Born on this day in music, December 25th

1984 – Lisa and Jess Origliasso
The twins Lisa and Jess Origliasso are born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia. They form The Veronicas.

1972 – Josh Freese
American session drummer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter Josh Freese. He played drums for Guns N’ Roses from 1997 to 2000, A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2012, Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, Weezer from 2009 to 2010, and Sublime with Rome from 2011 to 2017. He has appeared on nearly 400 records.

1971 – Dido
Dido, singer, songwriter, (2001 UK No.1 & US No.4 album ‘No Angel’, 2001 UK No.4 single ‘Here With Me’).

1971 – Noel Hogan
Noel Hogan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Cranberries who had the 1994 UK No.14 single ‘Linger’. The bands 1993 album Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We spent 86 weeks on the UK chart.

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1964 – Bob Stanley
Bob Stanley from English band Saint Etienne who had the 1993 UK No.12 single ‘You’re In A Bad Way’.

1958 – Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles, Canadian singer, 1990 US No.1 and UK No.2 single ‘Black Velvet.’

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1957 – Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan, singer from Irish-British Celtic punk band The Pogues who scored the 1987 UK No.8 single ‘The Irish Rover’ and the 1987 UK No.2 single with Kirsty MaCcoll, ‘Fairytale Of New York’.

1954 – Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, singer, The Tourists, (1979 UK No.4 single ‘I Only Want To Be With You’). Eurythmics, (1983 US No.1 single ‘Sweet Dreams’, 1985 UK No.1 single ‘There Must Be An Angel’). Solo, (1995 UK No.2 single ‘No More I Love You’s’).

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1954 – Robin Campbell
Robin Campbell, guitar, vocals, with UB40, who had the 1983 UK No.1 & 1988 US No.1 single ‘Red Red Wine‘ and over 30 other top 40 hits.

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1948 – Barbara Mandrell
Country singer Barbara Mandrell, named Country Music Association entertainer of the year in 1979, 1980 & 1981, (1977 US No.1 Country single ‘Sleeping Single In A Double Bed’). Barbara Mandrell is born in Houston, Texas.

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1948 – Merry Clayton
Merry Clayton (named for Christmas) is born in New Orleans. A backup singer by trade, she is most famous for her incendiary vocal alongside Mick Jagger on “Gimme Shelter.” She would later appear on the Coldplay song “Up & Up.”

1946 – Jimmy Buffett
Singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett is born in Mobile, Alabama. With a devout following of Parrot Heads, he combines pop, country and Caribbean influences, gaining a country hit with “Margaritaville” in 1977 and returning to the genre with several collaborations 30 years later. (2004 – US No.1 album ‘License to Chill’).

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1945 – Noel Redding
Noel Redding, bassist with The Jimi Hendrix Experience who had the 1967 UK No.3 single ‘Purple Haze’, and the 1970 UK No.1 single ‘Voodoo Child‘. Redding was the first person to join the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the first to leave, his final concert with them was in June 1969. Redding died on 11th May 2003 aged 57.

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Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Stockholm 1969)

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1945 – Steve Mancha
Soul singer Steve Mancha, of 100 Proof (Aged in Soul), is born Clyde Darnell Wilson in Walhalla, South Carolina.

1944 – Henry Vestine
Henry Vestine, guitarist with American rock band Canned Heat. Two of their songs ‘Going Up the Country’ and ‘On the Road Again‘ became international hits. He died on 20th October 1997.

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Canned Heat - On the road again

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1944 – Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett, UK radio and TV presenter, (1983 UK No.9 single ‘Snot Rap’). Died 4th April 1995.

1943 – Trevor Lucas
Trevor Lucas, Fairport Convention, UK folk group, (1969 UK No.21 single ‘Si Tu Dois Partie’). Also worked with Al Stewart and The Strawbs. Lucas died 4th February 1989.

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1940 – Pete Brown
Pete Brown, lyricist, poet, singer, producer, Cream, (1967 UK No.11 single ‘I Feel Free’). Also worked with Jack Bruce, Graham Bond, Mick Jagger and Peter Green.

1937 – O’Kelly Isley
O’Kelly Isley from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, ‘Shout’, and then the 1962 hit ‘Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers also scored the hits ‘This Old Heart Of Mine’, ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Harvest for the World’. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. O’Kelly Isley died on 31st March 1986.

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1934 – McKinley Mitchell
R&B singer McKinley Mitchell, known for the 1962 hit “The Town I Live In,” is born in Jackson, Mississippi.

1929 – Bill Horton
American singer Bill Horton from The Silhouettes. The doo wop/R&B groups single ‘Get A Job’ was a No.1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart and pop singles chart in 1958. The doo-wop revival group Sha Na Na derived their name from the song’s lyrics. ‘Get A Job’ is included in the soundtracks of the film American Graffiti, Trading Places and Stand By Me. Horton died on January 23, 1995.

1929 – Chris Kenner
Chris Kenner, US singer, (1961 US No.2 single ‘I Like It Like That’). Also a hit for Dave Clarke Five.

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