Born On This Day In Music, July 5th

1986
Adam Young, keyboards, vocals, Owl City, 2009 / 2010 worldwide No.1 single ‘Fireflies’, 2009 debut album Ocean Eyes.

1985
Nick O’Malley, bassist with English rock band Arctic Monkeys who had the 2005, UK No.1 single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not. The band has won six Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards.

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1982
American country music singer-songwriter, Dave Haywood from Lady A. Their debut album included the trio’s debut hit, ‘Love Don’t Live Here’, along with the singles, ‘Lookin’ for a Good Time’ and ‘I Run to You’.

1980
Jason Wade, guitar, vocals, with American rock band Lifehouse who had the 2001 US No.10 & UK No.25 single ‘Hanging By A Moment’ from their debut studio album, No Name Face.

1979
Shane Filan, from Irish pop vocal group Westlife who scored 14 UK No.1 singles, and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Despite their success worldwide, Westlife never managed to break into the US market, achieving only one hit single in 2000, ‘Swear It Again’.

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1973
Bengt Fredrik Lagerburg, drummer with Swedish rock band The Cardigans who had the 1997 UK No.2 single ‘Lovefool’ which was included in the soundtrack to the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet.

1973
Roisin Murphy, Irish singer, Moloko (1999 UK No.4 single ‘Sing It Back’), now solo.

1969
Aled Richards, drummer with alternative rock band Catatonia who had the 1998 UK No.3 single ‘Mulder And Scully’.

1959
Marc Cohn, US singer, songwriter, (1991 UK No. 22 single ‘Walking In Memphis’).

1954
Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist for Aerosmith from 1979 until 1984. He co-wrote ‘Rock in a Hard Place’ with Steven Tyler, and has also worked with Rod Stewart, Billy Squier, Meat Loaf and Stevie Nicks.

1953
American guitarist, singer and songwriter Ron Thompson. He released nine albums and worked with Little Joe Blue, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton. His second album Resister Twister released in 1987 was nominated for a Grammy Award. He died on 15 February 2020 age 66.

1950
Michael Monarch, guitarist from Steppenwolf who had the 1969 US No.2 hit single ‘Born To Be Wild’ which is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song. Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and scored 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles.

1950
American singer, songwriter and actor Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis and the News, who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love’. Their third, and best-selling, album was 1983’s ‘Sports,’ and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film ‘Back to the Future.’ Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979.

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1948
Cassie Gaines, backing singer best known for her work with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gaines was killed in a plane crash on 20th October 1977 with two other members of the band.

1945
Dick Scoppettone, Harpers Bizarre, (1967 US No. 13 & UK No.34 single ‘The 59th Street Bridge Song, Feelin’ Groovy’).

1943
Canadian musician, songwriter, film composer, producer, actor, Robbie Robertson. He joined The Hawks in 1962 who became know as The Band. Bob Dylan and the Hawks toured the United States throughout 1965 and a world tour the following year. As a songwriter, Robertson is credited for writing ‘The Weight’, ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, ‘Up on Cripple Creek’, ‘Broken Arrow’ and ‘Somewhere Down the Crazy River’.

1941
Terry Cashman (of Cashman & West, The Buchanan Brothers) is born Dennis Minogue in New York.

1938
Thomas “Snuff” Garrett, a record producer known for his work with Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Sonny Curtis, and Sonny & Cher, is born in Dallas, Texas.

1920
Smiley Lewis, R&B singer. Wrote ‘One Night’ covered by Elvis Presley and ‘I Hear You Knocking’ 1955 US No.2 for Gale Storm & UK No.1 & US No.2 for Dave Edmunds’. Lewis died on 20th October 1966.

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