Born On This Day In Music: July 4th

1995
Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His 2018 US No.1 album Beerbongs & Bentleys broke several streaming records upon release, while his debut album Stoney broke Michael Jackson’s 34-year-old record for most weeks on Billboard’s Top R&B and Hip-Hop Albums chart after reaching its 77th week compared to the 76 weeks that Thriller spent on the chart.

1980
Songwriter Josh Osborne is born in Kentucky. His successes will include Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road,” Blake Shelton’s “Sangria,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Merry Go ‘Round,” Old Dominion’s “One Man Band” and Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over”

1978
Stephen McNally, from English pop group BBMak who scored the 2001 UK No.5 single ‘Back Here’ which was also a No.1 hit in Japan.

1977
Orri Páll Dýrason, drummer for Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

1972
American drummer William Goldsmith best known as a member of Sunny Day Real Estate and former member of Foo Fighters, (1994–1997).

1971
Andy Creeggan, piano, with Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies who scored the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘One Week’. He is also a member of the trio The Brothers Creeggan, and a solo artist.

1970
Andy McClure, drummer from English Britpop band Sleeper, who scored the 1996 UK No.10 single ‘Sale Of The Century’.

1963
Michael Sweet the co-founder, writer, lead guitarist, lead singer and front man of the Christian metal band Stryper. He was also singer and guitarist for Boston from 2007 to 2011.

1963
Matt Malley, bassist from American rock band Counting Crows, who had the 1994 UK hit single ‘Mr Jones’, and the 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites. They received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song ‘Accidentally in Love’, which was included in the film Shrek 2.

1960
Steel guitarist Teddy Carr is born in Lafayette, Tennessee. He’s a member of Ricochet when the band scores hits with “Daddy’s Money” and “He Left A Lot To Be Desired,” but quits in 2000 to spend more time at home

1958
Kirk Pengilly, guitarist from Australian rock band INXS, who had the 1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single ‘Need You Tonight’. Their 1987 album Kick has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; ‘Need You Tonight,’ ‘Devil Inside’, ‘New Sensation,’ and ‘Never Tear Us Apart.’ INXS has sold over 55 million records worldwide.

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1956
American musician and singer Deon Estus. He is best known as the bass player of Wham! and as the bassist on George Michael’s first two solo projects. Estus’ single ‘Heaven Help Me’, with additional vocals by George Michael, reached No.5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989. He died on 11 October 2021 at the age of 65.

1952
English musician John Waite who was the singer in Bad English and The Babys who had two hits on the US chart, ‘Isn’t It Time’ (1977) and ‘Everytime I Think of You’ (1979). Waite had the 1984 solo US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘Missing You’.

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1951
Ralph Johnson, drummer, with Earth, Wind & Fire, who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘Shining Star’, and the 1981 UK No.3 single ‘Let’s Groove’. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations and were the first African-American act to sell out Madison Square Garden.

1948
Jeremy Spencer, guitar, Fleetwood Mac, who had the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘Albatross’. Left the band during a 1971 US tour saying he was going out to buy a newspaper. He was found two days later in LA at the Children of God headquarters with his hair shaved off.

1947
French music producer and songwriter Jacques Morali. He was the creator of acts like The Ritchie Family and Village People. Morali was infected by HIV in the mid-1980s and died of AIDS on 15 November 1991.

1944
American session bassist Harvey Brooks. He played bass on Bob Dylan’s 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited as well as recording with The Doors, Miles Davis, Cass Elliot, John Martyn, Seals & Crofts, Fontella Bass, John Sebastian, Loudon Wainwright III, John Cale and many other acts.

1943
Alan Wilson, guitar, harmonica, vocals, Canned Heat. Two of their songs ‘Going Up the Country’ and ‘On the Road Again’ became international hits. Wilson died on 3rd September 1970.

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1941
Pop singer/songwriter Dick Addrisi is born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He forms The Addrisi Brothers with sibling Don, and the pair writes The Association’s “Never My Love.” Vern Gosdin turns the song into a country hit in 1978.

1940
Dave Rowberry, English pianist and organist with The Animals who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun’. He also later worked with The Kinks. Rowberry died on 6th June 2003.

1938
Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter who had the 1972 US No.1 single ‘Lean On Me’, 1988 UK No.4 single ‘Lovely Day’, which was first released in 1978. Toward the end of the song, Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. This is believed to be the second-longest note in UK chart history. Morten Harket of A-ha’s 20-second note in “Summer Moved On” is the longest. Withers died from heart complications in Los Angeles on March 30, 2020 age 81.

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4 Jul 1911
Mitch Miller, conductor, arranger, (1955 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘The Yellow Rose Of Texas’). Died July 31, 2010.

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