Born On This Day In Music, December 8th

1982 – Chrisette Michele
Chrisette Michele, American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, 2009 US No.1 album ‘Epiphany’.

1982 – Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper, singer, songwriter. Cited as one of the most influential female rap artists of all time, Minaj has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world’s best selling music artists.

1974 – Nick Zinner
Nick Zinner, guitarist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, (2006 UK No. 18 single ‘Gold Lion’).

1973 – Judith Pronk
Judith Pronk, Alice Deejay, 1999 UK No. 2 single ‘Better Off Alone’.

1973 – Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor, lead singer with American heavy metal band Slipknot, (sometimes known by the number 8). Their 2008 fourth album All Hope Is Gone gave them their first US No.1. The band’s early performances included extreme acts such as stage dives from high balconies and band members setting each other on fire. Taylor is also a founding member of Stone Sour.

1966 – Sinead O’Connor
Sinead O’Connor, Irish singer, songwriter, (1990 UK, US and world-wide No.1 single with the Prince penned ‘Nothing Compares To U’). Her version of the song was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries.

1962 – Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman, Megadeth, (1990 UK No.13 single ‘No More Mr Nice Guy’).

1959 – Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford, vocals with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the British band who formed in Liverpool and had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Relax’. The single eventually sold 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart’s history. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, reached No.1 in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million.

1957 – Phil Collen
Phil Collen, guitar, Def Leppard, (1987 UK No.6 single ‘Animal’ and 1987 worldwide No.1 album Hysteria 1988 US No.1 single ‘Love Bites’).

1956 – Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo, guitarist. Worked with Frank Zappa, Duran Duran and Missing Persons. After posing naked with an erection in Brazilian gay magazine, G, in 2000, the guitarist marketed an eight-inch dildo modeled on his own penis, called the Rock Rod. In the early 1990s, Cuccurullo collaborated with Duran bandmate Nick Rhodes, calling themselves TV Mania.

1955 – Kasim Sulton
Kasim Sulton, American bass guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist. Best known for his work with Utopia, Sulton sang lead on 1980’s ‘Set Me Free,’ Utopia’s only top 40 hit in the United States. Sulton sang background vocals on Meat Loaf’s album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.

1955 – Nathan East
American jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist Nathan East. He has recorded, performed and co-written songs with Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Joe Satriani, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Toto, Kenny Loggins, Daft Punk, and Herbie Hancock.

1953 – Colin Routh
Colin Routh, Black Lace, (1984 UK No.2 single ‘Agadoo’).

1951 – Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman, multi- instrumentalist, producer, worked with Edgar Winter. Had the 1978 UK No.8 & US No.29 solo single ‘Instant Replay’). He died on 22nd March 1994. Wrote ‘Relight My Fire’ a UK No.1 for Take That and Lulu, collaborated with Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, James Brown, Holly Johnson and Steve Winwood. Hartman died on March 22, 1994 at his Westport, Connecticut, home of an AIDS-related brain tumor.

1950 – Wah Wah Watson
American guitarist and session musician Wah Wah Watson, (Melvin Ragin) famed for his skills with a wah-wah pedal. He became a member of the Motown Records studio band, The Funk Brothers, where he recorded with The Temptations (his guitar work on ‘Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone’), The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye and The Supremes. He also appeared on Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall album. He died on 24 October 2018.

1949 – Ray Shulman
Ray Shulman who was a member of Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, who had the 1967 UK No.9 single ‘Kites’ and later worked with Gentle Giant.

1947 – Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman, keyboards, guitar, vocals, The Allman Brothers Band who released the classic album Eat a Peach in 1972 and had the 1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man‘. Allman was referred to as a Southern rock pioneer and received numerous awards, including several Grammys. Following a series of health problems, including hepatitis C and a 2010 liver transplant, Allman died at his home in Richmond Hill, Georgia, on 27 May 2017, due to complications of liver cancer.

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1947 – Geoff Daking
Geoff Daking, from American rock group The Blue Magoos, who scored the 1967 US No.5 single, ‘We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet’. They were at the forefront of the psychedelic music trend, beginning in 1966.

1946 – Graham Knight
Graham Knight, bassist from Scottish pop rock band Marmalade, (originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords). They scored the 1969 UK No.1 single with their version of The Beatles song ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’.

1944 – Mike Botts
Mike Botts, drums, Bread, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘Make It With You’).

1943 – Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison singer and lyricist with The Doors who had the 1967 US No.1 single ‘Light My Fire‘ and 1971 single ‘Riders On The Storm‘. Due to his wild personality and performances, he is regarded by some people as one of the most iconic, charismatic and pioneering frontmen in rock music history. Morrison died of heart failure in a bathtub in a Paris hotel room on 3rd July 1971. The events surrounding his death continue to be the subject of controversy, as no autopsy was performed on his body after death, and the exact cause of his death is disputed by many to this day.

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1942 – Toots Hibbert
Jamaican singer and songwriter Toots Hibbert who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. Hibbert’s 1968 song ‘Do the Reggay’ is widely credited as the genesis of the genre name reggae. He died age 77 on 11 September 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.

1942 – Bobby Elliott
Bobby Elliott, drummer with British pop/rock group The Hollies who have scored over 30 top 40 hits, including ‘Just One Look’, ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, and later ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe’.

1939 – James Galway
James Galway, Irish musician, (1978 UK No.3 single ‘Annie’s Song’,)

1939 – Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler, vocals, The Impressions, (1965 US No.7 single ‘Lilies Of The Field’, solo 1969 US No.4 single ‘Only The Strong Survive’).

1925 – Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy Davis Jr, singer, actor, (1972 US No.1 single ‘The Candy Man’). Died of throat cancer on 16th May 1990.

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