Born Today In Music January 2nd

1993 – Bryson Tiller
Bryson Tiller, American singer, songwriter and rapper. His debut single, ‘Don’t’, peaked at No.13 on the US chart.

1981 – Kelton Kessee
Kelton “Little Drummer Boy” Kessee (drummer for Immature) is born in Los Angeles, California. He gets his first drum kit at age 6.

1975 – Douglas Seann Robb
Douglas Seann Robb, Hoobastank, 2004 US No.2 hit ‘The Reason’.

1975 – Chris Cheney
Australian rock musician Chris Cheney, the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist of the psychobilly band, The Living End. At the APRA Awards of 2009 Cheney won ‘Song of the Year’ for writing The Living End’s track, ‘White Noise’.

1967 – Robert Gregory
Robert Gregory, drummer from British indie band Babybird, who had the 996 UK No.3 single ‘You’re Gorgeous’, and the 1996 UK No. 9 album Ugly Beautiful.

1963 – Keith Gregory
Keith Gregory, bassist from British indie rock group The Wedding Present. During 1992 they released one single every month giving them 12 Top 30 hits, making them the only group to score more than 10 new hits in one year.

1957 – Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton, US country singer, scored 10 country No.1’s, including duets with Dolly Parton and Brenda Lee.

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1954 – Glenn Gones
Glenn Goins, a singer and guitarist for Parliament-Funkadelic in the mid-1970s. He died on 29 July 1978 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, aged 24.

1946 – Richard Cole
English music manager Richard Cole. He is most known for having been the tour manager of Led Zeppelin from 1968 to 1980. He was the author of the book called Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored. He died age 75 on 2 December 2021.

1946 – Chick Churchill
Chick Churchill, keyboards, Ten Years After, 1970 UK No.10 single ‘Love Like A Man.’

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1936 – Roger Miller
Roger Miller singer, guitarist and TV star. (1965 UK No.1 & US No.4 single ‘King Of The Road’). He won four Grammy awards in 1965 including Best Country & Western Album. Roger died of lung cancer on October 25th 1991, aged 56. Scottish duo The Proclaimers had the 1990 UK No.9 hit with their version of ‘King Of The Road.’

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1931 – Frank Marocco
American piano-accordionist, arranger and composer Frank Marocco. He worked together with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, and performed on the 1966 classic album Pet Sounds.

1930 – Julius La Rosa
Pop singer Julius La Rosa – known for ’50s hits like “Anywhere I Wander” and “Eh Cumpari” – is born in Brooklyn, New York.

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