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Born on this day in music, February 5th
1971
Sara Evans is born in Boonville, Missouri. Following her 1998 hit “No Place That Far,” she earns the Academy of Country Music’s Top Female Vocalist in 2006 while stringing together hits with “Born To Fly,” “Suds In The Bucket,” “A Real Fine Place To Start” and “A Little Bit Stronger“.
1969
American singer, songwriter Bobby Brown, who was a member of boy group New Edition who had the 1983 UK No.1 & US No.46 single ‘Candy Girl’. As a solo artist he had the 1988 UK No.6 & 1989 US No.1 single ‘My Prerogative’. Brown married Whitney Houston 18th July 1992.
1968
Chris Barron, singer with American group The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single ‘Two Princess’ and the hit ‘Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong’.
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1964
Duff McKagan, bassist with Guns N’ Roses who had the 1988 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine‘. He is also a member of Velvet Revolver who had the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album Contraband.
1960
Paul Jones, bassist with alternative rock band from Wales Catatonia who had the 1998 UK No.3 single ‘Mulder And Scully’.
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1948
David Denny, guitarist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single ‘The Joker’.
1948
Nigel Tufnell, guitarist with the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who made the 1984 film ‘This Is Spinal Tap’.
1944
American songwriter, record producer and musician Al Kooper, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears (although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity). His first professional work was as a 14-year-old guitarist in the The Royal Teens, who in 1958 had the US No.3 single ‘Shorts Shorts’. As a member of Blood Sweat & Tears, he had the 1969 US No.12 & UK No.35 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. Kooper played organ on Bob Dylan’s ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ as well as playing on hundreds of records, including ones by the Rolling Stones, B. B. King, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alice Cooper, and Cream.
1944
J.R. Cobb, from American southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section who had the 1977 US No.7 single ‘So in to You’.
1943
Chuck Winfield, trumpet, from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single ‘Spinning Wheel’, and the 1969 US No.12 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.
1942
Corey Wells, vocals, with American group Three Dog Night who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single ‘Mama Told Me Not To Come’. Died October 20, 2015.
1941
Barrett Strong, US songwriter who was the first artist to record a hit for Motown records. He wrote many other Motown hits with Norman Whitfield including, ‘Money’, ‘War’, ‘Ball Of Confusion’, and ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’. Died January 28, 2023.
1935
Scottish rock and blues musician Alex Harvey with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single ‘Delilah, and the 1975 album ‘Next’. During the 60s he was the leader of Alex Harvey’s Big Soul Band. Harvey died of heart failure on February 4th 1982.
1929
Hal Blaine, American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon and Garfunkel, the Carpenters, The Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and the 5th Dimension. Blaine has played on 40 No.1 hits, over 150 top ten hits and has recorded, by his own admission, on over 35,000 pieces of music over four decades of work. Blaine died of natural causes on 11 March 2019 at his home in Palm Desert, California age 90.
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1923
Claude King is born near Keithville, Louisiana. He earns a half-dozen hits during the 1960s, with “Wolverton Mountain” emerging as his signature recording. Died March 7, 2013.
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