August 4th: Born On This Day In Music

1988
Tom Parker, singer with the Wanted, who became one of the most popular British boybands in a generation. Their debut 2010 single, the anthemic ‘All Time Low’, reached No 1, as did ‘Glad You Came’ in 2012. Parker died from brain cancer age 33 on 30 March 2022.

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1981
Marques Houston (of the R&B group Immature) is born in Los Angeles, California. As an actor, he’s known for his role as Roger Evans on the ’90s sitcom Sister, Sister.

1975
Guitarist Grady Cross is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He’s a founding member of the alt.country band Cross Canadian Ragweed, which nabs four Top 10 country albums during the first decade of the 2000s

1969
Max Cavalera guitarist, singer from Brazilian heavy metal Sepultura. Formed in 1984 the band was a major force in the thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

1968
Rob Cieka drummer with English alternative rock band The Boo Radleys who had the 1995 UK No.9 single ‘Wake Up Boo’.

1966
Andy Henderson, drums, Echobelly, (1995 UK No.13 single ‘Great Things’).

1962
Paul Reynolds, A Flock Of Seagulls, (1982 UK No.10 single ‘Wishing If I Had A Photograph Of You’).

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1960
Graham Massey keyboards, 808 State, (1989 UK No.10 single ‘Pacific State’).

1959
Robbin Crosby (guitarist for Ratt) is born in La Jolla, California.

1958
Ian Broudie, English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Broudie was a member of Big in Japan and later The Lightning Seeds who twice took football anthem ‘Three Lions’ (with comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel) to No.1 in the UK.

1953
Vincent “Vini” Gerard Reilly, English musician and leader of the post-punk group The Durutti Column. Reilly was Tony Wilson’s first signing to Manchester’s iconic label, Factory Records and played guitar on fellow Manchester artist Morrissey’s first post-Smiths album Viva Hate in 1988.

1952
Moya Brennan from Irish family band Clannad who had the 1982 UK No.5 single ‘Harry’s Game’. Clannad have recorded in six different languages, and scored eight UK top-10 albums. They are widely regarded as a band that have brought Irish music and the Irish language to a worldwide audience.

1951
Roy Flowers, from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single ‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’.

1950
Vicki Hackeman is born in Louisville. As one of the two original females in Dave & Sugar, she performs on “Tear Time,” “The Door Is Always Open” and “Golden Tears” during her tenure, 1975-1979

1947
German electronic music composer and musician Klaus Schulze, who was a member Tangerine Dream before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.

1947
Paul Layton, singer from The New Seekers who had the 1972 UK No.1 and US No.7 single ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’ and hits with ‘You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me’ and ‘Beg, Steal or Borrow’.

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1943
David Carr, keyboards, from English harmony beat group The Fortunes, who had the 1965 UK No.2 & US No.7 single ‘You’ve Got Your Troubles’ and the hits ‘Here It Comes Again and ‘Storm in a Teacup’. Carr died on 12 July 2011 from a heart attack.

1940
American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singe Frankie Ford, known for his 1959 hit single ‘Sea Cruise’. Ford died in Gretna at the age of 76 on 28 September 2015.

1940
Larry Knechtel, an American keyboard player and bassist, best known as a member of The Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon And Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Doors and Elvis Presley and as a member of the 1970s band Bread. Knechtel died on Aug 20th 2009.

1938
Drummer Kenny Malone is born. His hit list will include Ronnie Milsap’s “Pure Love,” Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” Crystal Gayle’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blues” and the Ray Charles & Willie Nelson duet “Seven Spanish Angels”. Died August 26, 2021.

1936
Elsbeary Hobbs, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Save The Last Dance For Me’). Died on May 31st 1996 at Veterans Hospital in Manhattan. He was 59.

1901
Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpet. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 ‘Hello Dolly!’, 1968 UK No.1 ‘What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ Died 6th July 1971.

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