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Born on this day in music, January 15th
1988
DJ/producer Skrillex is born Sonny Moore in Los Angeles.
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1981
Pitbull is born Armando Pérez in Miami.
1975
Belinda Chapple, Australian singer from Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, who had the 2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album.
1967
Lisa Velez, vocals, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, (1987 US No.1 single ‘Head To Toe’).
1965
Adam Jones, guitarist, from American rock band Tool who had the 2001 US No.1 album Lateralus.
1961
Damian O’Neill, guitar, The Undertones, (1980 UK No.9 single ‘My Perfect Cousin’).
1959
Peter Trewavas, bassist from British rock band Marillion who had the 1985 UK No.2 single ‘Kayleigh’. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a No.1 album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood.
1953
Douglas Elwin Erikson, Garbage, (1996 UK No. 4 single ‘Stupid Girl’).
1953
Boris Blank, Yello, (1988 UK No.7 single ‘The Race’).
1952
Melvyn Gale, cello, with Electric Light Orchestra, who had the 1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ plus 26 other Top 40 hits. ELO have sold over 50 million records worldwide.
1951
Biff Byford singer from English heavy metal band Saxon. As one of the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s.
1950
Josef Kappl is a Romanian-German multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who is best known as one of the oldest members and bass players in the Romanian rock band (Transsylvania) Phoenix, initially performing with this band in Communist Romania starting from 1971 up until 1979. In addition to his career with Trannsylvania Phoenix, Ioji is also a former member of the German rock bands Lake and Verstärkung.
1949
Bass player Lamar Williams is born in Gulfport, Mississippi. He joins The Allman Brothers Band following the death of original member Berry Oakley. Williams is an Allman at the time Conway Twitty releases “Boogie Grass Band,” a 1978 single that references the group
1948
Ronnie Van Zant, vocalist with Lynyrd Skynyrd who had the 1974 US No. 8 single ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and the 1982 UK No. 21 single ‘Freebird‘. Van Zant died in a plane crash between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 20th 1977 along with bandmates Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. Remaining band members survived, although all were seriously injured.
1944
Joan Marie Johnson from American pop music girl group The Dixie Cups best known for a string of hits including their 1964 million-selling record ‘Chapel of Love’, ‘People Say’, and ‘Iko Iko’. She died on 2 October 2016.
1942
Edward Bivens, vocals, The Manhattans, (1976 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘Kiss And Say Goodbye‘). Born in Macon, Georgia. Died December 3, 2014.
1941
Don Van Vliet, (Captain Beefheart), American musician, singer-songwriter and artist. Released the albums ‘Safe As Milk’, ‘Trout Mask Replica’, and ‘Strictly Personal’ with his Magic Band. His expressionist paintings and drawings have been exhibited in art galleries and museums across the world. Beefheart died on 17th Dec 2010 aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis.
1930
Blues guitarist Earl Hooker is born in Quitman County, Mississippi. Died April 21, 1970.
1916
Bandleader Hugh Gibb is born in Manchester, England. Three of his sons–Barry and twins Robin and Maurice Gibb–form the pop act The Bee Gees. The kids also collectively write country hits for Conway Twitty, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Rogers and Susie Allanson. Died March 6, 1992.
1893
Ivor Novello, songwriter & actor. Annual British music awards are named after him. Died 6th March 1951.
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