August 2nd: Born On This Day In Music

1970
Zelma Davis, American singer from C+C Music Factory who had the 1991 UK No.4 single ‘Things That Make You Go Hmmm… , and the 1991 US No.1 single ‘Gonna Make You Sweat’.

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1962
English musician Lee Mavers, guitarist, singer with The La’s, who had the 1990 UK No.13 single ‘There She Goes’. The song has appeared on several film soundtracks, including The Parent Trap; Fever Pitch; Girl, Interrupted and Cold Case.

1961
Pete De Freitas, drummer, for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen and performed on their first five albums. He died in a motorcycle accident on 14 June 1989 at the age of 27, on his way to Liverpool from London.

1957
Mojo Nixon, US singer, guitarist. Wrote the song ‘Bring Me The Head Of David Geffen’.

1955
Butch Vig, record producer and the drummer with Garbage, (1996 UK No. 4 single ‘Stupid Girl’). Produced Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish and Nirvana’s Nevermind album.

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1953
Donnie Monro, Runrig, (1995 UK No.18 single ‘An Ubhal As Airde, The Highest Apple’).

1952
American guitarist, singer and songwriter Les Dudek. He has played guitar with Steve Miller Band, The Dudek-Finnigan-Krueger Band, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Boz Scaggs and Allman Brothers Band.

1951
Andrew Gold, singer, songwriter, solo, (1977 US No.7 single ‘Lonely Boy’, 1978 UK No.5 single ‘Never Let Her Slip Away’), Wax, (1987 UK No.12 single ‘Bridge To Your Heart’). Gold died in his sleep on June 3, 2011 from a heart attack age 59.

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1951
American singer, guitarist, songwriter Joe Lynn Turner, who has worked with Rainbow, Deep Purple and Billy Joel, Cher, and Michael Bolton.

1950
David Alan “Ted” Turner is an English guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with the 1970s rock band Wishbone Ash, in which he was famed for his twin lead guitar instrumental arrangements with Andy Powell. Turner also contributed lap steel guitar to a variety of Wishbone Ash recordings.

1949
Fat Larry, singer, Fat Larry’s Band, (1982 UK No.2 single ‘Zoom’). He died on 5th February 2000.

1948
Andy Fairweather-Low, Welsh singer, songwriter from Amen Corner who had the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice’. As a solo artist he scored the 1975 UK No.6 single ‘Wide Eyed And Legless’. As a session guitarist has worked with Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton George Harrison, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr.

1944
American blues keyboardist, recording artist, composer, and record producer Mark Naftalin. He appeared on the first five albums by Paul Butterfield Blues Band and two albums by Quicksilver Messenger Service

1944
English drummer, singer and songwriter Jim Capaldi, who with Traffic scored the 1967 UK No.2 single ‘Hole In My Shoe’. Capaldi had the solo 1975 UK No. 4 hit single with ‘Love Hurts’. Capaldi also performed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Cat Stevens. He died 28th Jan 2005 of stomach cancer aged 60.

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1941
Doris Coley, singer with American girl group The Shirelles, notable for their popularity in the early 1960s. They were the first all-female black group to have a No.1 hit record with ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ in 1961. She died on 5th February 2000.

1939
Edward Patten, vocals, The Pips. Their first hit single was a version of ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ in 1967. With Gladys Knight had the 1973 US No.1 single ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’, and the 1975 UK No.4 single with Gladys ‘The Way We Were’. Patten died on 25 Feburary 2005 of a stroke.

1937
Canadian multi-instrumentalist and a master of the Lowrey organ, Garth Hudson, The The Hawks (Ronnie Hawkins’s backing group), who then became known as The Band and also backed Bob Dylan on his US tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. The Band had the 1969 US No.25 single ‘Up On Cripple Creek’, 1970 UK No.16 single ‘Rag Mama Rag’.

1935
Songwriter Hank Cochran is born in Isola, Mississippi. His credits include Vern Gosdin’s “Set ‘Em Up Joe,” Patsy Cline’s “I Fall To Pieces,” George Strait’s “Ocean Front Property” and Eddy Arnold’s “Make The World Go Away,” among others. Cochran joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014. Died July 15, 2010, Nashville, TN.

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