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Born on this day in music, December 13th
1989 – Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift is born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She is raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and moves to Nashville at age 14, where she discovers her knack for turning heartache into hit singles. Her third single, ‘Our Song’, made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a No.1 song on the US country chart. She has sold over 40 million albums and 130 million digital single downloads worldwide. She is also the recipient of ten Grammy Awards, five Guinness World Records, one Emmy Award, 23 Billboard Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards, and one Brit Award.
1981 – Amy Lynn Lee
Amy Lynn Lee, singer with American rock band Evanescence who had the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘Bring Me To Life’, and the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album Fallen. Her future bandmate Ben Moody hears her playing a Meat Loaf tune on the piano while the two attend a youth camp in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1994. The following year, Evanescence is born.
1975 – Tom Delonge
Tom Delonge, Blink 182, (2000 UK No.2 single ‘All The Small Things’ 2001 US No.1 album ‘Take Off Your…’).
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1974 – Nick McCarthy
Nick McCarthy, guitarist, with Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, who were the winners of the 2004 Mercury Music Prize for their self-titled debut album.
1970 – Daniel Patrick
Daniel Patrick, bass guitar, guitar and keyboards. Worked Nine Inch Nails, Tapeworm, Killing Joke, Methods of Mayhem.
1967 – Jamie Foxx,
Jamie Foxx, (born Eric Marlon Bishop). US actor, R&B singer and pianist, (2005 US No.1 and UK No.2 single ‘Gold Digger’, 2006 US No.1 & UK No.9 album ‘Unpredictable’). Academy Award winner in 2005 for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray.
1953 – Pat Torpey
Pat Torpey drummer with American hard rock supergroup Mr. Big, who had the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘To Be With You’. He also played for John Parr, Belinda Carlisle, Robert Plant, Montrose and The Knack. Torpey died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 64 on February 7, 2018.
1952 – Berton Averre
Berton Averre, lead guitarist with the Los Angeles rock band The Knack who scored the 1979 US No.1 single ‘My Sharona’. Their album Get the Knack became one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over one million copies in less than two months and spending five weeks at No.1 on the Billboard album chart.
1950 – Davy O’List
English rock guitarist Davy O’List, from English progressive rock band The Nice, who had the 1968 UK hit single an instrumental rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s ‘America’. He has also worked with Roxy Music, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd.
1949 Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine, American singer, songwriter and guitarist with Television. The group’s debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.
1949 – Randy Owen
Randy Owen, American guitarist and singer, songwriter best known as the lead singer with Alabama. They became the most successful band in country music, releasing over 20 gold and platinum records, dozens of No. 1 singles, and selling over 75 million records during their career.
1948 – Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter
Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, American guitarist with psychedelic rock band Ultimate Spinach, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan (their first three albums, Can’t Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974), and Spirit in the 1980s. Baxter has also worked with many other artists including Willy DeVille, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Gene Simmons and Rod Stewart.
1948 – Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent, guitarist, The Amboy Dukes, (1968 single, ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Mind’). Solo, (1977 single ‘Cat Scratch Fever’). Damn Yankees, (1990 album ‘Damn Yankies’).
1947 – Chuck Findley
American session musician. Chuck Findley, (widely known as a trumpet player). Findley has worked with many artists including: B. B. King, Steely Dan, Nancy Sinatra, Miles Davis, Jackson Browne, George Benson, George Harrison, Elton John, Carole King, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, The Rolling Stones.
1945 – Robert Martinez
Robert Martinez, ? & The Mysterians, (1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single ’96 Tears’). ’96 Tears’ was a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990.
1940 – Tony Gomez
Tony Gomez, from British soul band The Foundations who scored the 1967 UK No.1 single ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ and the 1969 US No.3 single ‘Build Me Up A Buttercup’. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a No.1 hit in the UK in the 1960s. Died December 6, 2005.
1938 – Ron Haffkine
American record producer, composer and music manager Ron Haffkine most recognized for his work as a producer and manager of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. He produced the soundtrack of the 1970 film Ned Kelly a movie about an Australian outlaw, featuring Mick Jagger.
1928 – Joe Messina
American guitarist Joe Messina. Dubbed the “white brother with soul”, Messina was one of the most prolific guitarists in Motown Records’ in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. During this time, Messina worked with Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Died April 4, 2022
1925 – Dick Van Dyke
Actor/entertainer Dick Van Dyke is born in West Plains, Missouri, but grows up in Danville, Illinois. He stars and sings in the hit musicals Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, featuring the famous title song.
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