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Born On This Day In Music, June 16th
1991
English singer and songwriter Joe McElderry who won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single ‘The Climb’ reached No.1 on the UK Singles Chart.
1990
John Newman, English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for the track ‘Love Me Again’ which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2013 as well as co-writing and singing on Rudimental’s 2012 singles ‘Feel the Love’ and ‘Not Giving In’, which peaked at number one and number 14 on the chart, respectively. In 2014, he featured in the Calvin Harris single ‘Blame’ which topped the UK charts.
1987
Diana DeGarmo, runner-up on Season 3 of American Idol, is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
1971
American rapper and actor Tupac Amaru Shakur, (born Lesane Parish Crooks) who had the 1996 US No.1 single ‘How Do U Want It / California Love.’ His Greatest Hits (1998) is among the best-selling albums in the United States. He died from internal bleeding caused by bullet wounds on September 13th 1996.
1958
Patrick Waite, Musical Youth, best remembered for their successful 1982 single ‘Pass the Dutchie’, which became a No.1 hit around the world. It was a cover version of two songs: ‘Gimme the Music’ by U Brown, and ‘Pass the Kouchie’ by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe). Waite died on 13th February 1993.
1954
Garry Roberts, guitar, The Boomtown Rats, who had the 1979 UK No.1 single ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ plus 10 other UK Top 40 hit singles. After The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, Roberts worked with Simply Red, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Flesh For Lulu as a sound engineer.
1953
Ian Mosley, drummer from British rock band Marillion who had the 1985 UK No.2 single ‘Kayleigh’. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a No.1 album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood.
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1952
Gino Vannelli is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His best-known singles include “People Gotta Move” (1974), “I Just Wanna Stop” in 1978, “Living Inside Myself” in 1981 and “Wild Horses” in 1987.
1951
American singer Charlie Dominici who worked with progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins.
1950
James Smith, singer with the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics who had the 1974 US No.2 single ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’, and the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Can’t Give You Anything But My Love’ and twelve consecutive US R&B top ten hits.
1949
American singer-songwriter Robbin Thompson who was a member of the early Bruce Springsteen band, Steel Mill, and co-wrote songs with Timothy B. Schmit, Phil Vassar and Butch Taylor and Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band. Thompson died on 10th Oct 2015.
1949
Peppy Castro, from American rock group The Blue Magoos, who scored the 1967 US No.5 single, ‘We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet’. They were at the forefront of the psychedelic music trend, beginning in 1966.
1946
English musician and songwriter Iain Matthews who was a member of Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort, who had the 1970 UK No.1 & 1971 US No. 23 single Woodstock. He has also fronted the bands Plainsong, Hi-Fi, No Grey Faith and More Than A Song.
1942
Bass player John Rostill is born in Birmingham, England. He plays with Tom Jones and the British group The Shadows, and writes the Olivia Newton-John hits “Please Mr. Please,” “Let Me Be There” and “If You Love Me (Let Me Know)”.
1942
American singer–songwriter and actor Edward Levert, The O’Jays, who scored the 1973 US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘Love Train’. The O’Jays were originally known as The Triumphs and The Mascots.
1941
American songwriter and record producer Lamont Dozier, (Holland/Dozier/Holland), who wrote many hits for Motown records, (14 US Billboard No.1 hits), including The Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas plus Freda Payne and Chairmen Of The Board.
1939
Billy “Crash” Craddock, rockabilly/country singer of the ’70s known for hits like “Rub It In” and “Broken Down In Tiny Pieces,” is born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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