Born On This Day In Music, July 2nd

1991
Nigerian singer and rapper Burna Boy. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019 and won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for a Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. He appeared on the 2020 UK No.1 hit ‘Own It’ by Stormzy.

1989
American singer, songwriter, rapper Devin Tailes better known as Dev. Her 2010 song ‘Booty Bounce’ was sampled in Far East Movement’s hit single ‘Like a G6’ which reached No.1 in the US.

1985
Ashley Michelle Tisdale, actress and singer from High School Musical, as part of the cast had the 2006 US No.1 ‘High School Musical’ album and 2007, US No.1 ‘High School Musical 2’ album. Over 17 million viewers in the United States watched the TV premier of High School Musical; making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history. Released her debut album ‘Headstrong’ in 2007.

1974
Rocky Gray, drummer, Ewith American rock band Evanescence who had the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘Bring Me To Life’, and the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album Fallen. Also a member of Living Sacrifice and Soul Embraced.

1970
Monie Love, UK female rapper, (1990 UK No. 12 single ‘It’s A Shame’, plus eight other UK Top 40 singles).

1966
Dave Parsons, bassist with English group Transvision Vamp who had the 1989 UK No.3 single ‘Baby I Don’t Care’. He later worked with Bush who had the 1997 UK No.7 single ‘Swallowed’.

1964
Roy Boulter, drummer of Liverpool-based group The Farm who had the 1990 UK No.4 single ‘All Together Now’.

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1961
Annie Ruddock, vocals, Amazulu, (1986 UK No.5 single ‘Too Good To Be Forgotten’).

1957
Mike Anger from British new wave group The Blow Monkeys who had the 1986 hit ‘Digging Your Scene’ and the 1987 UK No.5 single ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’.

1956
Jeffrey Cooper singer from American group Midnight Star who had the 1986 UK No.8 single ‘Midas Touch’ and a string of hits in the 1980s.

1955
Jerry Hall, US model, actress. She married Rolling Stone Mick Jagger in 1990. Hall started dating musician Bryan Ferry in 1975, leaving him for Mick Jagger in 1977. Jagger and Hall held a marriage ceremony on November 21, 1990, in Bali, Indonesia but the putative marriage was later declared null. The couple have four children together.

1954
Pete Briquette, bass, vocals, The Boomtown Rats, (1979 UK No.1 single ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’, plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles).

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1952
American pianist Gene Taylor best known for his boogie-woogie style and worked with Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker, was briefly part of Canned Heat, toured with The Blasters, and later with The Fabulous Thunderbirds. He died on 20 February 2021 age 68 after being found dead at his home in his bed in Austin, Texas. The cause of death is believed to have been related to the house having been without heat in the dead of winter due to the state-wide power outages caused by the 2021 Texas power crisis.

1952
Johnny Colla, guitar, sax, from Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love’. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.

1950
Duncan Mackay, keyboards, with English group Cockney Rebel who scored the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Make Me Smile, Come Up And See Me’.

1949
American keyboardist Roy Bittan, “The Professor”, with Bruce Springsteen E Street Band which he joined on August 23, 1974. He has also worked with David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger.

1945
Peter Cruickshank, bass, The Groundhogs, (1971 UK No.5 album ‘Split’).

1939
American singer Paul Williams, who with The Temptations had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Just My Imagination’ and the re-issued ‘My Girl’ which was a UK No.2 hit in 1992. He died on 17 August 1973 after shooting himself. Williams was found dead in an alley in a car having just left the new house of his then-girlfriend after an argument.

1939
Leapy Lee, UK singer, (Lee Graham), who scored the 1968 UK No.2 single ‘Little Arrows’ which was also a Top 40 country and pop hit in the United States.

1937
Dee Palmer, the keyboard player for Jethro Tull between 1969 and 1980. She played on all the Tull classics (then credited as David Palmer) including ‘Thick As A Brick’ and ‘Aqualung.’

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1936
Tom Springfield, from the British pop-folk vocal trio The Springfields who had the 1962 US No. 20 single ‘Silver Threads And Golden Needles’, and the 1963 UK No.5 single ‘Island Of Dreams’. The Springfields included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother Tom Springfield.

1934
Folk singer Tom Springfield of The Springfields is born Dionysius P. A. O’Brien in Hampstead, London, England. He’ll welcome sister Dusty Springfield a few years later.

1926
Lee Allen, saxophonist, who worked with Fats Domino, Little Richard and Shirley & Lee. Allen died on 18 October 1994.

1925
American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter Marvin Rainwater, who had the 1957 US No.18 single ‘Gonna Find Me A Bluebird’, and the 1958 UK No.1 single ‘Whole Lotta Woman.’ He was known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage and claimed to have quarter-blood Cherokee ancestry. Rainwater died on October 18, 1994.

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