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Born on this day in music, December 12th
1980 – Carl Dalemo
Carl Dalemo, bassist with English indie rock band Razorlight who had the 2006, UK No.1 single ‘America’ and their 2006 UK No.1 self titled album.
1977 – Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin (guitarist for The Calling) is born in Walnut Creek, California.
1976 – Dan Hawkins
Dan Hawkins, guitarist with The Darkness who had the 2003 UK No.2 single ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’, and the 2003 UK No.1 album ‘Permission To Land’. The album was certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 1,300,000 and in 2004 the band won three Brit Awards.
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1968 – Danny Boy
Danny Boy, US rap group, House Of Pain, (1993 UK No.8 single, ‘Jump Around’).
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1963 – Claudia Brucken
Claudia Brucken, Propaganda, (1985 UK No.21 single ‘Duel’).
1963 – Eric Schenkman
Eric Schenkman, guitarist with American rock band The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single ‘Two Princess’ and the hit ‘Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong’.
1961 – Daniel O’Donnell
Daniel O’Donnell, Irish singer, top UK Country ‘n’ Irish artist, (1998 UK No.7 single ‘Give A Little Love’, scored over 15 Top 40 albums). Received an MBE in 2002.
1959 – Belouis Some
Belouis Some, (Neville Keighley) 1986 UK No.17 single ‘Imagination’).
1958 – Leslie Carter
Leslie Carter, (Fruitbat), from English duo Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine who had the 1992 UK No.7 single ‘The Only Living Boy In New Cross’.
1957- Sheila E.
Sheila E. singer and percussionist discovered by Prince, she had the 1985 US & UK Top 20 single ‘The Belle Of St Mark’. Also worked with Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.
1953 – Bruce Kulick
Bruce Kulick, American guitarist, who has worked with Meat Loaf, Michael Bolton, Grand Funk Railroad and Kiss.
1948 – Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson from English group Lindisfarne who had the 1970s hit singles ‘Meet Me on the Corner’, ‘Lady Eleanor and ‘Run For Home’. Their album Fog on the Tyne became the biggest selling UK album in 1972.
1947 – Ralph Scala
Ralph Scala, from American rock group The Blue Magoos, who scored the 1967 US No.5 single, ‘We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet’. They were at the forefront of the psychedelic music trend, beginning in 1966.
1946 – Denny Dias
Denny Dias, American guitarist, best known for being a founding member of Steely Dan. Dias placed an ad in The Village Voice in the summer of 1970 that read: “Looking for keyboardist and bassist. Must have jazz chops! Assholes need not apply”. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker responded to the advertisement.
1945 – Alan Ward
Alan Ward, The Honeycombs, (1964 UK No.1 single ‘Have I The Right’).
1944 – Rob Tyner
Rob Tyner, singer from American rock band MC5 who formed in 1964. Best known for their energetic live performances, one of which was recorded as their 1969 debut album Kick Out the Jams. Tyner died on 18 September 1991 when he suffered a heart attack in the seat of his parked car close to his home town of Berkley, Michigan.
1943 – Dave Munden
Dave Munden, who with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes had the the UK 1963 No.1 hit ‘Do You Love Me’ and with The Tremeloes the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.11 single ‘Silence Is Golden’.
1943 – Dicky Betts
Dicky Betts, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, The Allman Brothers Band, who had the 1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man’. Betts is recognized as one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time, with one of rock’s finest guitar partnerships with Duane Allman, introducing melodic twin guitar harmony which “rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together”.
1943 – Grover Washington Jr
Grover Washington Jr, singer and saxophonist in the Jazz genre who scored the 1981 UK No.34 single ‘Just The Two Of Us’. He died on 17th December 1999.
1943 – Mike Smith
Mike Smith, 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. Smith died on 29th Feb 2008 from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England at the age of 64.
1942 – Declan Clusky
Declan Clusky, The Bachelors, (1964 UK No.1 single ‘Diane’, plus 16 other UK Top 40 singles).
1942 – Tim Hauser
Tim Hauser, singer, Manhattan Transfer, (1977 UK No.1 ‘Chanson D’amour‘, 1981 US No.7 single ‘Boy From New York City’).
1941 – Terry Kirkman
Terry Kirkman, vocals, The Association, who scored the 1966 hit ‘Cherish’ (also covered by David Cassidy), and the 1967 US No.1 single ‘Windy’.
1940 – Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick, US singer, (1964 UK No.9 single ‘Walk On By’, 1974 US No.1 & UK No.29 single ‘Then Came You’, plus over 25 US Top 40 hits).
1938 – Connie Francis
American singer, former actress Connie Francis, who had the 1958 UK No.1 single ‘Who’s Sorry Now’, 1960 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘Everybody’s Fool’, plus over & 20 UK Top 40 hits. Francis saw success with her 1959 album Sings Italian Favorites, which spent 81 weeks on the UK chart.
1920 – Dick James
British music publisher and singer Dick James. He was a member of The Stargazers that had two UK No.1 singles, ‘Broken Wings’ in 1953 (which was the first recording by a native British act to top the UK Singles Chart) and the 1954 ‘I See the Moon’. He was the singer of the theme songs of The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Buccaneers, from British TV in the 1950s. He later became a music publisher working with many UK 60s acts including The Beatles. James signed Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin as unknown artists in 1967 and was the founder of the DJM record label. James died of a heart attack on 1 February 1986 aged 65.
1915 – Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra American singer, actor and producer, who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He was the first singer to encounter ‘pop hysteria’, and his single ‘My Way’ holds the UK longevity record of 136 weeks on the charts. Sinatra died on 14th May 1998 after a heart attack.
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