Born Today In Music, February 24th

1989 – Trace Cyrus
American musician Trace Cyrus the son of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and brother of recording artists Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus. He is the backing vocalist and guitarist of the band Metro Station.

1974 – Noah
American musician Noah “Wuv” Bernardo Jr, founding member of the multi-platinum selling, San Diego based band P.O.D.

1974 – Chad Hugo
American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Chad Hugo, one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes. His partner is Pharrell Williams, who has produced numerous No.1 hits for Mystikal, Jay-Z, *NSYNC, Britney Spears and Nelly.

1973 – Chris Fehn
Chris Fehn, American musician, best known as one of the two custom percussionists of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot.

1962 – Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked, American singer songwriter, 1988 single ‘Anchorage’. She had the track ‘Quality of Mercy’ featured on the soundtrack for the film Dead Man Walking.

1959 – Colin Farley
Colin Farley, British bassist with Cutting Crew who had the 1987 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single ‘I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight’.

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1950 – George Thorogood
George Thorogood, American musician, singer and songwriter. His high-energy boogie-blues sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs ‘Bad to the Bone‘ and ‘I Drink Alone’.

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1948 – Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman, British singer, actor who had the1980 UK No.3 single with the theme from UK TV show ‘Minder’, ‘I Could Be So Good For You’.

1947 – Rupert Holmes
British-American composer, singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, who had the 1980 US No.1 & UK No. 23 single ‘Escape, (The Pina Colada Song)’.

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1947 – Lonnie Turner
Lonnie Turner, American bassist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single ‘The Joker’, the 1976 hit ‘Fly Like an Eagle’ and the 1982 US No.1 hit ‘Abracadabra’.

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1944 – Nicky Hopkins
English pianist and organist Nicky Hopkins, who worked with The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Who and The Small Faces. Along with Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, Hopkins released the 1972 album Jamming with Edward! Hopkins died on 6 September 1994 age 50.

1942 – Paul Jones
English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter Paul Jones, from British group Manfred Mann who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy‘. Jones is also a member of The Blues Band.

1941 – Joanie Sommers
Joanie Sommers is born Joan Drost in Buffalo, New York.

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