Born Today In Music, February 23rd

1986
American singer, songwriter Skylar Grey. She co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna’s hit single, ‘Love the Way You Lie’ and has written songs for Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Nick Jonas, Celine Dion and CeeLo Green. Her 2013 album Don’t Look Down reached the top 10 on the US chart.

1973
Olaf Lasse Johansson keyboards with Swedish rock band The Cardigans who had the 1997 UK No.2 single ‘Lovefool’ which was included in the soundtrack to the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet.

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1972
Country music singer Stephen Kyle Holy was born in Dallas, Texas, as the youngest of eight children. In 2001, Holy reached Number One for the first time with “Good Morning Beautiful,” a selection from the soundtrack to the film Angel Eyes.

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1967
Chris Vrenna, Grammy-winning producer, engineer, worked with Tweaker, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, U2, Weezer, David Bowie, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Marilyn Manson and the Japanese rock band Dir en grey.

1963
Rob Collins, keyboards with British indie group The Charlatans who had the 1990 UK No.9 single ‘The Only One I Know’. In 1992 Collins was arrested and charged with armed robbery on an off-licence near his home and was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment. Collins was killed in a car crash 23rd July 1996.

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1962
Michael Wilton, American heavy metal and hard rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a lead and rhythm guitarist in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982.

1958
David Sylvian singer with British group Japan who had the 1982 UK 5 single ‘Ghosts’. Sylvian also works as a solo artist.

1957
Patrick Francfort, singer with The Gibson Brothers who had success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best known hit singles included ‘Cuba’ and ‘Que Sera Mi Vida’. He died on 4 April 2020 from Covid-19 age 64.

1955
English musician, singer and songwriter Howard Jones, who had the 1983 UK No.2 single ‘What Is Love’, plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles. His 1984 album Human’s Lib spent over a year on the UK chart. He also scored the 1986 US No.4 single ‘No One Is To Blame’. Jones has also been a member of Ringo Starr’s All Star Band.

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1955
Zeke Manyika, (born in Zimbabwe) drummer, vocalist and songwriter. With Orange Juice he had the 1983 UK No.8 single ‘Rip It Up’. He also worked with The Style Council (‘Speak Like a Child’ and ‘A Solid Bond in Your Heart’) and later toured with Paul Weller.

1952
American musician Brad Whitford, guitarist with Aerosmith who scored the 1989 UK No.13 single ‘Love In An Elevator’. They had the 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US No. 1 & UK No. 4 single ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’, Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

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1948
Steve Priest, bassist with English group Sweet, who had the 1973 UK No.1 single ‘Blockbuster’, plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Sweet scored four top-ten hits in the US: ‘Little Willy‘, ‘Ballroom Blitz’, ‘Fox On The Run’, and ‘Love Is Like Oxygen’. He died on 4 June 2020 at the age of 72.

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1946
American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Rusty Young, with American group Poco who had the 1979 US No.17 single ‘Crazy Love’. A virtuoso on pedal steel guitar, Young was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2013. He died of a heart attack on 14 April 2021 at the age of 75.

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1944
English songwriter and guitarist Mike Maxfield from Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas, who had the 1964 UK No.1 & US N0.7 single ‘Little Children’.

1944
American singer and guitarist Johnny Winter who worked with his brother Edger Winter and Rick Derringer. He produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. Winter died at the age of 70 on 16 July 2014 in Zurich, just days after playing at the Lovely Days Festival in Austria.

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1942
Steve Barri, American songwriter and record producer. He produced such huge hits as ‘Dizzy’ by Tommy Roe and with P. F. Sloan, he was responsible for the success of The Grass Roots and contributed largely to the band’s first album. They co-produced the global hit version of Sloan’s song ‘Eve of Destruction’ a 1965 US No. 1 by Barry McGuire. As a member of Rhythm Heritage he had the 1976 US No. 1 single ‘Theme from S.W.A.T.’

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