Born on this day on December 18th

2001 – Billie Eilish
American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. With her 2019 debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? she became the youngest ever solo female act to top the UK album chart at 17 years of age.

1980 – Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera, US singer, (1999 US & UK No.1 single ‘Genie In A Bottle’, 1999 US No.1 album ‘Christina Aguilera’, 2001 US & UK No.1 single with Mya, Lil’ Kim and Pink, ‘Lady Marmalade’).

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1980 – Lyndsay Armaou
Lyndsay Armaou, singer, B*Witched, (1998 UK No.1 single ‘C’est La Vie’).

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1976 – Jack Lawrence
American musician Jack Lawrence, bass guitarist in The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes, The Dead Weather and City and Colour.

1975 – Sia Furler
Australian singer, songwriter, Sia Furler. She worked with British duo Zero 7 and as a solo artist scored the 2014 US No.1 album 1000 Forms of Fear and the 2016 worldwide No.1 hit ‘Cheap Thrills’.

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1970 – DMX
American rapper, songwriter DMX, (Earl Simmons). He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim and commercial success. He was the first artist to debut an album at No. 1 five times in a row on the Billboard 200 charts. Overall, DMX has sold over 74 million records worldwide. He died on 9 April 2021 age 50, the official cause of death was a cocaine-induced heart attack.

1968 – Andy Miller
Andy Miller, from English power pop rock trio Dodgy who had the 1996 UK No.4 single ‘Good Enough’.

1966 – Steve Dullaghan
Steve Dullaghan, Primitives, (1988 UK No.5 single ‘Crash’).

1964 – Robson Green
Robson Green, actor/singer, (1995 UK No.1 single as Robson and Jerome ‘Unchained Melody’, ‘The White Cliffs Of Dover’).

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1959 – Grant Marshall
Grant Marshall, Daddy-G, Massive Attack, (1991 UK No.13 single ‘Unfinished Sympathy’).

1958 – Geordie Walker
Geordie Walker from the British post-punk group Killing Joke who had the 1985 UK No.16 single ‘Love Like Blood’.

1955 – Walfredo Reyes Jr
Cuban American expert in drum set and auxiliary percussion Walfredo Reyes Jr. He is well known for having been a long-term member of Santana, and a member of Chicago as the percussionist from 2012—2018 and has also worked with Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson, Lindsey Buckingham and Boz Scaggs.

1953 – Elliot Easton
Elliot Easton, lead guitarist and backing vocals for The Cars, who had the 1978 UK No.3 single ‘My Best Friend’s Girl.’ Their 1984 US No.3 & 1985 UK No.4 ‘Drive’ was used as part of the soundtrack for the Live Aid concert.

1954 – Rosie Vela
Rosie Vela, US singer songwriter, is born in Galveston, Texas. (1987 UK No.27 single ‘Magic Smile’).

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1950 – Martha Johnson
Martha Johnson, Martha And The Muffins, (1980 UK No.10 single, ‘Echo Beach’).

1948 – Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson, English singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer. With Be Bop Deluxe, he scored the 1976 UK No.23 single, ‘Ships In The Night’ and has since released many solo albums. In 2015, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the Progressive Music Awards.

1946 – Alex Ligertwood
Alex Ligertwood, Scottish–English singer, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Santana, with five different stints from 1979 to 1994, and has been a member of Average White Band.

1943 – Bobby Keys
Bobby Keys American saxophone player who worked with The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and others. Keys died on Dec 2nd 2014.

1943 – Keith Richards
Keith Richards, ‘The Human Riff’, guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Rolling Stones who have had over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created ‘rock’s greatest single body of riffs’. Classic albums include: Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street.

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1941 – Sam Andrew
Sam Andrew, Janis Joplin Band, (1971 US No.1 single ‘Me And Bobby McGee’, 1971 US No.1 single ‘Pearl’). Andrew was also Music Director of the musical Love, Janis, based on the life of Janis Joplin. He died on February 12, 2015, following complications from open-heart surgery due to a heart attack suffered ten weeks prior.

1938 – Chas Chandler
Chas Chandler, bassist with The Alan Price Trio in 1962 and with The Animals who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun’. Chandler later became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade, he died on 17th July 1996.

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