Born On June 23rd In Music

1989 – Lauren Bennett
Lauren Bennett, English singer, best known as a member of the girl group G.R.L.. She is also known for her work with the Paradiso Girls, CeeLo Green, Robin Antin of the Pussycat Dolls, and most notably with LMFAO, where she was featured on the 2011 summer hit ‘Party Rock Anthem’.

1984 – Duffy
Aimee Anne Duffy, (Duffy) Welsh singer-songwriter who had the 2008 UK No.1 single ‘Mercy’. Her debut studio album Rockferry released in 2008 won a number of awards including the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.

1981 – Anthony Costa
Anthony Costa, singer with English boyband, Blue who had the 2002 UK No.1 single ‘If You Come Back’. The group also worked alongside artists such as Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Lil’ Kim.

1980 – Jessica Simm
Jessica Taylor, singer, from British-Irish group Liberty X, who had the 2002 UK No.1 single ‘Just A Little’. The group was formed by the five finalists of the British talent show Popstars who failed to make it into the group Hear’Say. Liberty X went on to achieve ten consecutive UK Top 20 singles.

1977 – Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz is born in Mechanicsville, Virginia. In 2008 his single “I’m Yours”, reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, while spending a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100.

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1975 – KT Tunstall
Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, who had the 2005, UK No.3 album, Eye To The Telescope. Her hit ‘Suddenly I See’ won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006 and was used as a campaign song of the US presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2008.

1973 – Carter Albrecht
Carter Albrecht, American musician best known for his keyboard and guitar work in Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. He was shot and killed by his girlfriend’s neighbor early in the morning on 3 September 2007.

1966 – Mark Chadwick
Mark Chadwick, guitarist, singer with English folk rock band The Levellers who had the 1995 UK No.12 single ‘Just The One’.

1965 – Paul Arthurs
English musician Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, one of the founder members of Oasis. Thier first single ‘Supersonic’ was released in 1994 and their 1994 UK No.1 album Definitely Maybe became the fastest selling UK debut album ever’. Arthurs, quit the band in Aug 1999.

1962 – Richard Coles
Richard Coles from British pop duo The Communards who had the 1986 UK No.1 single with a cover version of the Thelma Houston hit ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’. Coles is now a Church of England priest.

1962 – Steve Shelley
Steve Shelley, drummer with American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, who had the 1993 UK hit single ‘Sugar Kane’. The band is considered to be a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements.

1957 – Lee John
Lee John, from English three piece band Imagination, who had the 1982 UK No.2 single ‘Just An Illusion’.

1956 – Randall Jackson
Randall Darius Jackson, American musician and record producer, now best known for being a judge on the US television show American Idol.

1952 – Anthony Jackson
American bassist Anthony Jackson, who has performed as a session musician and live artist. He is also credited with the development of the modern six-string bass. As a member of the Billy Paul band, Jackson played on the 1972 hit ‘Me and Mrs. Jones’. He has worked with many artists including Madonna, Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Donald Fagen and Simon & Garfunkel.

1951 – Larry Cunningham
American singer Larry Cunningham best known as a member of the R&B/soul group The Floaters who scored the 1977 US No.2 and UK No.1 hit ‘Float On.’ The song was adapted in the early 1990s to advertise Cadbury’s Crème Eggs. Cunningham died of a heart attack on 10 January 2019 age 67.

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1944 – Rosetta Hightower
Rosetta Hightower (lead singer of The Orlons) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died in Clapham, London, on 2 August 2014, aged 70

1941 – Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter, American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead and for collaborating with singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. An early friend of Jerry Garcia, they played together in bluegrass bands (such as the Tub Thumpers). He died on 23 September 2019 age 78.

1940 – Adam Faith
British teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist Adam Faith, who had the 1959 UK No.1 single ‘What Do You Want’, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. Acting roles include the TV series Love Hurts. Faith died of a heart attack on March 8th 2003.

1940 – Stuart Sutcliffe
Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months (January 1960 – June 1961). Sutcliffe was living in Hamburg, Germany at the time of his death, he died of a brain haemorrhage in an ambulance on the way to hospital on April 10th 1962, aged 22.

1940 – Jimmy Castor
Disco-funk saxophonist Jimmy Castor, known for the 1972 hit “Troglodyte (Cave Man),” is born in Manhattan, New York. Castor died of heart failure on January 16, 2012, in Henderson, Nevada,

1938 – Alan Vega
Alan Vega, American vocalist and visual artist, primarily known for his work with the electronic protopunk duo Suicide. Vega died on 16th July 2016.

1937 – Niki Sullivan
Niki Sullivan, guitarist, singer, one of the three original members of Buddy Holly’s backing group, The Crickets. He co-wrote a number of his hit songs and sang back-up vocals on 27 of the 32 songs Buddy recorded over his brief career. Sullivan died suddenly of a heart attack on April 6th 2004, at his home in Independence, Missouri aged 66.

1929 – June Carter
American singer, songwriter, actress June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny Cash. Had hits with Johnny Cash, ‘Ring Of Fire’, ‘Jackson‘, ‘If I Were A Carpenter’ and won five Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009. She died 15th May 2003 aged 73.

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