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Born this day in music, December 30th
30 Dec 1988
Leon Jackson, Scottish singer who won the fourth series of the UK TV talent show The X Factor in 2007. His UK No.1 debut single, a cover of the Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey duet ‘When You Believe’ became the fastest selling UK single of 2007. It also made Jackson the first Scottish artist to achieve a UK Christmas number one.
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30 Dec 1986
Ellie Goulding, UK singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her debut studio album, ‘Lights’, debuted at No.1 on the UK Albums Chart in 2010. Goulding also scored the 2013 No.1 single with her song, ‘Burn’.
30 Dec 1982
Wesley Schultz guitarist and lead vocalist for the American folk rock band The Lumineers. Their second album, Cleopatra, released in 2016 debuted at No.1 on the US chart and also on the Canadian and UK album charts.
30 Dec 1978
Tyrese, US male singer, (1999 UK No.55 single, ‘Sweet Lady’, 2001 US No. 8 album, ‘2000 Watts’).
30 Dec 1973
American drummer, Jon Theodore, former member of The Mars Volta who later joined Queens of the Stone Age. He has also worked with Rage Against the Machine vocalist Zack de la Rocha.
30 Dec 1973
Martin Slattery, English multi-instrumentalist and composer. Slattery was a member of Joe Strummer’s backing band The Mescaleros, The Hours and has worked with Liam Gallagher.
30 Dec 1970
Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim), producer, DJ, from British electronica band Faithless who had the 1996 UK No.3 album Insomnia.
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30 Dec 1969
Jay Kay, English singer, songwriter with Jamiroquai who had the 1993 UK No.1 album Emergency on Planet Earth and the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Deeper Underground’. Jamiroquai have sold more than 26 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1998.
30 Dec 1959
Tracey Ullman, singer, actress, (1983 UK No.2 single ‘They Don’t Know’).
30 Dec 1956
Suzy Bogguss is born in Aledo, Illinois. She earns respect for her easy-going vocal skills and adept song selection in the 1990s, gaining thoughtful hits with “Outbound Plane,” “Just Like The Weather,” “Aces” and “Letting Go”
30 Dec 1951
Chris Jasper (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
30 Dec 1947
English songwriter, singer, record producer Jeff Lynne, who was a member of Idle Race, then The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘Blackberry Way’. He co-founded ELO who had the 1979 hit ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. And with the Traveling Wilburys had the 1988 UK hit ‘Handle With Care’. As a producer Lynne has worked with George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Joe Walsh and others.
30 Dec 1946
British rock drummer Clive Bunker, the original drummer in the British band Jethro Tull between 1967 and 1971.
30 Dec 1946
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement. Smith had the 1976 album ‘Horses’, and the 1978 UK No.5 and US No.13 single ‘Because The Night’, co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
30 Dec 1945
English singer-songwriter, musician and actor Davy Jones, The Monkees who had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single ‘I’m A Believer’ plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles. His television acting debut was on the British television soap opera Coronation Street when he portrayed Colin Lomax, Ena Sharples’ grandson. Jones died on 29 February 2012 of a severe heart attack due to atherosclerosis.
30 Dec 1942
American singer Dean Parrish. Best known for the song, ‘I’m on My Way’, which became noted for being the penultimate record that was played at the last Northern soul all-nighter at the Wigan Casino, he also worked as a session musician with Jimi Hendrix and Santana in 1970, and played guitar with Bob Marley in 1972. He died on 8 June 2021 age 78.
30 Dec 1942
Mike Nesmith, vocals, guitar, The Monkees (1967 UK & US No.1 single ‘I’m A Believer‘ plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles). He wrote ‘Different Drum’ (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys), and was the executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984). He died from heart failure on 10 December 2021 at his home in Carmel Valley, California age 78.
30 Dec 1942
Robert Quine, guitarist from Richard Hell and the Voidoids, who had the 1977 album ‘Blank Generation’. Worked with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Lloyd Cole, They Might Be Giants. Quine was found dead on May 31st 2004 of a heroin overdose.
30 Dec 1940
Perry Ford, Ivy League, (1965 UK No.3 single ‘Tossing and Turning’).
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30 Dec 1940
Kenny Penifallo, from the Jersey Shore group Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who had the 1978 album Hearts Of Stone and have released over ten other albums.
30 Dec 1939
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bass guitarist Felix Pappalardi. He produced Disraeli Gears for Cream and The Youngbloods’ first album. He was a founding member of the American hard rock band/heavy metal forerunner Mountain. Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife, Gail, on April 17, 1983, in their East Side Manhattan apartment. Gail Pappalardi was subsequently charged with second-degree murder.
Dec 30, 1938
Dobro player Mike Auldridge is born in Washington, D.C. He joins the bluegrass band The Seldom Scene and performs on Emmylou Harris’ “Making Believe,” plus her duet with Linda Ronstadt, “I Never Will Marry”
30 Dec 1937
Noel Paul Stookey, singer-songwriter from American folk group Peter Paul and Mary, who had the 1969 US No.1 & 1970 UK No.2 single ‘Leaving On A Jet Plane’. The Bob Dylan song ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ was one of their biggest hit singles. They also sang other Dylan songs, such as ‘The Times They Are a-Changin” and ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’.
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30 Dec 1934
American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter Del Shannon best known for his 1961 UK and US No.1 single ‘Runaway’. Suffering from depression, Shannon took his own life on February 8, 1990.
30 Dec 1930
Red Rhodes American session pedal steel guitarist. Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, The Beach Boys, The Byrds and The Carpenters. He died on 20 August 1995 age 64.
30 Dec 1928
Bo Diddley guitarist, singer, (R&B hits, ‘Bo Diddley’, ‘You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover’, 1963 UK No.34 single ‘Pretty Thing’). When The Beatles first went to the US, John Lennon was asked what he would like to see; he replied Bo Diddley. Bo Diddley died from heart failure in Archer, Florida aged 79 on 2nd June 2008.
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