1988 – Jessica James
Jessica James is born in Vicenza, Italy. She lands a Top 10 country album in 2014 as country singer Jessie James Decker.
1987 – Brendon Urie
Brendon Urie singer with American rock band Panic! at the Disco who scored the 2008 Australian No.1 and US & UK No.2 album Pretty.Odd.
1987 – Mark Ian Hoyle
Mark Ian Hoyle commonly known by his Internet pseudonym LadBaby. With his wife, Roxanne they scored the Christmas No.1’s on the UK Singles Chart in 2018, 2019 and 2020 with the novelty songs ‘We Built This City’, ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’ and ‘Don’t Stop Me Eatin’’. This made them only the third act to secure three consecutive Christmas number ones, following The Beatles and the Spice Girls.
1984 – Alessandro Venturella
British heavy metal musician Alessandro Venturella who is a member of American band Slipknot.
1980 – Bryan McFadden
Bryan McFadden, from Irish pop vocal group Westlife who scored 14 UK No.1 singles, and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Despite their success worldwide, Westlife never managed to break into the US market, achieving only one hit single in 2000, ‘Swear It Again’.
1978 – Guy Berryman
Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist Guy Berryman, Coldplay who had the 2000 UK No.4 single ‘Yellow’, the 2000 UK No.1 album Parachutes and the 2005 worldwide No.1 album X&Y which was the best-selling album worldwide in 2005.
1970 – Nicholas Lofton Hexum
Alt rock singer-songwriter Nicholas Lofton Hexum from 311, is born in Madison, Wisconsin.
1967 – Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell, English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the electronic music band Saint Etienne who had the 1993 UK No.12 single ‘You’re In A Bad Way’.
1965 – Sean Welch
Sean Welch, bassist with The Beautiful South, who had the 1990 UK No.1 single ‘A Little Time’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
1964 – Amy Ray
Amy Ray, from Grammy Award–winning folk rock music American duo Indigo Girls who have released over 15 albums.
1962 – Art Alexakis
Art Alexakis, guitar, vocals, from American rock band Everclear. The band found success with their first three albums Sparkle and Fade, So Much for the Afterglow, and Songs from an American Movie Vol. One:
1962 – Rob Baker
Canadian guitarist Rob Baker, best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band The Tragically Hip.
1958 – Will Sergeant
Will Sergeant, English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen who had the 1983 UK No.8 single ‘The Cutter’ and the single ‘The Killing Moon’.
1957 – Vince Gill
Vince Gill is born in Norman, Oklahoma. After work with the pop group Pure Prairie League, he becomes a solo country artist, with his songwriting, guitar work and warm voice making him a frequent Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Famer He won 17 Country Music Awards and 14 Grammy Awards. He has recorded more than 20 studio albums, and charted over 40 singles.
1051 – Alexander Briley
Alexander Briley, from American disco group The Village People. They had the hit singles ‘Macho Man’, ‘In the Navy’, ‘Go West and the 1978 US No.2 hit ‘YMCA’. The group’s name refers to New York City’s Greenwich Village.
1950 – David Cassidy
American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist David Cassidy, known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother Shirley Jones), in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family, which led to him becoming one of popular culture’s teen idols and pop singers of the 1970s. The Partridge Family had the 1970 US No.1 single ‘I Think I Love You’, and the 1972 UK No.3 single ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’. As a solo artist he scored the 1972 UK No.1 single ‘How Can I Be Sure’. He he died of liver failure on November 21, 2017, aged 67.
1949 – Donald Ray Mitchell
Donald Ray Mitchell, from American group Was Not Was, who had the 1992 UK No.4 single ‘Shake Your Head’.
1944 – John Kay
German-Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Kay, from Steppenwolf who had the 1969 US No.2 hit single ‘Born To Be Wild’. Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and scored 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles.
1942 – Larry Ramos
Bass player Larry Ramos is born in Waimea, Hawaii. He joins the Los Angeles pop band The Association in 1967, just in time to sing on “Never My Love.”
1940 – Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer Herbie Hancock who had the 1983 UK No.8 single ‘Rockit’. His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.
1932 – Tiny Tim
American singer Tiny Tim, who had a 1968 US No.17 single with ‘Tiptoe Through The Tulips’. He died of a heart attack on November 29th 1996 on stage while playing his hit ‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips’ at a club in Minneapolis.
1925 – Prentiss Barnes
R&B singer Prentiss Barnes from The Moonglows, is born in Magnolia, Mississippi. He died October 1, 2006
