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1989
Richard Fleeshman, English actor and singer-songwriter. His television appearances have included a role in Coronation Street.
1985
Jamie Shaw, from British boy band One True Voice, created on the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals who had the 2002 UK No.2 single ‘Sacred Trust / After You’re Gone’.
1981
Alex Band, American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit with The Calling ‘Wherever You Will Go’.
1979
English guitarist Rob Holliday who has worked with Marilyn Manson, Gary Numan, The Prodigy, The Mission and Curve.
1979
Guitarist Derek Trucks is born in Jacksonville, Florida. After forming The Derek Trucks Band, he serves in The Allman Brothers Band from 1999-2014 alongside his uncle, drummer Butch Trucks.
1977
American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Kayne West. He worked with Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Ludacris. Solo hits include the 2005 US No.1 single ‘Gold Digger’, the 2005 US No.1 album Late Registration, and the 2007 World-wide No.1 album Graduation. West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide and has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards.
1967
Neil Mitchell, keyboards, with Scottish band Wet Wet Wet who formed in 1982. They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs’ 1960s hit ‘Love Is All Around’, which spent 15 weeks at No.1 on the UK charts.
1966
Doris Pearson, English singer and ex member of the pop group, Five Star who had the 1986 UK No.3 single ‘System Addict’ plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
1965
Rob Pilatus, singer from German R&B duo Milli Vanilli, who had the 1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Girl I’m Gonna Miss You’. Their success quickly turned to infamy when they confessed that they did not sing any of the vocals heard on their hits. Consequently, the duo was stripped of their Grammy Award for Best New Artist. He died of a drug and alcohol overdose on April 2nd 1998.
1962
Nick Rhodes, keyboards, Duran Duran who had the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Is There Something I Should Know’, plus 25 other UK Top 40 singles, and the 1984 US No.1 single ‘The Reflex’. Also a member of Arcadia who had the 1985 UK No.7 single ‘Election Day’. In March 2013, he released the TV Mania side project with ex-Duran Duran guitarist Warren Cuccurullo.
1960
Mick Hucknall, English singer, songwriter with punk rock band the Frantic Elevators and then with Simply Red, who had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Holding Back The Years’. They have had five No.1 albums in the UK, with their 1991 album, Stars, one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.
1953
Jeff “Worzel” Rich, drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band, is born in Hackney, London, England.
1951
Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer, who scored the 1983 UK & US No.1 single ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart‘, as well as hits with ‘Lost in France’ and ‘It’s a Heartache’. Unexpectedly passed away in a hospital in Faro, Portugal, on July 8, 2026.
1944
American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Boz Scaggs, who was a member of The Marksmen with Steve Miller, The Wigs, and as a solo artist had the 1976 US No.3 single ‘Lowdown’, and the 1977 US No.11 and UK No.13 single ‘Lido Shuffle’.
1942
Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter with Three Dog Night, who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single with a cover of the Randy Newman song ‘Mama Told Me Not To Come’. The band scored 21 Billboard Top 40 hits (with three hitting No.1) between 1969 and 1975.
1941
American musician Fuzzy Haskins, former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic.
1940
American singer and actress Nancy Sinatra who scored the 1966 UK & US No.1 single ‘These Boots Are Made For Walking‘. With her father Frank she became the first father and daughter team ever to score a UK No.1 single with the 1967 hit ‘Somethin’ Stupid’. She also had several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood such as ‘Jackson’, and her cover of Cher’s ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’.
1940
Sherman Garnes, singer with American-Puerto Rican doo wop group Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, who had the 1956 UK No.1 & US No.6 single ‘Why Do Fools Fall In Love’. They are also noted for being rock’s first all-teenaged act. Garnes died on February 26th 1977.
1936
Teen idol James Darren is born James William Ercolani in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He rises to fame playing Moondoggie alongside Sandra Dee’s Gidget and releases a string of pop records like the 1961 hit “Goodbye Cruel World.”
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