August 5th: Born On This Day In Music

1983 – Dawn Richard
Dawn Richard, singer, with American girl group Danity Kane, (formed on the MTV reality show Making the Band 3). They became the first female group in Billboard history to debut their first two albums at the top of the charts.

1975 – Dan Hipgrave
Dan Hipgrave, singer from British alternative rock band, Toploader who had the 2000 UK No.7 single with of ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’ a cover of the French-American rock group King Harvest.
1966 – Jennifer Finch
Jennifer Finch, bassist, with American rock band L7 who were associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. L7 influenced many of the riot grrrl bands of the 1990s.

1965 – Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin, saxophonist. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Coffin began touring with Dave Matthews Band, and officially joined the group in 2009 following the death of founding member LeRoi Moore.

1964 – Adam Yauch
MCA (Adam Yauch) The Beastie Boys, (1987 US No.7 & UK No.11 single ‘You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party’, 1987 US No.1 and UK No.7 album ‘Licence To Ill’, plus 3 other US No.1 albums). He died on 4th May 2012.

1963 – Mike Nocito
Mike Nocito, guitarist, from British band Johnny Hates Jazz who had the 1987 UK No.5 single and international success with ‘Shattered Dreams’.

1960 – Stuart Croxford
Stuart Croxford, Kajagoogoo, (1983 UK No.1 single ‘Too Shy’).

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1959 – Pat Smear
Grammy winning an American guitarist Pat Smear who was a founding member of the influential punk band the Germs, and was the guitarist for Nirvana from 1993 to 1994. He joined Foo Fighters in 1997.

1959 – Pete Burns
Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter and television personality. Was a member of the Mystery Girls and then Dead Or Alive who scored the 1985 UK No.1 single ‘You Spin Me Round, Like A Record’. Burns died on 23 October 2016 following a sudden cardiac arrest.

1957 – Louis Walsh
Louis Walsh, Irish manager of Boyzone, Westlife Samantha Mumba and Girls Aloud. Judge on reality television series Popstars : The Rivals and in 2005 as a judge (along with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne ) on the ITV talent show, The X Factor.

1955 – Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda
Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, guitar, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single ‘I Am, I’m Me’, 1984 album ‘Stay Hungry’).

1947 – Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer, producer, guitar, vocals, The McCoys, (1965 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘Hang On Sloopy’), Edgar Winter Group, (1973 US No.1 & UK No.18 single ‘Frankenstein’).

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1947 – Willie Weeks
American bass guitarist Willie Weeks who is one of the most in-demand session musicians. Weeks has worked in the studio or toured with mnay artists including: Gregg Allman, David Bowie, Roy Buchanan, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Bo Diddley, The Doobie Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, George Harrison, Donny Hathaway, Etta James, Billy Joel, Rickie Lee Jones, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Khan, B.B. King, Lyle Lovett, David Lee Roth, Michael McDonald, Don McLean, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Bette Midler, Randy Newman, Pino Palladino, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Richard and Linda Thompson, Joe Walsh, Bobby Womack, Leon Russell, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder.

1947 – Gregory Leskiw
Gregory Leskiw, guitarist from Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single ‘American Woman’. Leskiw operated Vox Pop Studios in Fort Garry, a popular recording studio for local Winnipeg Groups such as Crash Test Dummies.

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1943 – Sammi Smith
Country music singer/songwriter Sammi Smith is born Jewel Faye Smith in Orange County, California.

1942 – Rick Huxley
Rick Huxley guitarist 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. He died on 11 February 2013 aged 72.

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1941 – Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira drummer, with American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s Weather Report who had the 1976 single ‘Birdland’ and the 1977 album Heavy Weather.

1940 – Damita Jo
Singer/actress Damita Jo is born in Austin, Texas. Had a minor hit with a cover of “If You Go Away.” Died on December 25, 1998

1926 – Jeri Southern
Jazz singer/pianist Jeri Southern is born Genevieve Hering in Royal, Nebraska. Known for the 1957 hit “Fire Down Below.” Died on August 4, 1991.

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