Born on this day in music, January 25th

Calum Hood
Calum Hood from 5 Seconds Of Summer who had a No.1 UK hit with ‘She Looks So Perfect’, and their debut album was a US No.1 and UK No.2. 5 Seconds of Summer were also the first Australian act to achieve a US No.1 album with their debut album.

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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys, American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook). Scored the 2001 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Fallin’ and the 2001 US No.1 & UK No.7 album ‘Songs In A Minor’. Keys has sold over 25 million albums and singles worldwide and won numerous awards, including nine Grammys.

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Christian Ingebrigtsen
Christian Ingebrigtsen, singer with pop group A1 who had the 2000 UK No.1 single, ‘Same Old Brand New You’.

Carl Fysh
Carl Fysh, vocals, Brother Beyond who had the 1988 UK No. 2 single ‘The Harder I Try’.

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Peter Coyle
Peter Coyle from the English new wave band The Lotus Eaters who had the 1983 UK No.15 single ‘First Picture Of You’ which was a hit in continental Europe, notably France, Italy, Belgium and Spain.

Gary Tibbs
Gary Tibbs bassist who has worked with Roxy Music and Adam And The Ants who had the 1981 UK No.1 single ‘Stand And Deliver’ plus 15 other Top 40 UK singles.

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Andy Cox
Andy Cox, guitarist with British band The Beat who had the 1983 UK No.3 single ‘Can’t Get Used To Losing You’. Also a member of Fine Young Cannibals who had the 1989 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘She Drives Me Crazy’.

Robert Finch
Robert Finch, singer with American disco and funk group KC and the Sunshine Band who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘That’s The Way, I Like It‘, and the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Give It Up’.

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Malcolm Green
Malcolm Green, drummer from New Zealand group Split Enz who had the 1980 UK No.12 single ‘I Got You’. Split Enz had ten albums (including seven studio albums) reach the top ten of the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

Michael Cotten
Michael Cotten, synthesizer, The Tubes who had the 1977 UK No.28 single ‘White Punks On Dope’ and the 1983 US No.10 single ‘She’s A Beauty’.

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John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke, ‘Bard of Salford’, Manchester, poet laureate. Well known for ‘Kung Fu International’, ‘I Married A Monster From Outer Space’, ‘The Day My Pad Went Mad’.

Etta James
Etta James, singer, who had 9 US Top 40 hits during the 60s including the 1996 UK No.5 single ‘I Just Want To Make Love To You’. James died on January 20, 2012.

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Stig Anderson
Swedish songwriter, producer and ABBA’s manager Stig Anderson. He co-wrote some of ABBA’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’. During the 1960s he was one of Sweden’s most prolific songwriters, producing more than 3,000 published titles. Anderson died of a heart attack on 12th Sept 1997.

Ewan MacColl
Folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer Ewan MacColl, who was the composer of ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ a hit for Roberta Flack in 1971 for which he won a Grammy. MacColl died on 22nd October 1989. He was the father of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl.

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