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Born on this day in music, January 11th
11 Jan 1985
Newton Faulkner, UK singer, songwriter, (2007 UK No.1 album ‘Hand Built By Robots’, 2007 UK Top 10 single ‘Dream Catch Me’).
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11 Jan 1981
Thomas Meighan, lead singer, Kasabian, (2005 UK No.8 single ‘Cutt Off’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Empire’). Kasabian won a Brit Award in 2010 for Best British Group.
11 Jan 1981
Jamelia, UK R&B singer, (2003, UK No.4 album ‘Thank You’).
11 Jan 1971
Mary Jane Blige, American R&B soul singer, songwriter, actress. (1997 US No.1 album, ‘Share My World’, 1999 UK No.4 single’ ‘As’, 2001 US No.1 single, ‘Family Affair’, 2006 US No.1 album ‘The Breakthrough’). Blige has sold over 60 million records world-wide and is known as the ‘Queen of hip-hop soul.’
11 Jan 1971
Tom Rowlands, from English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers who had the 1996 UK No.1 single ‘Setting Sun’, and the 2007 UK No.1 album We Are The Night.
11 Jan 1968
Tom Dumont, No Doubt, (1997 UK No.1 single ‘Don’t Speak’).
11 Jan 1958
Vicki Peterson, guitar, vocals, The Bangles, (1986 UK No.2 single with the Prince song ‘Manic Monday’, 1986 US No.1 single ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’).
11 Jan 1956
Big Bank Hank (Henry Lee Jackson), rapper from The Sugarhill Gang who were the first hip hop act to have a hit with the cross-over single ‘Rapper’s Delight’ in the pop charts in 1979. He died on Nov 11th 2014 aged 58 from kidney complications due to cancer.
11 Jan, 1956
Singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen is born in Houston. His rough-cut sound and unique songwriting make him a favorite on the Texas red-dirt circuit, and he appears in the soundtrack to “Happy, Texas”
11 Jan 1952
Lee Ritenour, American jazz guitarist. When he was 16 he played on his first recording session with the Mamas & the Papas. In 1979, he “was brought in to beef up” one of Pink Floyd’s The Wall’s heaviest rock numbers, ‘Run Like Hell’. He has worked with many artists including: Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Glen Campbell and Roberta Flack.
11 Jan 1951
American rock singer and guitarist Charlie Huhn. He has worked with many artists including, Ted Nugent, Gary Moore, Trevor Rabin, Humble Pie and Foghat.
11 Jan 1949
Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite, lead vocalist of Sherbet who scored 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including two No.1 hits. ‘Howzat (1976) was also a top 5 UK hit.
11 Jan 1949
Frederick Dennis Greene, who was a member of Sha Na Na, the US rock ‘n’ roll group. Sha Na Na hosted the Sha Na Na syndicated variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981.
11 Jan 1948
Welsh rock drummer Terry Williams, who has worked with Dire Straits, Dave Edmunds’ band Love Sculpture, Graham Parker, Man, Nick Lowe, The Everly Brothers, Tina Turner and others.
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11 Jan 1946
American country music singer Naomi Judd. With her daughter, Wynonna Judd, she formed the highly successful singing duo known as the Judds. They scored twenty top-10 country hits (including fifteen at No.1) and went undefeated for eight consecutive years at all three major country music awards shows. In addition, the duo won five Grammy Awards. She died on 30 April 2022 age 76.
11 Jan 1946
English keyboardist, songwriter, producer and manager Tony Kaye. He was a founding member of the rock band Yes and later played in Badfinger.
11 Jan 1942
Clarence Clemons, also known as The Big Man, saxophonist with E Street Band, (1987 UK No.16 single Born To Run). He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with “You’re a Friend of Mine,” a duet with Jackson Browne and as an actor Clemons featured in several films, including New York, New York and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Clemons died from complications caused by a stroke on June 18, 2011.
11 Jan, 1936
Guitarist Jody Payne is born in Garrard County, Kentucky. He joins Willie Nelson’s band in November 1973, playing on such hits as “Whiskey River,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “All Of Me” and “Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground”
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11 Jan 1933
American country music singer Goldie Hill. She became one of the first women to reach the top of the country music charts with her 1953 No.1 hit, ‘I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes’. Along with Kitty Wells, she helped set the standard for later women in country music. Hill died from complications of cancer on 24 Feb 2005.
11 Jan 1924
American blues musician Slim Harpo. His most successful and influential recordings included ‘I’m a King Bee’ (1957), ‘Rainin’ In My Heart’ (1961), and ‘Baby Scratch My Back’ (1966). A master of the blues harmonica, his stage name was derived from the popular nickname for that instrument, the “harp”. He died of a heart attack on 31 January 1970 aged 46.
11 Jan 1895
Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ. The sound of the Hammond was used by many rock artists including; Procol Harum, Keith Emerson, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band and the Faces. Hammond died on 3rd July 1973.
11 Jan, 1911
Tommy Duncan is born in Hillsboro, Texas. As a vocalist for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys from 1935-1947, he sings on their signature song, “San Antonio Rose,” and writes “Stay A Little Longer” and “Take Me Back To Tulsa”
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