Born on this day in music, February 9th

1964
Rachel Bolan, from American heavy metal band Skid Row. The group achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row (1989) and Slave to the Grind (1991) the latter of which reached No.1 on the Billboard chart.

1963
Dave Rotheray, guitarist with English group The Beautiful South who had the 1990 UK No.1 single ‘A Little Time’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

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1960
Holly Johnson, singer who was a member of Liverpool based groups Big In Japan and Frankie Goes To Hollywood who had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No. 10 single ‘Relax’ and six other UK Top 40 singles. As a solo, artist scored the 1989 UK No.4 ‘Love Train’ and 1989 UK No.1 album ‘Blast’.

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1955
Jimmy Pursey, singer with UK punk group Sham 69 who had the 1979 UK No.6 single, ‘Hersham Boys’.

1951
Dennis Thomas, singer with Kool & The Gang who had the 1981 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Celebration‘, and the 1984 UK No.2 single ‘Joanna’ plus over 15 other Top 40 hits. He died on 7 August 2021 age 70.

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1947
Joe Ely, country singer who toured with The Clash in the late 70s, and was a one time member of Linda Ronstadt’s band.

1947
Major Harris, singer from American R&B/soul vocal group The Delfonics who had the 1968 US No.4 single ‘La-La Means I Love You’, and the hits ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’, and ‘Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love)’. Harris died in a Richmond, Virginia, hospital on November 9, 2012 from congestive heart and lung failure at the age of 65.

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1942
Carole King, US singer, songwriter who wrote many songs with Gerry Goffin including the 1962 UK No.3 & US No.22 single, ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’. Her 1970 US No.1 album ‘Tapestry’ has sold over 15 million copies and became a Grammy award winner in 71.

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1940
Brian Bennett, drummer with The Shadows, who had the 1963 UK No.1 single ‘Foot Tapper’ plus 28 other UK Top 40 singles as well as having hits with Cliff Richard.

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1939
Barry Mann, US singer, songwriter. Wrote many early 60s pop hits including ‘Saturday Night At The Movies’, ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’, ‘Walking In The Rain’. Also had the 1961 US No.7 solo single ‘Who Put The Bomp, In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp.’

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1925
American steel guitar player Billy Williamson. He was a member of Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. Williamson had the distinction of being the only Comet allowed to record lead vocal tracks during Haley’s tenure at Decca Records (such as the song ‘Hide and Seek’ on their 1956 album, Rock and Roll Stage Show and ‘B.B. Betty’ on the 1958 Bill Haley’s Chicks album. He died on 22 March 1996.

1925
American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer Bobby Lewis best known for his 1961 hit singles ‘Tossin’ and Turnin” (number 1 for seven weeks on the Billboard chart in the summer of 1961) and ‘One Track Mind’. He died on 28 April 2020 aged 95.

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