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Born on this day in music, February 8th
1994
Canadian jazz-pop singer Nikki Yanofsky. She sang the CTV Olympic broadcast theme song, ‘I Believe’, which was also the theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
1986
American rapper, singer, songwriter and drummer Anderson .Paak. He won his first Grammy award for Best Rap Performance with the song ‘Bubblin’ in 2018. In 2021, he formed the duo Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars. The duo’s debut single, ‘Leave the Door Open’, won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
1985
Jeremy Davis, bassist with US band Paramore who had the 2009 UK No.1 album ‘Brand New Eyes’ and their 2013 self-titled fourth studio album hit No.1 on the US chart.
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1980
Cameron Muncey, guitarist from Australian rock band Jet, who had the 2003 Australian No.1 & UK No.14 album Get Born. The group sold over 6.5 million albums.
1977
Dave ‘Phoenix’ Ferrel, bassist with Linkin Park, who had the 2002 US No.2 & UK No.4 single ‘In The End’, and the 2002 US No.2 & 2001 UK No.4 album Hybrid Theory.
1974
Guy Man, (Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo), French electronic musician with Daft Punk, 1997 UK No.5 single ‘Around The World’, remixed Gabrielle, Chemical Brothers. Scored the 2013 UK No.1 hit ‘Get Lucky’ featuring Pharrell Williams.
1971
Will Turpin (bassist for Collective Soul) is born in Fairbanks, Alaska.
1969
New Zealand singer, songwriter Pauly Fuemana. He scored the 1995/1996 internationally hit ‘How Bizarre. He died on on 31 January 2010 eight days before his 41st birthday.
1968
Tjinder Singh, guitarist from British indie rock band Cornershop, who had the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Brimful Of Asha’.
1962
Ken McCluskey, drummer from Scottish indie rock band The Bluebells who had the 1993 UK No.1 single with the re-issued ‘Young At Heart’ after it was used in a Volkswagen television advertisement.
1961
Vince Neil, singer from American heavy metal band Motley Crue. Their highest-selling album, 1989’s Dr. Feelgood established the quartet as one of the biggest hard rock/metal bands of the ’80s.
1948
American musician Dan Seals from England Dan & John Ford Coley, who had the 1976 US No. 2 & UK No. 26 single, ‘I’d Really Love To See You Tonight.’ Seals who died on 25 March 2009 was the younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals.
1948
Ron Tyson (of The Temptations) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1946
Mexican drummer Adolpho De La Para with American band Canned Heat who had the 1970 UK No.2 & US No.26 single ‘Let’s Work Together’. He has also played with some of the greatest blues singers of our time including, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins and John Lee Hooker.
1946
Paul Wheatbread, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, who had the 1968 UK No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Young Girl’ as well as the hits ‘Woman, Woman’, ‘Over You’ and ‘Lady Willpower.’
1943
Creed Bratton, from Grass Roots, who had the 1968 US No.5 single ‘Midnight Confessions’, plus 13 other US Top 40 singles. He is more recently known for playing a fictional version of himself on The Office on NBC.
1942
Terry Melcher, who was behind hits by the Byrds, Ry Cooder and the Beach Boys. The son of actress Doris Day, he co-wrote ‘Kokomo’ for The Beach Boys, and produced ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ for the Byrds, as well as hits for The Mamas & the Papas. Melcher died on 19 November 2004 aged 62 after a long battle with skin cancer.
1941
Singer-songwriter Tom Rush is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wrote and recorded the folk-rock standard “No Regrets.”
1938
R&B singer Ray Sharpe is born in Fort Worth, Texas.
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