Born On This Day In Music, July 8th

1985
Jamie Cook, guitarist, with English rock band Arctic Monkeys who had the 2005, UK No.1 single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not. The band has won six Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards.

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1976
David Kennedy, American guitarist, songwriter who was a member of Box Car Racer, a band formed by Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker.

1971
English drummer Neil Mavers from The La’s, (rock band from Liverpool), originally active from 1983 until 1992. They had the 1990 UK No.13 single ‘There She Goes’.

1970
American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Beck David Campbell, 1994 UK No.15 single ‘Loser’ from his 1994 album ‘Mellow Gold’. His second official studio album Odelay has appeared in numerous publications’ lists of the greatest records of the 1990s. His 2017 album, Colors, won awards for Best Alternative Album and Best Engineered Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

1963
Joan Osborne, American singer, songwriter who had the 1996 UK No.6 single ‘One Of Us’. She toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

1961
Toby Keith, country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. His debut ‘Should’ve Been a Cowboy’, topped the US country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated. Died February 5, 2024 from stomach cancer.

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1961
Graham Jones, guitar, Haircut 100. The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’, ‘Love Plus One’ and ‘Fantastic Day’.

1961
Andy Fletcher, bass, synth, and a founding member with English electronic band Depeche Mode. The group have had 50 songs in the UK Singles Chart and seventeen top 10 albums in the UK chart and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. Hit singles included ‘New Life’, ‘Enjoy the Silence’ and ‘Just Can’t Get Enough.’ He died on 26 May 2022 age 60.

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1955
Russell Christian, singer with English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Harvest For The World’. The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up.

1946
Finnish rock drummer Pentti Glan, best known for his work with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. He also appeared in the movie The Rose as the drummer of The Rose Band. He died on November 7, 2017 of lung cancer at the age of 71.

1945
Ricky Wolf, from English pop group The Flowerpot Men who had the 1967 UK No.4 single ‘Let’s Go To San Francisco’.

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1944
Jaimoe Johanson, American drummer and percussionist, and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band who released the classic album Eat a Peach in 1972 and had the 1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man’.

1940
American bass player, songwriter, Joe B. Mauldin, best known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group The Crickets. He later became a recording engineer at Gold Star Studios, the Los Angeles studio which became the “hit factory” for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and other major 1960s rock performers. Mauldin died on 7 Feb 2015 aged 74.

1930
American soul musician Earl Van Dyke, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records’ in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Van Dyke died of prostate cancer on 18 September 1992 age 62.

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