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Born On This day In Music, June 1st
1981
American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. Her 2007 single ‘The Story’, from the album of the same name, was a commercial success, and was used by General Motors for commercials.
1974
Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American, singer, songwriter, who had the 1996 US No.4 & UK No.11 single ‘Ironic’ from Jagged Little Pill which has sold more then 30 million copies, making it the best ever selling record by a female performer. Morissette appeared on the Canadian children’s television show You Can’t Do That for five episodes when she was in elementary school and has now sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.
1969
Damon Minchella, bassist with English rock band Ocean Colour Scene who formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They scored the 1996 UK No.4 single ‘The Day We Caught The Train’, plus over 12 other Top 40 singles and the 1997 UK No.1 album Marchin’ Already.
1968
Jason Donovan, Australian actor, singer who had the 1989 UK No.1 single ‘Too Many Broken hearts’ plus 15 other UK Top 40 hit singles. His debut album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989.
1967
Dominican-American house music DJ Roger Sanchez, who had the 2001 UK No.1 single ‘Another Chance’. He was a Grammy Award Winner for his remix of ‘Hella Good’ by No Doubt in 2003 and won the first International Dance Music Award for Best Podcast in 2007.
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1963
Mike Joyce, drummer with English rock band The Smiths who had the 1984 UK No.10 single ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles. In 1996, Joyce sued former Smiths’ colleagues Johnny Marr and Morrissey for an equal share of performance and recording royalties. Joyce won the case and was awarded damages of around one million pounds from Morrissey and Marr.
1960
Simon Gallup, bassist with English rock band The Cure who had the 1989 US No.2 single ‘Love Song’, the 1992 UK No.6 single ‘Friday I’m In Love’, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles.
1959
Alan Wilder, keyboards, vocals, 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.
1958
American musician, engineer and record producer and session musician Michael Landau who has worked with Boz Scaggs, Joni Mitchell, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd, Roger Daltrey, Glenn Frey, and Miles Davis.
1953
Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn is born Ronald Gene Dunn in Coleman, Texas. The lanky singer teams with Kix Brooks to form the harmony-laden Brooks & Dunn, whose mix of honky tonk with rock influences makes them the dominant duo in country from 1991 until their split in 2010. They re-team just a few years later, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019.
1952
John Ellis, guitarist from British punk rock band The Vibrators who had the 1978 UK No.35 single ‘Automatic Lover’.
1950
Charlene is born Charlene Marilynn D’Angelo in Hollywood, California. singer who had the 1982 UK No.1 & US No.3 single ‘I’ve Never Been To Me’.
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1950
Graham Russell, guitar, vocals for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply who scored the 1980 UK No.11 single ‘All Out Of Love’ and the 1981 US No.1 single ‘The One That You Love’.
1947
Ronnie Wood guitarist, songwriter, painter and radio presenter. Originally a member of UK band The Birds, he first worked alongside Rod Stewart in the Jeff Beck Group. He then got together with three members of The Small Faces to form the Faces joined by Rod on vocals. His songwriting partnership with Rod extended to Rod’s early solo albums. Wood joined The Rolling Stones in 1975 after the departure of Mick Taylor.
1946
Daniel Hamilton, American musician. He was a member of The T-Bones with his brother Judd Hamilton, and later was the lead singer of the soft-rock group Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds that had the 1975 US No. 1 single ‘Fallin’ in Love’. He died on 23 December 1994.
1945
James William McCarty, guitarist, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles, Cactus, Mystery Train, Bob Seger.
1945
Linda Scott, known for her hit 1961 single “I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star,” is born Linda Joy Sampson in Queens, New York.
1943
American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, Tom Bahler, (the younger brother of singer, John Bahler). He is most known for his song, ‘She’s Out of My Life’, recorded by Michael Jackson for his Off The Wall album. The song was originally written for Frank Sinatra who never recorded it. Together with the Wrecking Crew, the Bahler brothers have sung, produced, and arranged hundreds of worldwide hits. They were the featured background voices on The Partridge Family recordings in the 1970s.
1934
American singer, composer, actor, Pat Boone, who had the 1956 UK No.1 single ‘I’ll Be Home’, and the 1957 US No.1 single ‘Love Letters In The Sand’. Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley.
1926
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles General Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Died August 4, 1962 (age 36 years).
1921
Nelson Riddle is born in Oradell, New Jersey. He’ll become famous as the orchestrator and arranger behind countless hits for Capitol Records artists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, and – decades later – Linda Ronstadt. He Died on October 6, 1985
1915
Country singer Johnny Bond, known for his 1947 hit “Divorce Me C.O.D.,” is born Cyrus Whitfield Bond in Enville, Oklahoma. Died June 12, 1978.
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