Metal band of the 70s selling over 20m albums.
1960 – John Schneider
John Schneider is born in Mount Kisco, New York. He portrays Bo Duke on the TV series “The Dukes Of Hazzard,” then shifts into a country career that nets 10 Top 10 hits, including “I’ve Been Around Enough To Know” and “Country Girls”.
1947 – Steve Howe
Steve Howe, guitarist, Yes, (1977 UK No.7 ‘Wonderous Stories’, 1983 US No.1 & UK No. 28 single ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’). Asia, (1982 US No 4 & UK No. 46 single ‘Heat Of The Moment’). Has also been a member of The Syndicats, Bodast, Tomorrow and GTR. Released over a dozen solo albums. Howe was voted Best Overall Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row (1977-1981).
1947 – Larry Norman
Pioneering Christian rock performer Larry Norman is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.
1944 – Keef Hartley
Drummer Keef Hartley (of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Keef Hartley Band) is born in Preston, Lancashire, England.
1942 – Leon A. Huff
Leon A. Huff who as part of the American songwriting and production team with Kenneth Gamble is credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s. In addition to forming their own label, Philadelphia International Records, Gamble and Huff have written and produced 175 gold and platinum records.
1942 – Roger Chapman
Roger Chapman, English rock vocalist best known as a member of the progressive rock band Family, which he joined in 1966 and also the rock, R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974. Family scored the 1971 UK No.4 single ‘In My Own Time’. They released the 1968 album Music in a Doll’s House. The Beatles had originally intended to use the title A Doll’s House for the album they were recording during 1968. The release of Family’s similarly titled debut then prompted them to adopt the minimalist title The Beatles for what is now more commonly referred to as The White Album.
1942 – J.J. Jackson
Soul singer J.J. Jackson, known for the 1966 crossover hit “But It’s Alright,” is born Jerome Louis Jackson in Gillett, Arkansas.
1929 – Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter. Marc Almond, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, The Kingston Trio and Gavin Friday have all covered his songs. Brel has sold over 25 million records worldwide, including over 12 million albums and singles in France and Belgium. He died of cancer 9th October 1978.
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