Born On This Day In Music: July 7th

1994
Ashton Irwin, drummer with 5 Seconds Of Summer who had a No.1 UK hit with ‘She Looks So Perfect’, their debut album was a US No.1 and UK No.2. 5 Seconds of Summer were also the first Australian act to achieve a US No.1 album with their debut album.

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1988
Ilan Rubin, drummer, from Welsh rock band Lostprophets, who scored the 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission.

1981
Synyster Gates (Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.), American guitarist, songwriter of Avenged Sevenfold, who had the 2010 US No.1 album Nightmare and the 2013 US No.1 album Hail to the King.

1963
Vonda Shepard is born in New York, but will be raised in California.

1962
English singer Clive Jackson who with Doctor And The Medics had the 1986 UK No.1 single with their version of the Norman Greenbaum 1969 hit ‘Spirit In The Sky’.

1962
Mark White, bassist with American rock band The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single ‘Two Princess’ and the hit ‘Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong’.

1950
David Hodo, from American disco group The Village People. They had the hit singles ‘Macho Man’, ‘In the Navy’, ‘Go West and the 1978 US No.2 hit ‘YMCA’. The group were originally conceived by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo to target disco’s gay audience.

1948
American rock guitarist Larry Reinhardt who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames “El Rhino” and “Ryno”. Reinhardt died aged 63 of cirrhosis of the liver.

1947
David Hodo, Village People construction worker, is born in Palo Alto, California.

1947
English rock and blues drummer Rob Townsend who with Family, had the 1971 UK No.4 single ‘In My Own Time’), and later became a member of The Blues Band.

1945
English musician Jim Rodford. He was a founding member of Argent who had the 1972 UK No.5 single ‘Hold Your Head Up’. He was the bass guitarist for The Kinks from 1978 until they disbanded in 1996 and in 2004, he joined the reunited Zombies and was also a member of The Swinging Blue Jeans. Rodford died after a fall on 20 January 2018, aged 76.

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1944
American singer-songwriter Linda Jansen. She is best known for her 1963 US No.1 hit ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’ with The Angels. She died 19 February 2019.

1944
Warren Entner, who with Grass Roots had the 1968 US No.5 single ‘Midnight Confessions’, plus 13 other US Top 40 singles.

1940
Richard Starkey, ( Ringo Starr, ) drums, vocals, Rory Storm, The Beatles. He sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums, The Beatles scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles. Starr had the solo 1974 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘You’re Sixteen’ plus 9 other US Top 40 hits. Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band have made many tours and has featured; Joe Walsh, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren, Edgar Winter Greg Lake along with other guests.

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1936
Tommy Dee, known for the 1959 hit “Three Stars,” a tribute to the late Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, is born in Vicker, Virginia.

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1933
J.J. Barrie, US singer, One Hit Wonder with 1976 UK No.1 single ‘No Charge’.

1932
Joe Zawinul, pianist, Miles Davis band and American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s Weather Report who had the 1976 single ‘Birdland’ and the 1977 album Heavy Weather. He died on September 11th 2007.

1928
American singer Mary Ford who with half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford had the 1953 US No.1 single ‘Vaya Con Dios’ and 16 top-ten hits. Ford died from cancer on 30th September 1977.

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