Born On December 14th In Music

1992
Pop singer Tori Kelly is born in Wildomar, California. She earns a country hit when she joins Chris Lane on the 2017 single “Take Back Home Girl”

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1988
Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer from High School Musical, as part of the cast had the 2006 US No.1 ‘High School Musical’ album and 2007, US No.1 ‘High School Musical 2’ album. Over 17 million viewers in the United States watched the TV premier of High School Musical; making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history.

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1987
English-American singer, songwriter, guitarist, Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low. Their 2015 album Future Hearts peaked at No.1 on the UK chart and No.2 on the US chart.

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1979
Sophie Monk, Australian singer from Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, who had the 2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album.

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1975
R&B singer Brian Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is born in Wheatley Heights, New York.

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1970
Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter, known for her ‘folktronica’ sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica.

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1966
Tim Skold, bassist, with American rock band Marilyn Manson who had the 1998 US No.1 album, Mechanical Animals.

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1964
Pianist Matt Rollings is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He wins the Academy of Country Music’s award for Top Keyboard Player six straight years in the 1990s, while supporting George Strait, Shania Twain and Trisha Yearwood, among others

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1958
Mike Scott, singer, songwriter, The Waterboys, (1991 UK No.3 single ‘Whole Of The Moon’, first released 1985).

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1958
Peter ‘Spider’ Stacy, tin whistle, 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’.

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1949
Cliff Williams, bass player for Australian rock band AC/DC, (he replaced Mark Evans in 1977). The bands 1980 UK No.1 & US No.14 album Back In Black sold over 49 million copies.

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1946
Jackie McAuley, keyboards with the Northern Irish band Them who had the 1965 UK hits ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’ and ‘Here Comes The Night’ with Van Morrison on lead vocals. Morrison quit the band in 1966 and went on to a successful career as a solo artist.

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1946
Jane Birkin, English actress, singer, and songwriter who had the 1969 UK No.1 single with Serge Gainsbourg ‘Je t’aime…Moi non plus‘, the only French language UK chart- topper. She is also known as being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. Birkin was found dead at her home in Paris on 16 July 2023, age 76.

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1946
Joyce Vincent Wilson, singer from American pop music group Dawn who were popular in the 1970s. Their signature hits include ‘Candida’, ‘Knock Three Times’, and ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree’.

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1946
Actress/singer Patty Duke is born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York.

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1943
Frank Allen, The Searchers, (1964 UK No.1 single ‘Needles And Pins‘).

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1943
Frank Allen (bass guitarist for The Searchers) is born Francis Renaud McNeice in Hayes, Middlesex, England.

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1942
Dick Wagner, American rock music guitarist, songwriter who worked with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. He died from a lung infection aged 71. Wagner had also written songs with Kiss and Aerosmith.

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1938
Gary Usher, producer, songwriter. Worked with The Byrds, he co-wrote The Beach Boys, ‘In My Room’. Usher died on 25th May 1990.

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1932
Charlie Rich singer and musician. In the latter part of his life, Rich who acquired the nickname The Silver Fox is best remembered for his 1973 hits, ‘Behind Closed Doors’ and ‘The Most Beautiful Girl’. Rich died in his sleep on July 25, 1995 aged 62.

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1932
Singer/actress Abbe Lane is born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, New York. Known as “the swingingest sexpot in show business,” she would marry (and divorce) bandleader Xavier Cugat.

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1928
Walter Haynes is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He plays steel guitar on records by Little Jimmy Dickens and Patsy Cline, writes Del Reeves’ “Girl On The Billboard,” and produces hits by Jeanne Pruett, Mel Tillis and Cal Smith, among others

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1920
Swing trumpeter Clark Terry is born in St. Louis, Missouri. One of the most recorded jazz musicians, he would play with the likes of Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones.

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1915
Jerry Daniels from The Ink Spots. In 1939 they recorded a version of If I Didn’t Care which became the 10th best-selling single of all time with over 19 million copies sold making it one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide. He died on 7 November 1995.