22 Dec 1993
Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter who scored the 2014 world wide hit hit ‘All About That Bass‘. The song topped the national charts of 58 countries.
22 Dec 1991
DaBaby (Jonathan Lyndale Kirk), American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album Baby on Baby (2019) peaked at No.7 on the Billboard Chart.
22 Dec 1989
Jordin Brianna Sparks, American pop/R&B singer, songwriter. Winner of the sixth season of American Idol, at the age of 17, making her the youngest winner of American Idol. 2008 Australian No.1 single with Chris Brown ‘No Air.’
22 Dec 1984
Jonas Erik Altberg, (Basshunter), Swedish musician and DJ. (2008 UK No.1 ‘Now You’re Gone’).
22 Dec 1972
Vanessa Paradis, French singer, actress, (1988 UK No.3 single with ‘Joe Le Taxi’).
22 Dec 1968
Richard James Edwards, guitar, vocals with Welsh group Manic Street Preachers who had the 1992 UK No.17 single ‘Theme From Mash’. Edwards disappeared on 1st February 1995, after leaving his car at a service station by The Severn Bridge, near Bristol, England.
22 Dec 1966
Danny Saber, Black Grape, (1995 UK No.8 single ‘In The Name Of The Father’).
22 Dec 1957
Scottish musician Ricky Ross, lead singer, songwriter, guitar, piano, with Deacon Blue who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Real Gone Kid’, plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. Ross married fellow Deacon Blue singer Lorraine McIntosh on 12 May 1990. He currently presents Another Country with Ricky Ross on BBC Radio Scotland.
22 Dec 1950
Alan Williams, from English pop band The Rubettes who had the 1974 UK No.1 single ‘Sugar Baby Love‘.
22 Dec 1949
Robin and Maurice Gibb, The Bee Gees singers, songwriters, producers, Robin was the eldest by 1 hour. (1967 UK No.1 single ‘Massachusetts‘, 1978 UK & US No.1 single ‘Night Fever’, over 30 UK Top 40 hits and 9 US No.1’s over 4 decades). Maurice died on 12th January 2003 of a heart attack. Robin died of cancer aged 62 on 20 May 2012.
22 Dec 1948
Rick Nielsen, singer, guitarist from American rock band, Cheap Trick, who had the 1979 hit single ‘I Want You To Want Me’, and the 1988 US No.1 single ‘The Flame’.
22 Dec 1944
Barry Jenkins, drummer in The Animals who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun’. He was also a member of The Nashville Teens who scored the 1964 UK No.6 single and US Top 20 hit ‘Tobacco Road’.
22 Dec 1939
James Gurley, guitarist with Big Brother and the Holding Company who with Janis Joplin had the 1971 US No.1 single ‘Me And Bobby McGee’, and the 1971 US No.1 album Pearl. Gurley died on December 20, 2009, from a heart attack two days before his 70th birthday.
22 Dec 1938
Brian Locking the bassist with The Wildcats in 1956 and The Shadows, between 1962 and 1963. During his time with the Shadows he appeared with Cliff Richard in the musical film Summer Holiday. Locking also toured as a session player with artist’s including Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Joe Brown, as well as Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee. He died on 8 October 2020.
22 Dec, 1937
Red Steagall is born in Gainesville, Texas. With a career that darts between western swing and cowboy music, he earns his only hit single with 1976’s “Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music.” He’s also credited with discovering Reba McEntire.
22 Dec, 1913
Guitarist Dudley Brooks is born in Los Angeles, California. He plays on a number of Elvis Presley’s West Coast recordings, including “Return To Sender,” “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
