Born on this day, October 8th, in music

8 Oct 1985
Bruno Mars, (Peter Gene Hernandez), American singer-songwriter and record producer. Scored the 2010 world wide No.1 ‘Just The Way You Are’ and the 2011 hit ‘The Lazy Song’.

8 Oct 1967
Teddy Riley, US singer, Blackstreet, (1996 UK No. 9 & US No.1 ‘No Diggity’, featuring Dr Dre).

8 Oct  1965
C.J. Ramone (bassist and occasional vocalist for The Ramones) is born Christopher Joseph Ward in Queens, New York City.

8 Oct 1963
Steve Perry (lead singer/rhythm guitarist for Cherry Poppin’ Daddies) is born in Syracuse, New York.

Oct 8, 1953
Pop singer Cathy Carson is born. She makes up one-third of Hot, whose 1977 hit “Angel In Your Arms” is remade as a country single in 1985 by Barbara Mandrell. Cathy Carson died June 26, 2014

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8 Oct 1959
James Johnstone, from British post-punk band Pigbag who had the 1982 UK No.3 single ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag’.

8 Oct  1950
Cliff Adams (trombonist for Kool And The Gang) is born in Trenton, New Jersey.

8 Oct 1949
Hamish Stewart, guitarist, bassist, singer. His first band was the Dream Police, before he was invited to join the recently formed Average White Band who scored the 1975 US No.1 & UK No.6 single ‘Pick Up The Pieces’. Stewart was a member of the Paul McCartney band during the 90s, and later toured as the bass player with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

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8 Oct 1949
Harry Bowens, from American group Was Not Was, who had the 1992 UK No.4 single ‘Shake Your Head’.

8 Oct 1948
Johnny Ramone, (John Cummings), guitarist from American punk rock band, Ramones who had the 1977 hit single ‘Sheena Is A Punk Rocker’. They are often cited as the first band to define the punk rock sound. Cummings died of prostate cancer on 15th September 2004.

8 Oct 1947
American singer Sheila Ferguson from The Three Degrees, (singing lead vocals on most of the group’s biggest hits), most notably the 1974 ‘When Will I See You Again’, which was a huge international success topping the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 2 on the US chart.

8 Oct 1947
Tony Wilson, Hot Chocolate, who had the 1975 US No.3 single ‘You Sexy Thing’ the 1977 UK No.1 single ‘So You Win Again’ and over 25 other Top 40 hits.

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8 Oct 1945
American musician Butch Rillera from Redbone who had the 1971 UK No.2 & US No.21 single ‘The Witch Queen Of New Orleans’ and the 1974 US No. 4 hit single, ‘Come and Get Your Love.’ Redbone are accredited in the NY Smithsonian as the first Native American rock/Cajun group to have a No.1 single in the United States and internationally.

8 Oct 1945
Ray Royer, guitarist, Procol Harum, 1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ (one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies) and scored the hits ‘Homburg’, ‘Conquistador’.

8 Oct  1944
Country singer Susan Raye is born in Eugene, Oregon. Known for the 1971 hit “L.A. International Airport.”

8 Oct 1941
British musician George Bellamy, rhythm guitar for the Tornados. Their instrumental ‘Telstar’, reached No.1 all over the world and was the first British rock song to be a No.1 single in the United States. Bellamy wrote one of The Tornados’ tracks, ‘Ridin’ the Wind’, which also was a hit single in the USA.

8 Oct 1941
English musician Dave Arbus, violin, flute, saxophones with East Of Eden who had the 1971 UK No.7 single ‘Jig A Jig’.

8 Oct 1941
Pop singer/songwriter Buzz Clifford is born Reese Francis Clifford III in Berwyn, Illinois. Known for the 1961 crossover hit “Baby Sittin’ Boogie.”

8 Oct 1940
American singer Fred Cash, from The Impressions, who had the 1965 US No.7 single ‘Lilies Of The Field’.

8 Oct 1934
Baritone singer Doc Green is born in New York. In the 1950s, he becomes a member of the R&B group The Drifters, singing on “Save The Last Dance For Me,” remade as a country hit by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton.

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8 Oct 1932
Nashville-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player Pete Drake. He played on such hits as Lynn Anderson’s ‘Rose Garden’, Charlie Rich’s ‘Behind Closed Doors’ Bob Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’ and Tammy Wynette’s ‘Stand by Your Man’. Drake died on 29 July 1988 aged 55.

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