Born On This Day In Music: August 27th

1999
Rodarius Green, known professionally as Rod Wave, American rapper and singer. He is known for his incorporation of hip hop and R&B, and has been recognized as a trailblazer of soul-trap. His third album, SoulFly (2021), debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

1986
US R&B singer Mario, (born Mario Dewar Barrett), US R&B singer, (2004 US No.1 and 2005 UK No.2 single ‘Let Me Love You’).

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1982
Adam Dyment, better known by his stage name Duke Dumont, British musician, songwriter, DJ and record producer. He is best known for the singles ‘Need U (100%)’, and ‘I Got U’, which were both UK No.1 hits.

1979
Sarah Neufeld, violinist the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, who had the 2005 album Funeral, and 2017 US No.1 album Everything Now.

1977
Mase, US male rapper (Mason Betha), 1998 UK No. 2 single with Brandy, ‘Top Of The World’ also worked with Puff Daddy, Blackstreet, Notorious B.I.G.

1970
Tony Kanal, bass, No Doubt, (1997 UK No.1 single ‘Don’t Speak’, 1997 No.1 US album ‘Tragic Kingdom’).

1956
Glen Matlock, bass, The Rich Kids, (1978 UK No.24 single ‘Rich Kids’), and early member of the Sex Pistols and the reformed Sex Pistols.

1953
Alex Lifeson, guitarist, Rush, (1980 UK No.13 single ‘Spirit Of Radio’ 1982 US No. 21 single ‘New World Man’). Lifeson was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to be so honored, as a group.

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1951
Kevin Kavanaugh, from the Jersey Shore group Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who had the 1978 album Hearts Of Stone and have released over ten other albums.

1949
Country rock musician Jeff Cook (of Alabama) is born in Fort Payne, Alabama.

1947
Percussionist David Leon ‘Billy’ Knight, (the brother of Gladys Knight), who played on the 1973 US No.1 single ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’, and the 1975 UK No.4 single ‘The Way We Were’ plus 20 other UK Top 40 singles. Knight died on 6th December 2002.

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1945
Malcolm Allured from English revival group Showaddywaddy who had the 1976 UK No.1 single with their version of ‘Under The Moon Of Love’. Showaddywaddy spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and had 10 Top Ten singles.

1944
American musician Tim Bogert, bass guitarist and vocalist with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice. He died from cancer on January 13, 2021, age 76.

1942
American musician and songwriter Daryl Dragon, from husband-and-wife duo The Captain and Tennille. They scored numerous hits on the US singles charts, the most enduring of which included ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’, ‘Do That to Me One More Time’, and ‘Muskrat Love’. They hosted their own television variety series on ABC in 1976–77. Dragon also worked on The Beach Boys’ 1972 release Carl and the Passions – ‘So Tough’. Dragon died on 2 January 2019 from kidney failure aged 76.

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1942
American songwriter, musician Chip Douglas from the American rock The Turtles who had the US 1967 No.1 single ‘Happy Together’ and the 1967 hit ‘She’d Rather Be with Me’. He was the producer of some of the The Monkees biggest hits, including ‘Daydream Believer’ and ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’.

1937
Pop singer Tommy Sands is born in Chicago, Illinois. Known for the 1956 hit “Teen Age Crush.”

1937
Phil Shulman, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, (1967 UK No.9 single ‘Kites’). Gentle Giant.

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