Born on this day in music, January 28th

1987
Rowan Harrington better known by his stage name Secondcity, American-born British DJ and producer, best known for his 2014 song ‘I Wanna Feel’, which peaked at No.1 on the UK Singles Chart.

1985
J Cole, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Cole is regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Cole also acts as a producer alongside his rap career, producing singles for artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Janet Jackson.

1980
Nicolas Carter singer with American boy band Backstreet Boys who had the 1997 US No.2 single ‘Quit Playing Games With My Heart’, and the 1999 UK No.1 single ‘I Want It That Way’.

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1977
Joseph Fatone, singer from American boy band *NSYNC. Among the group’s singles, ‘Bye Bye Bye’, ‘This I Promise You’, ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ reached the top 10 in several international charts. The group’s second album, No Strings Attached, sold over one million copies in one day.

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1976
Rick Ross (William Leonard Roberts II), American hip-hop artist who had the 2006 US No.1 with his debut album ‘Port of Miami’.

1975
Lee Latchford-Evans, singer with British dance-pop group Steps. Between 1997 and 2001 Steps scored two No.1 singles in the UK, two No.1 albums and 14 consecutive top 5 singles in the UK.

1968
Lawrence Muggerud, DJ Muggs with Cypress Hill who had the 1993 UK No.15 single ‘I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That’, and the 1993 US No.1 album ‘Black Sunday’.

1968
Canadian musician singer songwriter, Sarah McLachlan, who had the 1997 US No.2 album ‘Surfacing’. McLachlan who has sold over 40 million albums worldwide is the organiser of the Lilith Fair US tour.

1959
Dave Sharpe, guitarist and singer with The Alarm who had the 1983 UK No.17 single ’68 Guns’.

1951
William Nelson the original bassist for Funkadelic. He left the group in late 1971 after a financial dispute with George Clinton. Nelson later played with The Commodores, Chairmen of the Board, Jermaine Jackson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and The Temptations.

1949
American singer, songwriter, and record producer Gene McFadden, best known as half of the Philly soul team McFadden & Whitehead. The duo who were discovered by Otis Redding, who acted as their manager had the 1979 hit ‘Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now’, which sold more than 8 million copies and was nominated for a Grammy Award. McFadden died of cancer on 27 January 2006 at the age of 56.

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1946
Rick Allen bassist with The Box Tops who had the 1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘The Letter’.

1945
Robert Wyatt multi instrumentalist who was a member of Soft Machine. As a solo artist Wyatt scored the 1983 UK No.35 single ‘Shipbuilding’. During an alcohol-fuelled party in London in 1983, an inebriated Wyatt fell from a fourth floor window. He was paralyzed from the waist down and consequently uses a wheelchair.

1943
Dick Taylor, English musician, best known as the guitarist and founder member of the Pretty Things who had the 1964 UK No.10 single ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. They took their name from Willie Dixon’s 1955 song ‘Pretty Thing’.

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1941
King Tubby, reggae producer who has worked with Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar and Carlton Barrett. He was killed on 6th February 1989 after being shot in the street outside his home.

1936
Country singer Bill Phillips, known for the 1966 hit “Put It Off Until Tomorrow,” is born in Canton, North Carolina. Died August 23, 2010.

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1929
Bernard Stanley Bilk, (Acker Bilk), bandleader who had the 1962 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Stranger On The Shore’. He died on 2nd Nov 2014.

1927
American trumpet player and session musician Roy Caton who worked with Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, Harpers Bizarre, The Byrds, Love, (Forever Changes), The Righteous Brothers and The Beach Boys, (Pet Sounds). Caton died on July 29, 2010 aged 83.

1927
Ronnie Scott, jazz musician. Formed his own nine-piece group in 1953 and opened the first Ronnie Scott’s night club in London in 1959 where he presented the cream of the world’s jazz musicians at the club. He died on December 23rd 1996.

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