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Born on this day in music, December 16th
1997 – Zara Larsson
Swedish singer and songwriter Zara Larsson. Her debut album, So Good was released in March 2017 and debuted at No.7 on the UK Albums Chart. She had the UK No.1 single ‘Symphony with Clean Bandit.
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1971 – Michael McCary
Michael McCary, from American R&B vocal group Boyz II Men, who had the 1992 US & UK No.1 single ‘End Of The Road’ which set a new record for longevity, staying at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks, breaking the decades-old record held by Elvis Presley.
1968 – Christopher Thorn
Christopher Thorn (rhythm guitarist for Blind Melon) is born in Dover, Pennsylvania.
1959 – Steven Irvine
Steven Irvine, drummer from British pop band Lloyd Cole And The Commotions who had the 1985 UK hit single ‘Brand New Friend’. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK.
1951 – Robben Ford
Robben Ford, American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton and Kiss. He was named one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century” by Musician magazine.
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1949 – Bill Gibbons
Bill Gibbons, American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Moving Sidewalks (who opened for Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour). Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top’s first album in 1971. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
1946 – Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, composer. In October 1964 he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist and they made a breakthrough in March 1965 with their hit ‘Cadillac’, eventually becoming the most celebrated of the Swedish 1960s pop bands. With ABBA they scored the UK 1974 No.1 single ‘Waterloo’, followed by 8 other UK No.1 singles and 9 UK No.1 albums and the 1977 US No.1 single ‘Dancing Queen’. Andersson was co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia!, he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001, he is active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester.
1945 – Tony Hicks
Tony Hicks, guitarist with British pop/rock group The Hollies who have scored over 30 top 40 hits, including ‘Just One Look’, ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, and later ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe’.
1944 – Al Garth
Sax player Al Garth is born in Merced, California. In addition to playing on recordings by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Glenn Frey and Dan Fogelberg, he co-writes Lynn Anderson’s 1972 hit “Listen To A Country Song” with Jim Messina
1937 – Jim Glaser
American country musician Jim Glaser. With The Glaser Brothers they charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts and became members of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1960s. He died on 6 April 2019 aged 81.
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1931 – Karl Denver
Karl Denver, UK singer, (1962 UK No.4 single ‘Wimoweh’, 1990 UK No.46 hit ‘Lazyitis – One Armed Boxer’ with Happy Mondays). Denver died on 21st December 1998.
1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven is born in Bonn, Germany.
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