Born on this day in music, January 24th

1975
Paul Marazzi, singer with A1 who had the 2000 UK No.1 single, ‘Same Old Brand New You’.

1974
Christopher River Hesse, drummer with Hoobastank who scored the 2004 US No.2 hit ‘The Reason’.

1972
American singer, songwriter and musician Beth Hart. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single ‘LA Song (Out of This Town)’.

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1968
German singer Michael Kiske best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween.

1965
New Zealand musician Margaret Urlich, one of New Zealand’s most successful recording artists. Her debut solo album, Safety in Numbers, released in 1989, was highly successful and won Breakthrough Artist – Album at the 1991 ARIA Awards.

1963
Keech Rainwater, drummer with American country group Lonestar who had the 2000 US No.1 & UK No.21 single ‘Amazed’. Lonestar has charted more than 20 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, including 9 that reached No.1.

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1958
Jools Holland, English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, who was a founding member of Squeeze who had the 1979 UK No.2 single ‘Up The Junction’. Became a TV presenter on the long running UK music show The Tube and then the BBC music show Later… With Jools Holland. He also tours and releases records with the Jools Holland Big Band.

1954
Musician Glenn Worf is born in Dayton, Ohio. A multiple winner of the Academy of Country Music’s Top Bass award, he plays on several hundred hits by Alan Jackson, George Strait, Faith Hill, Toby Keith and Martina McBride, among others. In addition, he co-produces hits by Miranda Lambert and David Nail

1953
American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Matthew Wilder. He was one-half of the Greenwich Village folk rock group Matthew & Peter in the 1970s and scored the 1984 solo hit single ‘Break My Stride’. As a producer Wilder has worked with No Doubt, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, and Miley Cyrus.

1949
John Belushi, actor and singer who played Joliet ‘Jake’ Blues in The Blues Brothers who had the 1990 UK No.12 single ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’. Belushi died of a drug overdose on 5th March 1982.

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1947
American singer, songwriter Warren Zevon. During the early 1970s, Zevon toured regularly with the Everly Brothers as keyboard player, band leader, and musical coordinator. During his career recorded over 15 solo albums. He is best known for his 1978 single ‘Werewolves Of London’ taken from his third studio album Excitable Boy. Zevon died on September 7th 2003 aged 56.

1941
English singer-songwriter, and virtuosic guitar player Michael Chapman. He became well known in the folk clubs of the late 1960s, as well as on the ‘progressive’ music scene, and released over 50 albums. He died on 10 September 2021 at the age of 80.

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1941
Aaron Neville, singer with The Neville Brothers who had the 1966 US No.2 single ‘Tell It.

1941
Neil Diamond, singer, songwriter. Had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Cracklin’ Rose’ plus over 30 other US & 10 UK Top 40 singles. Wrote ‘I’m A Believer’, the No.1 for The Monkees. Many acts from Elvis Presley, Lulu and Deep Purple have all covered his songs. With his 2008 album ‘Home Before Dark’ Diamond became the oldest artist to have a US number one, the record was previously held by Bob Dylan in 2006 with ‘Modern Times’.

1941
American country and pop singer-songwriter Ray Stevens, who had the Grammy-winning 1970 US No.1 & UK No.6 single ‘Everything Is Beautiful’ and scored the 1974 US & UK No.1 single ‘The Streak’. He has worked as a producer, music arranger, songwriter, television host, and solo artist; and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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1936
Canadian rock ‘n roll singer Jack Scott is born Giovanni Domenico Scafone, Jr. in Windsor, Ontario. Scott died December 12, 2019.

1936
Doug Kershaw is born in Tiel Ridge, Louisiana. An influential Cajun singer and fiddler, he hits country’s Top 10 with brother Rusty Kershaw in 1961 with “Louisiana Man”.

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1933
Zeke Carey, singer with The Flamingos. They had the 1959 US No.11 single ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’ which was a 1975 UK No.1 hit for Art Garfunkel. Carey died on 24th December 1999.

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