August 11th: Born On This Day In Music

1981 – Sandi Thom
Sandi Thom, Scottish singer /songwriter, 2006 UK and Australian No.1 single ‘I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)’.

1978 – Chris Kelly
Chris Kelly, Kris Kross, (1992 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Jump’. The duo of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly were 12 and 13 when they recorded the song. Kelly died on 1st May 2013 in an Atlanta hospital at the age of 34.

1976 – Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard, singer with American band Death Cab for Cutie, 2008 US No.1 album ‘Narrow Stairs.’

1970 – Andy Bell
Andy Bell, guitarist, singer with Ride who had the 1992 UK No.9 single ‘Leave Them All Behind’. Also a member of Hurricane No.1. Bell joined Oasis in 1999.

1970 – Ali Shaheed Muhammad
DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1968 – Charlie Sexton
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Charlie Sexton known for the 1985 hit ‘Beat’s So Lonely’ and for being the guitarist for Bob Dylan’s backing band from 1999. Sexton has contributed songs to various film soundtracks, including True Romance and Air America, made a cameo fronting a bar band in Thelma & Louise and played the role of Jimmy in the 2014 film Boyhood.

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1964 – Hamish Seelochan
Hamish Seelochan, The Pasadenas, (1992 UK No.4 single ‘I’m Doing Fine Now’).

1962 – Bragi Ólafsson
Bragi Ólafsson (bassist for The Sugarcubes) is born in Reykjavík, Iceland.

1960 – Paul Gendler
Paul Gendler, Modern Romance (1982 UK No.4 single ‘Best Years Of Our Lives’).

1959 – Alan Frew
Alan Frew, Glass Tiger, (1986 UK No.29 single ‘Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone’).

1954 – Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett, guitar, vocals, from American group Wild Cherry known for their 1976 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Play That Funky Music’.

1954 – Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson, UK singer, songwriter, who had the 1980 UK No.5 single ‘It’s Different For Girls’ and 1982 US No.6 and UK No.7 single ‘Steppin Out’.

1950 – Erik Braunn
Erik Braunn, guitarist from American rock band Iron Butterfly who had the 1968 US No.14 single ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’. The band’s seminal 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is among the world’s 40 best-selling albums, selling more than 30 million copies. He died on 25th July 2003 aged 52.

1949 – Eric Carmen
Eric Carmen, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist, who with the The Raspberries had the 1972 US No.5 single ‘Go All The Way’ and the 1976 solo US No.2 single, ‘All By Myself’, plus other hits with ‘She Did It’, ‘Hungry Eyes’, and ‘Make Me Lose Control.

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1948 – Bill Hurd
Bill Hurd, from English pop band The Rubettes who had the 1974 UK No.1 single ‘Sugar Baby Love’.

1943 – Kenneth Gamble
Kenneth Gamble, who as part of the American songwriting and production team with Leon A. Huff 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.

1943 – Denis Payton
Denis Payton, sax, from English pop rock band, Dave Clark Five, who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘Glad All Over’, and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Over And Over’ , plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. Payton died on 17th December 2006.

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1943 – Jim Kale
Jim Kale bassist from Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single ‘American Woman’.

1942 – Mike Hugg
Mike Hugg, drummer and founding member of the 1960s group Manfred Man who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’. He was later a member of Manfred Mann Chapter Three.

1942 – Guy Villari
Guy Villari (of The Regents – the original “Barbara Ann” singers) is born in The Bronx, New York. He died September 21, 2017

1937
Shel Talmy, who produces the first Who album and much of the early Kinks output, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1925
Singer/talk show host Mike Douglas is born in Chicago, Illinois. He died august 11, 2006, aged 86.

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