Born On This Day In Music, July 15th

1990
Olly Alexander, actor and lead singer of Years & Years who scored the 2015 UK No.1 single ‘King’,

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1977
Ray Toro, lead guitarist with American rock band My Chemical Romance who had the 2006 UK No.1 single ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’, and the 2006 US No.2 album The Black Parade.

1973
John Dolmayan, drummer with Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down who had the 2001 US No.1 album Toxicity and the 2005 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Mezmerize.

1966
Jason Bonham, drummer and son of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham. As well as playing with Led Zeppelin, (at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert and the 02 concert), Jason has worked with Jimmy Page (on his Outrider album), UFO, Foreigner, Steel Dragon, Damnocracy, Airrace, Virginia Wolf, Black Country Communion and Paul Rodgers.

1956
American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Joe Satriani. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over 10 million albums, making him the biggest-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.

1956
Marky Ramone, drummer for The Ramones, is born Marc Steven Bell in Brooklyn, New York.

1956
Ian Curtis, guitar, vocals, Warsaw, Joy Division, (1980 UK No.13 single “Love Will Tear Us Apart”). Curtis took his own life on May 18, 1980 at the age of 23.

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1953
Alicia Bridges, US singer, (1978 US No.5 & UK No. 32 single ‘I Love The Night Life’).

1952
Jeff Carlisli, 38 Special, (1982 US No.10 single ‘Caught Up In You’).

1952
Johnny Thunders, (John Genzale), guitar, vocals, The New York Dolls, 1973 album ‘New York Dolls’. Died of a drug overdose on 23rd April 1991.

1951
Jamaican reggae musician Gregory Isaacs, famous for his song ‘Night Nurse’, which gave Simply Red at hit in 1997. He died on 25 October 2010 after a long battle with lung cancer.

1949
Trevor Horne, Buggles, (1979 UK No.1 single ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’), Yes, (1980-81), produced three UK No.1’s for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, ‘Relax’, ‘Two Tribes’, & ‘The Power Of Love’).

1948
Artimus Pyle (born Thomas Delmer Pyle), drummer with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991. Lynyrd Skynyrd are best know for their 1974 US No. 8 single, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and the 1982 single ‘Freebird’.

1947
Peter Banks, guitarist, Yes, (1968-70), and Flash. After playing with bassist Chris Squire in the Syn, Banks and Squire helped form Yes in 1968. Banks died aged 65 on 7th March 2013.

1947
American singer, songwriter, harmonica player, and guitarist Roky Erickson who was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre. Erickson died on 31 May 2019 age 71.

1946
American singer Linda Ronstadt who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘You’re No Good’, and the 1989 UK No.2 single with Aaron Neville, ‘Don’t Know Much’ plus over 15 other US Top 40 hits. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.

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1945
Peter Lewis, from American psychedelic rock group Moby Grape, known for their debut album Moby Grape (1967).

1944
Millie Jackson, US soul singer, (1973 US No. 24 single, ‘Hurts So Good’, 1985 UK No.32 single with Elton John ‘Act Of War’).

1936
H. B. Barnum is born in Houston, Texas. A child star, he makes his foray into music as “Pee Wee Barnum” and later becomes a sought-after arranger for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and The Supremes.

1936
Country singer Tommy Dee is born in Vicker, Virginia. In 1959, he writes the hit “Three Stars” in honor of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, who tragically died in a plane crash earlier that year. He died January 26, 2007 in Nashville, TN.

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1913
Country singer Cowboy Copas is born Lloyd Estel Copas in Blue Creek, Ohio. He died March 5, 1963

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