Born on this day in music, January 4th

4 Jan 1989
Timothy McKenzie, better known by his stage name Labrinth, British musician, singer, songwriter, rapper who had the 2012 UK No.1 single with Emeli Sandé ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’.

4 Jan 1983
Ben Spivak singer and musician from Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! that had the 2014 US and UK No.1 hit single ‘Rude’, from their 2014 US Top 10 album Don’t Kill the Magic.

4 Jan 1977
Tim Wheeler, Northern Irish guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist from alternative rock band Ash who scored the 1995 UK No.11 single ‘Girl From Mars’ and the 1996 UK No.1 album 1977.

4 Jan 1974
American record producer, songwriter, Christopher Alan “Tricky” Stewart, who is noted for producing many hip hop, R&B and pop chart topping singles, often with The-Dream. Some of Stewart’s record breaking singles are: Beyonce’s “Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”, Rihanna “Umbrella”, Justin Bieber “Baby”, Britney Spears “Me Against the Music”, Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body” and Nicole Scherzinger’s “Your Love”.

4 Jan 1967
Ben Darvill, harmonica, with Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies best known internationally for their 1993 single ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’.

4 Jan 1966
Deana Kay Carter, country music singer-songwriter who broke through in 1996 with the release of her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over 5 million. Born in Nashville,TN.

4 Jan 1965
Beth Gibbons, vocals, Portishead, (1995 UK No.13 single ‘Glory Box’).

4 Jan 1965
Cait O’Riordan, from Irish-British Celtic punk band The Pogues who scored the 1987 UK No.8 single ‘The Irish Rover’ and the 1987 UK No.2 single with Kirsty MaCcoll, ‘Fairytale Of New York’.

4 Jan 1965
David Glasper, Breathe, (1988 US No.2 & UK No.4 single ‘Hands To Heaven’).

4 Jan 1962
Martin Mcaloon, bassist from English English pop band Prefab Sprout who had the 1988 UK No.7 single ‘The King Of Rock ‘n’ Roll’.

4 Jan 1962
Scottish musician, songwriter Robin Guthrie, from Cocteau Twins. The group released the album Heaven or Las Vegas in late 1990 which became the most commercially successful of their many recordings.

4 Jan 1962
Till Lindemann poet, lead vocalist for the German rock band Rammstein who formed in Berlin in 1994. Five of their albums reached No.1 on the German album charts.

4 Jan 1960
Michael Stipe, American singer, songwriter, musician, R.E.M. The band was pivotal in the creation and development of the alternative rock genre. They scored the 1991 UK No.6 & US No.10 single ‘Shiny Happy People’ plus over 20 Top 40 UK singles, and the 1992 UK No.1 & US No.2 album Automatic For The People.

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4 Jan 1958
American musician Lorna Doom. She was the bass guitarist for the punk rock band the Germs. Their music was influential to many later punk rock acts. Germs guitarist Pat Smear went on to achieve greater fame performing with Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Doom died on 16 January 2019 of cancer age 61.

4 Jan 1958
Marcel King, singer from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single ‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’.

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4 Jan 1957
Patty Loveless is born Patty Lee Ramey in Pikeville, Kentucky. Her professional surname takes inspiration from her former married name, Lovelace.

4 Jan 1956
Bernard Sumner, guitar, vocals, Warsaw, Joy Division, (1980 UK No.13 single ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’), New Order, (1983 UK No.9 single ‘Blue Monday’), Electronic, (1991 UK No.8 single ‘Get The Message’),

4 Jan 1956
Nels Cline, guitarist from American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (The Album).

4 Jan 1955
Clive Gregson, singer, songwriter, and leader of late 70s Stiff Records band Any Trouble, and later one half of Gregson & Collister folk duo. His songs have been covered by Kim Carnes, Norma Waterson, Jimmy Buffett and Nanci Griffith. Gregson is now a member of The Guilty Men.

4 Jan 1955
American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter and musical director, Brian Ray, best known for his work as a rhythm guitarist and bassist with Paul McCartney.

4 Jan 1955
Mark Hollis, English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band Talk Talk. Hollis wrote or co-wrote most of Talk Talk’s music, including hits like ‘It’s My Life’ (1984) and ‘Life’s What You Make It’ (1986). He died aged 64 on 25 February 2019.

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4 Jan 1946
Arthur Conley, US soul singer, known for the 1967 US No.2 & UK No.7 single ‘Sweet Soul Music. He first recorded in 1959 as the lead singer of Arthur & the Corvets. Conley died of cancer on 17th November 2003.

4 Jan 1942
British guitarist John McLaughlin, who formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra and has also worked with Carlos Santana, Stanley Clark and Jaco Pastorius. Prior to the Mahavishnu Orchestra, in the 1960s, he played with Alexis Korner, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, the Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger. In 1969 he moved to New York to join Tony Williams’ Lifetime. On March 25th of that year he jammed with Jimi Hendrix at the Record Plant, recalling ‘we played from 2 until 8 in the morning. In 2010, Jeff Beck called McLaughlin ‘the best guitarist alive’.

4 Jan 1937
American songwriter and record producer William ‘Mickey’ Stevenson. He was head of the Motown A&R department in the mid-1960s and was responsible for organizing the company’s in-house studio band, which came to be known as the Funk Brothers.

4 Jan 1937
John Gorman, singer, The Scaffold, (1968 Christmas UK No.1 single ‘Lily The Pink’).

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