Born Today In Music, February 28th

1994
English singer and songwriter Jake Bugg, (born Jake Edwin Kennedy). His self-titled debut album, largely co-written with songwriters Iain Archer, Matt Prime and Crispin Hunt, was released in late 2012 and reached No.1 on the UK Albums Chart.

1986
Alex Tanas, musician, drummer, singer and songwriter from Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! who had the 2014 US and UK No.1 hit single ‘Rude’, from their 2014 US Top 10 album Don’t Kill the Magic.

1977
Jason Aldean, American country music singer, who has scored six No.1 singles on the country charts including the duet ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ with Kelly Clarkson, and the 2011 US County No.1 single ‘Dirt Road Anthem’.

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1971
English record producer, recording engineer and musician Nigel Godrich, best known for his work with Radiohead. He is a member of Atoms for Peace (with Thom Yorke) and Ultraísta. Other acts Godrich has worked with include Beck, Paul McCartney, U2, R.E.M., Pavement and Roger Waters.

1967
Marcus Lillington, guitars, keyboards with British group Breathe, who scored the 1997 US No. 2 single ‘Hands To Heaven’, (kept from the summit by ‘Roll with It’ by Steve Winwood). The song became a UK top 5 hit the following year.

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1957
Cindy Wilson, singer and founding member with American new wave rock band The B-52’s who had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single ‘Love Shack’. She sang with the Ramones in the early 1980s on the song ‘Chop Suey’, with Kate Pierson and Debbie Harry.

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1957
English musician, songwriter and record producer Ian Stanley. With Tears For Fears he had the 1985 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World‘ and played a key role in the making of their multi-platinum selling second album Songs from the Big Chair.

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1957
British drummer, songwriter and singer Phil Gould from Level 42, who had the 1986 UK No.3 & US No.12 single ‘Lessons In Love’ & 19 other UK Top 40 hits.

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1952
Eddie Manion, American saxophonist from the Jersey Shore group Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. As a session musician, he has recorded and toured, with, among others, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Diana Ross, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bon Jovi, Willy DeVille, Dave Edmunds, Little Steven, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, The Allman Brothers Band and Graham Parker.

1948
British musician and keyboardist, Geoff Nicholls, longtime member of Black Sabbath. He died on 28 January 2017 aged 68. Until his death, Nicholls played keyboards with former Sabbath singer Tony Martin, in his band Tony Martin’s Headless Cross.

1946
Don Ciccone, American singer, songwriter and musician. He was a member of both the Four Seasons and Tommy James and the Shondells. He died of a heart attack on 8 October 2016.

1945
Ronnie Rosman, 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’.

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1943
American rock musician Donnie Iris, guitarist. He wrote the No.2 Billboard hit, ‘The Rapper’, with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry who had the 1976 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Play That Funky Music‘. He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the hit ‘Ah! Leah!’

1942
English musician and composer Brian Jones, best known as the founder and original leader of The Rolling Stones. Jones placed an advertisement in Jazz News of 2 May 1962 inviting musicians to audition for a new R&B group. Jones came up with the name the Rollin’ Stones while on the phone with a venue owner, who asked ‘What are you called?’ Jones saw a copy of The Best Of Muddy Waters lying on the floor – and track one was Rollin’ Stone Blues. When Jones developed alcohol and drug problems, and he became increasingly unreliable, the Stones dismissed him in June 1969. Jones died on 3 July 1969, after drowning in his swimming pool.

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1942
Joe South, American singer, songwriter who had the 1969 US No.12 & UK No.6 single ‘Games People Play’. South started his career in July 1958 with the novelty hit ‘The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor’. He wrote ‘Rose Garden’, which was first released by Billy Joe Royal in 1967 and later became a 1970 hit for country music singer Lynn Anderson. South worked with Bob Dylan, (Blonde on Blonde), Simon And Garfunkel, (Sounds of Silence) and Aretha Franklin, (‘Chain of Fools’). He died of heart failure on 5 Sept 2012 aged 72.

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1941
American guitarist and singer Marty Sanders from Jay and the Americans, who had the 1962 hit with ‘She Cried’ and the 1969 US No.6 single ‘This Magic Moment’.

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1927
Don Helms, American steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player in Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys. Helms was a featured musician on over 100 Hank Williams recordings and went on to play on many classic country hits, including Patsy Cline’s ‘Walking After Midnight,’ and Loretta Lynn’s ‘Blue Kentucky Girl.’ He died on 11 August 2008 age 81.

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