Born on this day in music, January 5th

1976
Matthew Walter Wachter, bassist Angels & Airwaves, 30 Seconds to Mars who had the 2018 album America peak at No.2 on the US chart and No.4 in the UK.

1970
Troy Van Leeuwen, American guitarist, Queens of the Stone Age and A Perfect Circle, (their debut album Mer De Noms became the highest ever debut for a rock band, with 188,000 copies sold in its first week). Leeuwen is also a member of the supergroup Gone Is Gone and has fronted his own projects, Enemy and Sweethead.

1970
Jeffrey Jey, singer, Italian group Eiffel 65, (1999 UK No.1 single ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee’). The single was also No.1 in Norway, Austria, Finland, Germany and Denmark.

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1969
Brian Warner, (Marilyn Manson), with American rock band Marilyn Manson who had the 1998 US No.1 album, Mechanical Animals. His stage name was formed from juxtaposing the names of two 1960s American cultural icons, Marilyn Monroe and convicted multiple murder Charles Manson.

1966
Kate Schellenbach, singer, Luscious Jackson, (1997 UK No.25 single ‘Naked Eye’).

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1963
Grant Young, drummer with American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, who had the 1993 US No.5 and UK No.7 single ‘Runaway Train’ from their album Grave Dancers Union.

1961
Iris DeMent is born in Paragould, Arkansas. Combining folk and traditional country elements, she covers “Big City” on the Merle Haggard tribute album “Tulare Dust.” Her name inspires the title of The Goo Goo Dolls’ Grammy-nominated rock song “Iris”.

1961
Singer/songwriter Mark Nesler is born in Beaumont, Texas. He writes Tim McGraw’s “Just To See You Smile,” George Strait’s “Living And Living Well,” Josh Turner’s “Time Is Love” and Keith Urban’s “You Look Good In My Shirt,” among others

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1960
Phil Thornalley, songwriter, vocals, guitar, from British band Johnny Hates Jazz who had the 1987 UK No.5 single and international success with ‘Shattered Dreams’. Thornalley was also a member of The Cure. He was also the co-writer of Natalie Imbruglia 1997 word-wide hit ‘Torn’.

1957
Maartin Allcock, English multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer who was a member of British folk rock band Fairport Convention and then Jethro Tull. Allcock died 16 September 2018 aged 61.

1954
Verlon Thompson is born in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Briefly the lead singer for Restless Heart before the band becomes famous, Thompson writes Suzy Bogguss’ “Cross My Broken Heart,” Tracy Byrd’s “The First Step,” The McCarters’ “Up And Gone” and Trisha Yearwood’s “You Say You Will”

1950
Chris Stein co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. They scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single ‘Heart Of Glass’ and the 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines. Stein is also an accomplished photographer.

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Blondie - Heart Of Glass

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1949
Joe Herndon, American R&B and soul singer, former bass singer of a version of doo-wop group The Spaniels and former bass singer for The Temptations (2003–15).

1949
George Brown, singer, Kool & The Gang, (1981 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Celebration‘, plus over 15 other UK Top 40 hits).

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Kool & The Gang – Celebration

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1947
Drummer and vocalist Larry Michael Lee is born in Springfield, Missouri. After a career with pop’s Ozark Mountain Daredevils, he goes on to produce country hits for Alabama, Restless Heart and The Remingtons

1941
Grady Thomas, a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Thomas started out in the late 1950s as one of The Parliaments, a doo wop barbershop quintet led by George Clinton.

1940
Athol Guy, singer, from Australian folk-influenced pop quartet The Seekers who scored the 1965 UK No.1 single ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’. They were the first Australian group to achieve major chart and sales success in the UK and the US.

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1934
US music producer and pioneer of digital recording, Phil Ramone, Ramone. He was regarded as one of the most successful producers in history, winning 14 Grammy awards and working with stars such as Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Elton John and Paul McCartney. He produced the first major commercial release on CD, Billy Joel’s 1982 album 52nd Street. Ramone died on 30 March 2013 aged 79.

1923
Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records, the first label of Elvis Presley’s recordings. Recorded Carl Perkins, Ike Turner, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis. Phillips died on 30th July 2003.

1923
Big Bill Lister is born in Kenedy, Texas. A friend of Hank Williams, he records the first commercial version of “There’s A Tear In My Beer” and eventually gives Williams’ demo to Hank Williams Jr., who turns it into a duet hit.

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