1981
Paloma Faith, British singer-songwriter and actress. Her 2009 debut album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, featured the top twenty singles ‘Stone Cold Sober’ and ‘New York’.
1974
Terry Caldwell, from English pop boy band East 17 who had the 1994 UK No.1 single ‘Stay Another Day’, plus 18 top-20 singles and four top-10 albums, and were one of the UK’s most popular boy bands during the early to mid-1990s.
1972
Korey Pingitore is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She becomes Korey Cooper when she marries Skillet frontman John Cooper in 1997 and joins the band as a keyboardist and guitarist.
1969
Emerson Hart, lead singer of Tonic, is born in Washington, Pennsylvania, but will grow up in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
1961
Jim Martin, guitarist from American rock band, Faith No More who had the 1993 UK No.3 and US No.4 hit single with their version of The Commodores ‘I’m Easy’. They had the best-selling albums The Real Thing (1989) and Angel Dust (1992).
1958
Henry Priestman, keyboards, singer with English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Harvest For The World’. Also a member of The Yachts and It’s Immaterial.
1955
Howie Epstein, bass, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single ‘American Girl’, 1989 UK No.28 single ‘I Won’t Back Down’, 1991 UK No.3 album ‘Into The Great Wide Open’). Died of a suspected drug overdose in New Mexico on 23rd February 2003.
1955
Swing entertainer Taco is born Taco Ockerse in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1981, Taco released his first single, “Puttin’ On the Ritz”. The single peak at No.4 in September 1983 on Billboard HOT 100.
1953
Eric Bazilian (frontman for The Hooters) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1948
Cat Stevens, singer, songwriter, who had the 1967 UK No.2 single ‘Matthew And Son’, and the 1972 UK No.9 & US No.6 single, ‘Morning Has Broken’. He wrote ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ covered by many artists including PP Arnold, Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow. Stevens converted to the Muslim religion in 1977 changing his name to Yusef Islam.
1946
Barry Whitwam, drummer with English beat rock band, Herman’s Hermits who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘I’m Into Something Good’ (cover of Earl-Jean’s) and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter’.
1945
Mike Wilson, from English 1960s pop group The Four Pennies who had the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘Juliet’.
1945
Rosie Hamlin (lead singer of Rosie & the Originals) is born in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
1943
Northern Ireland rock guitarist, Henry McCullough. He recorded with Paul McCartney and Wings, featuring on the hit James Bond theme, ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘My Love’, the solo which he made up on the spot in front of a live orchestra. He was also a member of Spooky Tooth and The Grease Band. McCullough died on 14th June 2016 aged 72.
1939
Kim Fowley, US singer, producer, worked with The Murmaids, PJ Proby, The Beach Boys, The Runaways, Frank Zappa, Slade, Family. Produced the 1962, B Bumble And The Stingers UK No.1 ‘Nut Rocker.’ Fowley died of bladder cancer in Hollywood, California on January 15, 2015 at the age of 75.
1931
American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson. He is best known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s ‘The Pink Panther Theme’, as well as playing on innumerable records by Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Nelson and Bobby Vee.
1922
American pop and jazz singer Kay Starr. She enjoyed considerable success in the 40s and 50s and is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No.1 hits in the 50s, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘The Rock And Roll Waltz’. Starr died on 3 November 2016, age 94 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
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