Born on this day in music, January 6th

1999
American rapper, singer, songwriter Polo G. His second studio album, The Goat (2020), peaked at No.2 on the Billboard chart and charted ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

1986
Alex Turner, guitar, vocals, with English rock band Arctic Monkeys who had the 2005, UK No.1 single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not. The band has won six Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Turner has also recorded with his side-project The Last Shadow Puppets.

1985
Ben Haenow, British singer. He won the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014. His debut single, a cover of OneRepublic’s ‘Something I Need’, debuted at No.1 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2014 Christmas No.1.

1964
Mark O’Toole, bassist with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the British band who formed in Liverpool and had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Relax’. The single eventually sold 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart’s history. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasure dome, reached No.1 in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million.

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1960
Muzz Skillings, bass, Living Colour, (1991 UK No.12 single ‘Love Rears Its Ugly Head’).

1959
Neil Simpson (bass player for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England. At age four, he receives a toy guitar featuring a picture of The Beatles.

1959
Kathy Sledge, singer, Sister Sledge, (1979 US No.2 single ‘We Are Family’, 1985 UK No.1 ‘Frankie’).

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1953
Malcolm Young, guitarist with Australian rock band,AC/DC who had the 1980 UK hit single ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’. Their 1980 UK No.1 & US No.14 album Back In Black has sold over 49 million copies. Young died on 18 November 2017 age 64.

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1951
American blues singer and harmonica player Kim Wilson best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s, ‘Tuff Enuff’ and ‘Wrap It Up.’ Wilson has also released a string of solo albums.

1947
Sandy Denny, UK folk singer and member of Fairport Convention. She died on April 21st 1978 after falling down the stairs at a friend’s house. She sang on the Fairport Convention 1969 UK No.21 single ‘Si Tu Dois Partir’ and also worked as a solo artist. She is featured on the Led Zeppelin track ‘Battle Of Evermore’ on the bands fourth album.

1946
Syd Barrett guitarist, singer, songwriter with Pink Floyd. Barrett, who was a co-founding member, left Floyd in 1968. He released 2 solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion for more than 30 years, enjoying life as an artist and a keen gardener. Pink Floyd wrote many tributes to him after he left, the best-known being Shine On You Crazy Diamond. Barrett died, aged 60, on 7th July 2006 from complications arising from diabetes.

1944
Van McCoy, singer and producer, who had a 1975 US No.1 and UK No.3 single with ‘The Hustle’. He also produced Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. McCoy died on July 6th 1979 aged 38.

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1940
Brazilian musician and producer Laudir de Oliveira mostly renowned for his time as percussionist with the band Chicago. De Oliveira died of a heart attack on 17 September 2017 at the age of 77 while performing onstage in his native Rio de Janeiro.

1937
American singer Doris Troy. She was a session singer with Dionne Warwick, sang on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and released an album on The Beatles Apple label. She had a 1964 UK No.37 single with ‘Whatcha Gonna Do About It’ and the 1963 US No. 10 hit ‘Just One Look’. She sang back-up for many acts including The Rolling Stones, (‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’), Carly Simon’s (‘You’re So Vain’) and George Harrison, (‘My Sweet Lord’). Troy died on 16 February 2004.

1935
Nino Tempo, US singer, songwriter, Nino Tempo and April Stevens had the 1963 US No.1 ‘Deep Purple’, a No.17 hit in the UK.

1934
Country musician Bobby Lord is born in Sanford, Florida, but is raised in Tampa. His biggest hit on the country chart is “Without Your Love” (1956) at #10.

1929
Wilbert Harrison, singer, 1959 US No.1 single ‘Kansas City.’ Wrote ‘Let’s Work Together’ a hit for Canned Heat and Bryan Ferry. Died on October 26, 1994.

1924
Earl Scruggs the American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style (now called Scruggs style). Worked with Bill Monroe in the Blue Grass Boys. Scruggs scored the hit as Flatt and Scruggs with ‘The Ballad of Jed Clampett’ for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies in 1962. Scruggs died from natural causes on March 28, 2012, in a Nashville hospital.

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