Born on this day in music, February 2nd

1977
Shakira, (born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll in Barranquilla, Colombia), singer who had the 2002 UK No.2 single ‘Whenever Wherever‘ and the 2006 world-wide No.1 single ‘Hips Don’t Lie’. She is the highest selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold over forty million albums.

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1975
Billy Mohler, best known as a member of The Calling, is born in Laguna Beach, California.

1971
Ben Mize, drummer from American rock band Counting Crows, who had the 1994 UK hit single ‘Mr Jones’, and the 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites. They received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song ‘Accidentally in Love’, which was included in the film Shrek 2.

1969
John Spence, singer, and original member of No Doubt in the late 1980s. Committed suicide on December 21st 1987 by shooting himself.

1966
Robert DeLeo, American bassist with Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show and Army of Anyone. His elder brother, guitarist Dean DeLeo, was also a member of the band.

1966
Steve Firth, bassist from English alternative rock band Embrace, who had the 2006 UK No. 2 single ‘Natures Law’, the 2006 UK No.1 album This New Day and two other UK No.1 albums.

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1964
Charlie Heather, drummer with English folk rock band The Levellers who had the 1995 UK No.12 single ‘Just The One’.

1963
Eva Cassidy, US singer. She is the only artist to score three posthumous UK No.1 albums: 2001’s ‘Songbird’; 2002’s ‘Imagine’ and 2003’s ‘American Tune’. In 2001 she also had a UK No.42 single with ‘Over The Rainbow’ and the 2007 UK No.1 single ‘What a Wonderful World’ with Katie Melua. Eva died of skin cancer on November 2nd 1996, aged 33.

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1952
Rick Dufay American guitarist who played in Aerosmith in the period after Brad Whitford left the band in 1980 up to his return in 1984.

1951
American jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson who was a member of the influential jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1973 to 1975, and has performed and recorded with numerous high-profile rock and jazz acts including Santana, Phil Collins, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, and Chet Baker.

1949
American musician Ross Valory, best known as the bass player for the rock band Journey. He also played with Frumious Bandersnatch followed by the Steve Miller Band appearing on Rock Love. Valory was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017.

1948
Alan Mckay, guitarist with Earth, Wind & Fire, who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘Shining Star’, and the 1981 UK No.3 single ‘Let’s Groove’. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations and were the first African-American act to sell out Madison Square Garden.

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1947
Peter Paul Lucia (of Tommy James & the Shondells) is born in Morristown, New Jersey. They had a series of number one singles in the US – “Hanky Panky” in 1966 and “Crimson and Clover” in 1969, and five other top ten hits; “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Mony Mony,” “Crystal Blue Persuasion”, “Mirage”, and “Sweet Cherry Wine”. Peter Lucia unexpectedly died from a heart attack on January 6, 1987 in Los Angeles, U.S. during a round of golf.

1946
Howard Bellamy from the Bellamy Brothers who had the 1976 US No.1 single ‘Let Your Love Flow’, and the 1979 UK No.3 single ‘If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me’.

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1945
Edna Wright, American singer, best known as the lead singer of Honey Cone, the girl group that went to No. 1 on the US chart with the song ‘Want Ads’ in 1971. She was the younger sister of singer Darlene Love. Wright sang backup for various artists, including the Righteous Brothers, Ray Charles, and Cher. She died on 12 September 2020.

1945
Ronnie Goodson, 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’.

1943
Peter Macbeth from The Foundations who had the 1967 UK No.1 single ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ and the 1969 US No.3 single ‘Build Me Up A Buttercup’.

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1942
British-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash, known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of The Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash initially met both David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1966 during a Hollies US tour. CSN’s scored the hit singles ‘Marrakesh Express’ (which had been rejected by the Hollies), ‘Our House’, ‘Teach Your Children’.

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1940
Alan Caddy, guitarist with The Tornadoes, who had a 1962 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Telstar’. This was the first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. Caddy died on August 16th 2000.

1932
Jazz musician Arthur Lyman, known as “The King of Lounge Music,” is born in Kauai, Hawaii.

1927
Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1925
British vocalist David Whitfield. He became the first British artist to have a UK No.1 single in the UK and in the United States with ‘Cara Mia’, featuring Mantovani and his orchestra. He died from a brain haemorrhage in Sydney, Australia, on 15 January 1980 while on tour at the age of 54.

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