Born on January 3rd in music

Born on this day in music January 3rd

1980 – Kurt Vile
Mellow rocker Kurt Vile is born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

1975 – Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter, French electronic musician with Daft Punk, 1997 UK No.5 single ‘Around The World’, remixed Gabrielle, Chemical Brothers. Scored the 2013 UK No.1 hit ‘Get Lucky’ featuring Pharrell Williams.

1964 – Raymond McGinley
Raymond McGinley, guitar & vocals, Teenage Fanclub, 1992 UK No.31 single ‘What You Do To Me.’

1946 – John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones, bass, keyboards, producer with Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single Whole Lotta Love. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. As a session player in the 1960s he worked with The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Donovan, Jeff Beck, Hermans Hermits, Lulu, Tom Jones. In recent years Jones has worked with R.E.M. on 1992 Automatic For The People album and is a member of Them Crooked Vultures.

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

1946 – Robert John
Robert John, American singer-songwriter best known for his 1979 US No.1 hit single, ‘Sad Eyes’. He also had a No. 3 hit with a cover version of The Tokens’ 1961 hit, ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, in 1972.

1945 – Stephen Stills
American singer, songwriter Stephen Stills who was a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Manassas, is born in Dallas, Texas. With CS&N he had the 1969 UK No.17 single ‘Marrakesh Express’ and the 1970 US No.1 album Deja Vu plus the 1971 solo UK No.37 single ‘Love The One Your With.’ Stills’s first solo album, Stephen Stills, (1970) went gold and is the only album to feature both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

1943 – Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks, US songwriter, producer. Worked with Brian Wilson on the ‘Smile’ album, played keyboards on The Byrds ‘Eight Miles High’, produced Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, Judy Collins.

1941 – Jeff Gutcheon
Keyboard player Jeff Gutcheon is born in New York City. In addition to working with Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian, he helps create the Fats Waller Broadway revue “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and plays on Willie Nelson’s country hit “Uncloudy Day”

1926 – George Martin
Sir George Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He worked as EMI records in-house record producer and became the so-called fifth Beatle. Martin produced all but one of The Beatles albums giving him 30 No.1 hit singles in the UK and 23 No.1 hits in the US. He also worked with comedy acts The Goons and Beyond The Fringe. Martin received a Knighthood in 1996. He died on March 8 2016 aged 90.

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

1917 – Leon McAuliffe
Leon McAuliffe is born in Houston. He plays steel guitar for Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys from 1935-1942, then earns an instrumental hit on his own in 1949 with “Panhandle Rag.” His Wills credits include “Right Or Wrong” and “Cherokee Maiden”

1916 – Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews from The Andrews Sisters who were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Throughout their long career, the sister’s sold over 75 million records. Their 1941 hit ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ can be considered an early example of rhythm and blues. She died on 21 October 1995.