Born on this day in music, November 24th

1970
Chad Taylor, guitarist, from American rock band Live who achieved worldwide success with their 1994 album Throwing Copper, which sold eight million copies in the US.

1964
Tony Rombola, guitarist, Godsmack, (2003, US No.1 album ‘Faceless’, 2006 US No.1 album ‘IV’).

1965
Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue) is born in New London, Connecticut.

1962
English musician, songwriter and artist John Squire best known as the guitarist for the Stone Roses. After leaving the Stone Roses he went on to found the Seahorses and has since released two solo albums.

1962
Gary Stonadge, bass, Big Audio Dynamite, who scored the 1986 UK No.11 single ‘E=MC2.

1958
Carmel, (1983 UK No.15 single ‘Bad Day’).

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1957
Chris Hayes, guitarist from Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love‘. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.

1955
Clem Burke, American musician who is best known as the drummer from Blondie from 1975, shortly after the band formed, throughout the band’s entire career. Blondie have scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single ‘Heart Of Glass’ and 1978 worldwide No.1 album Parallel Lines.

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1950
Bob Burns, American drummer who was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Burns also played on the band’s first two official albums: (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) and Second Helping. He died in a car crash in Georgia late at night after a performance on April 3, 2015.

1948
Tony Bourge, guitarist, from Welsh hard rock Budgie. They were one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts. Budgie had the 1971 single ‘Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman’.

1945
Lee Michaels, US keyboard player, (1971 US No.6 single ‘Do You Know What I Mean’).

1943
Robin Williamson, Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter and storyteller, who first made his name as a founding member of The Incredible String Band.(1967 album ‘The 5000 Spirits or The Layers Of The Onion’).

1942
Billy Connolly, singer, actor, comedian, The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, 1975 UK No.1 single ‘D.I.V.O.R.C.E.’

1941
Wayne Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpet player in the Mar-Keys, and the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns. Jackson played on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel and the Doobie Brothers. Jackson died on 21st June 2016 aged 74.

1941
Donald Dunn, Booker T and the MG’s, (1962 US No. 3 single ‘Green Onions’, 1969 UK No.4 single ‘Time Is Tight’). Dunn died in his sleep on 13th May 2012 after playing a show at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo the night before. He had been in the country as part of an ongoing tour with Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd.

1941
Pete Best, The Beatles. He was fired from the group in 1962 after playing drums as a Beatle for the previous two years in Germany and England. Best’s mother, Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests’ house in Liverpool. The Beatles (at the time known as the Quarrymen) played some of their first concerts at the club.

1939
Jim Yester, guitar, vocals, The Association, (1967 US No.1 single ‘Windy’).

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