August 9th: Born On This Day In Music

1987 – Jonnali Parmenius
Swedish singer, songwriter Jonnali Parmenius, better known by the stage name Noonie Bao. She has written songs for artists such as Katy Perry, Avicii, David Guetta, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora and Carly Rae Jepsen.

1978 – Luke Concannon
Luke Concannon, guitar and vocals, Nizlopi, (2005 UK No.1 single ‘JCB Song’).

1972 – Arion Salazar
Arion Salazar, Third Eye Blind, (1997 US No.4 & UK No. 33 single ‘Semi-Charmed Life’).

1963 – Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston singer, who had the 1985 UK & US No.1 single ‘Saving All My Love For You’, the 1992 UK & US No.1 single ‘I Will Always Love You’, plus nine other US No.1’s. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Houston died on February 11th 2012.

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1955 – Charlie Morgan
Charlie Morgan, English drummer and percussionist. Worked with the Tom Robinson Band, Kate Bush, Elton John, Orleans, Paul McCartney and Tina Turner.
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1954 – Pete Thomas
Pete Thomas, drummer, who with Elvis Costello and The Attractions, had the 1979 UK No.2 single ‘Olivers Army’. As a session drummer Thomas has also worked with Suzanne Vega, Neil Finn, Vonda Shepard, Sheryl Crow and others.

1947 – Barbara Mason
R&B/Soul singer Barbara Mason is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1947 – Amanda McBroom
Singer-songwriter Amanda McBroom is born.

1946 – Marinus Gerritsen
Marinus Gerritsen, Golden Earring, (1974 UK No.7 & US No.13 single ‘Radar Love’).

1943 – Wanda Young
American singer Wanda Young. She was a member and after 1965, the lead singer of the Motown all-female singing group the Marvelettes. They gave Motown their first No.1 Pop single in late 1961 with ‘Please Mr. Postman’. The Beatles later recorded ‘Please Mr. Postman’ on their second studio album With the Beatles and in 1975, the Carpenters’ remake of ‘Please Mr. Postman’ was a No.1 hit around the world. She died on 15 December 2021 age 78.

1941 – Viv Prince
Vic Prince, drummer, with Pretty Things who had the 1964 UK No.10 single ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. He later joined The Jeff Beck Group and The Denny Laine String Band and deputised on drums during concerts for The Honeycombs and The Who. Once hailed as “the high priest of lunacy”, he was among the great eccentric characters of the 1960s rock scene in Britain. He was a member of The Pretty Things, and appeared on both of their albums from 1965: The Pretty Things and Get The Picture?. His zany and unpredictable behaviour, on stage and off, which garnered a lot of publicity for the group, was a big influence on The Who’s drummer Keith Moon. He died on September 8, 2025, at age of 84.

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1939 – Billy Henderson
Billy Henderson singer, from American rhythm and blues vocal group the Detroit Spinners who had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single ‘Working My Way Back To You’. Henderson died aged 67 from complications from diabetes on 2nd Feb 2007.