July 27th: Born On This Day In Music

1974 – Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer who first gained recognition after his debut 2001 record, Musicforthemorningafter.

1967 – Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, and The Lemonheads.

1964 – Rex Brown
Rex Brown, bassist with American heavy metal band, Pantera, who had the 1994 UK hit single ‘I’m Broken’. Pantera released four albums during the 1980s.

1962 – Karl Mueller
Karl Mueller, bassist with American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, who had the 1993 US No.5 and UK No.7 single ‘Runaway Train’.

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1960 – Conway Savage
Australian rock musician Conway Savage, from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds who have released over 15 studio albums including the 2013 Australian No.1 Push the Sky Away. From 1993, he had a solo career and released three albums. Savage underwent medical treatment for a brain tumor in 2017. He died, aged 58, on 2 September 2018.

1953 – Suzi Carr
Suzi Carr (Will To Power,) singer, who had the 1989 UK No.6 single ‘Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird’.

1951 – Tris Imboden
American rock and jazz drummer Tris Imboden. His studio session work has included recordings with Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins, Firefall, Richard Marx, Steve Vai, Roger Daltrey, Chicago and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

1950 – Michael Vaughn
Michael Vaughn, from Paper Lace who scored the 1974 UK No.1 single ‘Billy Don’t Be A Hero’, and the 1974 US No.1 single ‘The Night Chicago Died’.

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1949 – Maureen McGovern
Maureen McGovern, singer, (1973 US No.1 single ‘The Morning After’).

1949 – Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald, bass, vocals, Runrig, (1995 UK No.18 single ‘An Ubhal As Airde, The Highest Apple’).

1947 – Shelly Clark
Shelly Clark, American singer, dancer and actress, best known as a founding member of the 1970s R&B girls group, Honey Cone who had the 1971 US No. 1 single, ‘Want Ads’.

1944 – Bobbie Gentry
Roberta Streeter–a.k.a. Bobbie Gentry–is born in Chickasaw, Mississippi. Notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. Gentry rose to international fame with her intriguing Southern Gothic narrative ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ in 1967. The track spent four weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over three million copies all over the world. Her album Fancy brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Gentry’s song “Fancy” later becomes a hit for Reba McEntire.

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1943 – Al Ramsey
Al Ramsey, bassist from American 1960s era pop and rock group Gary Lewis and the Playboys who scored the 1965 US No.1 single ‘This Diamond Ring’ and 11 other US Top 40 hits. He died on 27 November 1985 aged 42,

1941 – Andrew McMaster
Scottish songwriter Andrew McMaster from British pub rock band The Motors who had the the 1978 UK No.4 single ‘Airport’.

1933 – Nick Reynolds
Nick Reynolds, The Kingston Trio, (1958 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘Tom Dooley’ plus nine other US Top 40 hits). Died on October 1, 2008, in San Diego, California from acute respiratory disease

1930 – Andy White
Scottish session drummer Andy White. He was affectionately christened ‘the fifth Beatle’ as he was best known for replacing Ringo Starr on drums on the The Beatles’ first single, ‘Love Me Do’. White was featured on the American 7inch single release of the song, which also appeared on the band’s debut British album, Please Please Me. He also played on ‘P.S. I Love You’, which was the B-side of ‘Love Me Do’. White also worked with Chuck Berry, Billy Fury, Herman’s Hermits and Tom Jones. He died on 9 November 2015 died aged 85.

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