1980
Seth Avett, lead singer and founding member of the folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Had the 2013 US No.5 album ‘Magpie And The Dandelion’.
1971
Brad Hargraves, Third Eye Blind, (1997 US No.4 & UK No. 33 single ‘Semi- Charmed Life’).
Brad Hargreaves
1968
Louise Wener, singer, songwriter from English Britpop band Sleeper, who scored the 1996 UK No.10 single ‘Sale Of The Century’.
1968
Sean Moore, drums, Manic Street Preachers, (1996 UK No.2 single ‘A Design For Life’ 1998 UK No.1 album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’).
1966
Jyoti Mishra, White Town, (1997 UK No.1 single ‘Your Woman’).
1966
Craig Gannon, from Scottish indie rock band The Bluebells who had the 1993 UK No.1 single with the re-issued ‘Young At Heart’ after it was used in a Volkswagen television advertisement.
1959
Vaughan Toulouse, Dept S. He died from an Aids related illness in 1991, Dept S had the 1981 UK No.22 single ‘Is Vic There’.
1958
Kate Bush, UK singer, songwriter, who had the 1978 UK No.1 single ‘Wuthering Heights’ (at the age of 19). Her 1985 UK No.1 album ‘Hounds Of Love’ spent 52 weeks on the chart. In 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and in 2002 an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Bush was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honors for services to music.
1956
Jesco White is born in Bandytown, West Virginia. Known as “the dancing outlaw,” he gets name checked in the 2005 Big & Rich hit “Comin’ To Your City”
1949
Joyce Jones, singer, First Choice, (1973 UK No.9 single ‘Smarty Pants).
1949
Hugh Nicholson, from Scottish pop rock band Marmalade, (originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords). They scored the 1969 UK No.1 single with their version of The Beatles song ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’.
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1946
Jeffrey Hammond former bass guitar player for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Hammond appeared on the classic Tull albums Aqualung (1971) and Thick as a Brick (1972).
1945 – David Sanborn
David Sanborn, saxophone, US session player, worked with Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, David Bowie. Sanborn died of complications from prostate cancer in Tarrytown, New York, on May 12, 2024, at the age of 78.
1944
Jamaican ska and reggae musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer Jimmy Cliff who had the 1969 UK No.6 & US No.25 single ‘Wonderful World Beautiful People’, and the 1970 UK No.8 hit with his version of Cat Stevens’ ‘Wild World’. He starred in the film The Harder They Come, which helped popularise reggae across the world.
1944
American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Chris Darrow. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, including Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Darrow played bass on Leonard Cohen’s debut Songs of Leonard Cohen. Darrow died on 15 January 2020 age 75.
1941
Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor Paul Anka. He had the 1957 UK & US No.1 single ‘Diana’ which sold over 9 million copies world-wide. He wrote many classic songs including the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux’s music for Frank Sinatra’s signature song, ‘My Way’ which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Two songs he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, ‘This Is It’ and ‘Love Never Felt So Good’ became posthumous hits for Jackson.
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