Born Today In Music, December 3rd

1979 – Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Bedingfield, singer, songwriter, is born in New Zealand. He is the older brother of fellow singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. (2001 UK No.1 single ‘Gotta Get Thru This’).

1968 – Montell Jordan
Montell Jordan, singer, (1995 US No.1 & UK No.11 single ‘This Is How We Do It’).

1952 – Don Barnes
American rock vocalist and guitarist Don Barnes, one of the founding members of the Southern rock band 38 Special.

1952 – Duane Roland
Duane Roland, guitarist from American Southern rock/hard rock band Molly Hatchet who had the 1980 album ‘Beatin’ The Odds and their hit song ‘Flirtin’ with Disaster’.

1951 – Kimberley Rew
Kimberley Rew from British-American rock band Katrina And The Waves, best known for the 1985 hit ‘Walking on Sunshine’. They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Love Shine a Light’.

1951 – Mike Stock
Mike Stock, (part of the Stock, Aitken, Waterman production team, produced over 10 UK No.1 singles.

1949 – Nicky Stevens
Nicky Stevens is born in Carmarthen, Wales. She becomes a member of The Brotherhood Of Man, singing on the 1976 pop single “Save Your Kisses For Me.”

1949 – Mickey Thomas
American rock singer Mickey Thomas, best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship, (1987 UK & US No.1 single ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us’). Thomas also worked with the Elvin Bishop Group.

1948 – John Wilson
John Wilson, drummer from Irish rock and blues band Taste who had the 1970 UK No.18 album ‘On The Boards’. Its founder was songwriter and musician Rory Gallagher.

1948 – Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne), singer with English rock band Black Sabbath who had the 1970 UK No.4 single ‘Paranoid‘. The bands self-titled 1970 album was voted as the best British rock album ever by Kerrang! in 2005. He had the 1986 solo UK No.20 single ‘Shot In The Dark’. Star of The Osbournes MTV show.

1947 – John Wilson
John Wilson (drummer for Them) is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (From September 1965 to March 1966).

1946 – Vic Malcolm
Vic Malcolm, Geordie, (1973 UK No.6 single ‘All Because Of You’).

1944 – Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell, UK folk singer songwriter & children’s TV presenter, (1975 UK No.2 single ‘Streets of London’).

1944 – Paul Nicholas
Pop singer Paul Nicholas is born Paul Oscar Beuselinck in Peterborough, England. As an actor, he’s known for starring in the 1983 BBC TV sitcom Just Good Friends.

1944 – Roger Bowling
Singer/songwriter Roger Bowling is born in Harlan, Kentucky. He writes the Kenny Rogers hits “Lucille” and “Coward Of The County,” plus Billie Jo Spears’ “Blanket On The Ground” and George Jones & Tammy Wynette’s “Southern California”

1942 – Ken Lewis
Ken Lewis, Ivy League, (1965 UK No.3 single ‘Tossing and Turning’).

1928 – Andy Williams
American singer and TV host Andy Williams. He had the 1957 US & UK No.1 single ‘Butterfly’, the 1963 US & UK No.2 single ‘Can’t Get Used To Losing You’, plus over 25 other US Top 40 singles. Wiliams presented the long running Andy Williams TV show from 1962 to 1971 and sold more than 100 million records worldwide. He died on Sept 25th 2012 at the age of 84 of bladder cancer.