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Born on this day in music, December 29th
29 Dec 1995
Cody Wise, American singer best known for featuring on the 2014 UK No.1 hit ‘It’s My Birthday’ by will.i.am. The track became will.i.am’s tenth chart-topper, (including five as a member of The Black Eyed Peas).
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29 dec 1970
Glen Phillips (vocalist, guitarist for Toad The Wet Sprocket) is born in Santa Barbara, California.
29 Dec 1965
Bryan Holland, vocals, guitar, from American punk rock band The Offspring, who had the 1999 UK No.1 single ‘Pretty Fly, (For A White Guy)’, and the 1999 US No.6 & UK No.10 album Americana.
29 Dec 1963
Alex Gifford from English electronic duo Propellerheads who scored the scored the 1997 UK No.7 single ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’.
29 Dec 1961
Jim Reid, The Jesus and Mary Chain, (1987 UK No.8 single ‘April Skies’).
29 Dec 1961
Mark Day, guitarist with English alternative rock band Happy Mondays who had the 1990 UK No.5 single ‘Step On’ and the 1990 hit Kinky Afro’.
29 Dec 1955
Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar group, (1985 UK No.17 single ‘Love Is A Battlefield‘, plus 10 other US Top 40 singles).
29 Dec 1954
American drummer and session musician John Robinson known for his work with Quincy Jones, including Michael Jackson’s multiplatinum Off the Wall album and the charity single ‘We Are the World’. Robinson has also worked with the likes of Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, David Lee Roth, Steve Winwood, Daft Punk and Madonna.
29 Dec 1951
Pop singer Yvonne Elliman is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Best known for singing “If I Can’t Have You” (1978) for the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, she also backs up Eric Clapton on his minor country hit “Lay Down Sally”.
29 Dec 1950
Robert Popwell was an American jazz-funk bass guitarist and percussionist. He also played on albums by Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Ron Wood, Smokey Robinson, Bette Midler, Gregg Allman, Bob Dylan and many others. He died on 27 November 2017.
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29 Dec 1948
Charlie Spinosa, from John Fred and His Playboy Band who had the 1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)’ which was a parodic play on the title of The Beatles’ song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’.
29 Dec 1947
English rock drummer Cozy Powell, who worked with The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Robert Plant, Brian May, Whitesnake, Emerson, Lake & Powell and Black Sabbath. Powell scored the 1973 solo UK No. 3 hit single ‘Dance With The Devil’. Powell was killed in a car crash in England on 5 April 1998. According to a report, at the time of the crash Powell’s blood-alcohol reading was over the legal limit, and he was not wearing a seat belt, and was talking with his girlfriend on his mobile phone at the time of the crash.
29 Dec 1946
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull and one time girlfriend of Mick Jagger. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single ‘As Tears Go By’ (written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham) and became one of the lead female artists during the “British Invasion” in the United States.
29 Dec 1943
Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter and singer, Rick Danko, member of The Hawks ( Ronnie Hawkins’s backing group), and The Band who went on to release ten studio albums. Bob Dylan hired them for his US tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. Danko died on 10th December 1999 due to heart failure, arising from years of alcoholism, drug addiction and weight gain.
29 Dec 1941
Rock ‘n’ roller Bobby Comstock is born in Ithaca, New York. Known for a hit 1959 cover of “Tennessee Waltz” and the 1963 pop hit “Let’s Stomp.” Died January 9, 2020.
29 Dec 1941
Ray Thomas, English musician, best known as a flautist, singer and composer with English rock band The Moody Blues who had the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Go Now’ and the hits singles including ‘Go Now’, ‘Nights in White Satin’ and ‘Question’. Thomas died on 4 January 2018 six days after his 76th birthday.
Dec 29, 1939
Ed Bruce is born in Keiser, Arkansas. The rich-voiced performer works as a vocalist, actor, commercial spokesman and songwriter. His writing credits include the Tanya Tucker hit “Texas (When I Die)” and the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson duet “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”.
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28 Dec 1931
R&B singer John “Buddy” Bailey (of The Clovers) is born in Seneca, Virginia.
Dec 29, 1924
Guitarist Billy Gray is born in Paris, Texas. He joins Wanda Jackson on the 1954 hit “You Can’t Have My Love” and plays on numerous Hank Thompson singles, including “A Six Pack To Go,” “The Wild Side Of Life” and “Honky-Tonk Girl”.
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