August 14th: Born On This Day In Music

1994 – Myles Kellock
Myles Kellock, English Multi-instrumentalist of the indie pop band Blossoms. Their the self-titled debut studio album peaked at No.1 on the UK chart in Aug 2016.

1977 – Ed Harcourt
Ed Harcourt, UK singer, songwriter, (2003 UK No.39 album ‘From Every Sphere’).

1974 – Ana Matronic
Ana Matronic, (Ana Lynch), vocals, Scissor Sisters, (2004 UK No.1 self-titled album, 2004 UK No. 12 single ‘Laura’).

1970 – Kevin Cadogan
Kevin Cadogan, Third Eye Blind, (1997 US No.4 & UK No. 33 single ‘Semi-Charmed Life’).

1966 – Tanya Donelly
American Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist Tanya Donelly from alternative rock bands Throwing Muses, (co-founded with her stepsister Kristin Hersh), Breeders, and Belly.

1965 – Mark Collins
Mark Collins guitarist with English indie rock band The Charlatans who had the 1990 UK No.9 single ‘The Only One I Know’. In the UK, all of the band’s thirteen studio albums have charted in the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart, three of them being No.1s.

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1964 – Keith Howland
American guitarist and singer Keith Howland.Since 1995, he has been the lead guitarist for the veteran rock-pop band, Chicago.

1963 – Jez Willis
Jez Willis, Utah Saints, (1992 UK No. 4 single ‘Something Good’).

1960 – Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman, singer, actress, (1978 UK No. 6 single with Hot Gossip, ‘I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper’, 1986 UK No.3 single with Cliff Richard, ‘All I Ask Of You’).

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1956 – Sharon Bryant
Sharon Bryant from American band Atlantic Starr who had the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Always’.

1951 – Slim Dunlap
Slim Dunlap, from American rock band The Replacements, who released the 1984 album Let It Be. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock.

1948 – Bruce Thomas
Bruce Thomas, bassist for Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Thomas was a member of Quiver, The Sutherland Brothers, Moonrider and Al Stewart in the early 1970s.

1947 – George Newsome
George Newsome from British blues rock group Climax Blues Band, who had the 1977 US No.3 & 1976 UK No.10 single ‘Couldn’t Get It Right’.

1947 – Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior, singer with English folk rock band Steeleye Span who formed in 1969. They had the 1975 UK No.5 single ‘All Around My Hat’ and a hit with ‘Gaudete’.

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1946 – Larry Graham
Larry Graham, bass guitar, Sly and The Family Stone, who had the 1968 US No.1 singles ‘Everyday People’, the 1971 US No.1 ‘Family Affair’ and the 1971 US No.1 album There’s a Riot Goin’ On. He later formed Graham Central Station.

1945 – Steve Martin
Steve Martin is born in Waco, Texas. Best known as a comedian and actor, he’s also a renown banjo player, often performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers. The banjo-playing “wild and crazy guy” employs The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the role of the Toot Uncommons when he records a million-selling single, “King Tut.” He also wins the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 2011.

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1943 – Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band that had the 1974 US No.1 single ‘The Joker’.

1942 – Lionel Morton
Lionel Morton, singer, guitarist from English 1960s pop group The Four Pennies who had the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘Juliet’.
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1941 – David Crosby
American singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. With CS&N he had the 1969 UK No.17 single ‘Marrakesh Express’, 1970 US No.11 single with Crosby, Stills Nash & Young plus the 1970 US No.1 album ‘Deja Vu’ and the 1975 US No. 6 solo album ‘Wind On The Water’. Crosby died on 18 January 2023 age 81.

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1941 – Connie Smith
Connie Smith is born in Elkhart, Indiana. The Grand Ole Opry powerhouse debuts with 1964’s “Once A Day,” making hits consistently for nine years. In 1997, she marries fellow Opry star Marty Stuart. In 2012, she is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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