Born On This Day In Music, June 9th

1983
Frankee (Nicole Francine Aiello), US R&B singer, (2004 UK & Australian No.1 single ‘F.U.R.B.’ (Fuck You Right Back). A response to Eamon’s single ‘Fuck It (I Don’t Want You Back’).

1980
James Walsh, singer, guitarist, from English post-Britpop band Starsailor who scored the 2001 UK No.2 album Love Is Here.

1978
Matthew Bellamy, guitar, vocals, keyboards, from English rock band Muse who scored the 2003 UK No.1 album Absolution, and the 2003 UK No.8 single, ‘Time Is Running Out’. Bellamy won the Sexiest Male Award at the 2007 NME Awards, (and won again in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014). Muse have sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

1972
Puddle Of Mudd leader Wes Scantlin is born in Kansas City, Missouri. After getting a demo tape to Fred Durst in 1999, he signs with Durst’s label and, with a new band lineup, releases their debut album, Come Clean, with the hits “Blurry” and “She Hates Me.”

1970
Ed Simons, keyboards, from English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers who had the 1996 UK No.1 single ‘Setting Sun’, and the 2007 UK No.1 album We Are The Night.

1967
Dean Felber, bassist with American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish who had the 1995 US No.1 album Cracked Rear View which sold over 15m copies.

1962
Eddie Lundon, guitarist with English pop/rock band China Crisis, who had the 1984 UK No.9 single ‘Wishful Thinking’.

1954
Peter Byrne, from UK pop duo Climie Fisher who had the 1988 UK No.2 single ‘Love Changes Everything’.

1953
Errol Kennedy, vocals, from English three piece band Imagination, who had the 1982 UK No.2 single ‘Just An Illusion’.

1951
Terry Uttley, from English rock band Smokie who had the 1975 UK No.3 single ‘If You Think You Know How To Love Me’. Their most popular hit single was ‘Living Next Door to Alice’.

1951
English drummer Peter Gill, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, (one of the two drummers in The Glitter Band), Saxon and Motörhead.

1950
Trevor Boulder, bass, Spiders From Mars and Uriah Heep. Bolder died from cancer on 21st May 2013 at the age of 62. Bolder appeared on the studio albums Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973), and Pin Ups (1973). He joined Uriah Heep in 1976, replacing John Wetton.

1949
George Bunnell, from psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock who scored the 1967 US No.1 single ‘Incense And Peppermints’.

1949
English rock, classical and film score composer Francis Monkman, who with Curved Air had the 1971 UK No.4 single ‘Back Street Luv’.

1947
Mick Box, guitarist from English rock band Uriah Heep who had the 1975 UK No.7 album Return To Fantasy. Uriah Heep have sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

1946
Stuart Edwards from English pop band Edison Lighthouse who scored the 1970 UK No.1 single ‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’.

1941
Billy Hatton, from English Merseybeat band The Fourmost who had the 1964 UK No.6 single ‘A Little Loving’.

1941
Jon Lord, keyboardist with English rock band Deep Purple, who had the 1970 UK No.2 single ‘Black Night’, and the 1973 US No. 4 single ‘Smoke On The Water’. He also played with Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. Lord died of cancer on 16th July 2012.

1934
American soul singer Jackie Wilson who scored 24 US Top 40 hits during late 50s & 60s. He had the 1986 UK No.1 single with the re-issued ‘Reet Petite’. Van Morrison wrote ‘Jackie Wilson Said’ which was covered by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. He suffered a heart attack on stage at a New Jersey Club in 1975 and was in a coma until he died on January 21st 1984.

1929
American R&B singer Johnny Ace, who was Billboards ‘most played artist of 1955’. Ace had eight hits in a row, including ‘Cross My Heart’, ‘Please Forgive Me’ and , ‘Never Let Me Go’. He died playing Russian roulette backstage at a gig on December 25th 1954.

1915
American guitarist Les Paul, who had a 1953 UK No.7 single with ‘Vaya Con Dios’ and the US No.7 single ‘Hummingbird’ with Mary Ford featuring his multi-layered recording techniques. He also pioneered ‘close miking’ and echo delay recording. He broke his right arm in a car accident and had it set at an angle so he could still play guitar. Paul died in hospital in White Plains, New York at the age of 94 suffering from severe pneumonia on 12 Aug 2009.

1891
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter who wrote countless classic songs, including ‘Night And Day’, ‘I Get A Kick Out Of You’, ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’, ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’. His most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. Porter died on 15th Oct 1964.

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