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Born Today In Music, February 27th
1981
Josh Groban, US singer, who had the 2002 US No.7 & UK No.28 album ‘Josh Groban’ and the 2004 US No.1 album ‘Closer’. Groban was America’s top selling artist of 2007.
1973
Peter Andre, singer and former actor and reality TV star who had the 1996 UK No.1 single ‘I Feel You’, and the 1996 UK No. 1 album ‘Natural’.
1971
Rozonda Thomas, Chilli, singer with American girl group TLC. They scored nine top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four No.1 singles, ‘Creep’, ‘Waterfalls’, ‘No Scrubs’, and ‘Unpretty’. Their 1999 US No.1 album Fanmail spent 57 weeks on the UK chart. Having sold over 65 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group.
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1964
Derek McKenzie from British group The Shamen who had the 1992 UK No.1 single ‘Ebeneezer Goode’.
1964
Ewan Venal, from Scottish group Deacon Blue who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Real Gone Kid’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
1960
Paul Humphreys, keyboards and vocals with Liverpool duo Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark who released their debut single, ‘Electricity, in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song ‘Enola Gay’.
1959
Johnny Roy Van Zant, American musician and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of the late Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant.
1957
Adrian Smith, guitarist with English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, who had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single ‘Bring Your Daughter …To The Slaughter’. Iron Maiden have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.
1955
Gary Christian, singer with English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Harvest For The World’. The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up.
1954
American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist, Neal Schon with Journey who had the 1982 US No.2 single ‘Open Arms’. Schon was also a member of Santana, who had the 1977 UK No.11 single ‘She’s Not There’.
1951
English singer and songwriter Steve Harley best known as the frontman with Cockney Rebel who had the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Make Me Smile, (Come Up And See Me’) as well as hits with ‘Mr Soft’ and ‘Judy Teen’. Harley has released over five solo albums and has also worked as a radio presenter.
1950
Robert Balderrama, from American group ? & The Mysterians who had the 1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single ’96 Tears’. (which was also a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990).
1948
Eddie Gray from American rock band, Tommy James & The Shondells who had the 1966 US No.1 single ‘Hanky Panky’, the 1968 UK No.1 single ‘Mony Mony’ and the hit ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’.
1947
British musical arranger and keyboard player Louis Clark. He was the conductor of the orchestra and choir hired to back Electric Light Orchestra’s sound, introduced on their album Eldorado in 1974. and arranged string arrangements for the studio albums Eldorado, Face the Music, A New World Record, Out of the Blue, Discovery and Xanadu.
1927
American singer Guy Mitchell. Successful in his homeland the UK and Australia he sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles. His biggest hit, ‘Singing the Blues’, was No.1 for 10 weeks in 1956. At age 11 Mitchell was signed by Warner Brothers Pictures, to be a child star, and performed on the radio on KFWB in Los Angeles, California. Mitchell died on July 1st 1999.
1910
Trinidadian pianist Winifred Atwell who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a No.1 hit in the UK Singles Chart (with the 1954 ‘Let’s Have Another Party’) and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so. She died on 28 February 1983 age 69.
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