1988 – Colby O’Donis
Colby O’Donis, American R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter and actor. He had the 2009 US No.1 single ‘Just Dance’ with Lady GaGa.
1988 – Mark Falgren
Mark Falgren, drummer for the Danish band Lukas Graham who had the 2016 hit ‘7 Years’ which topped the charts in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK and Canada.
1986 – Este Arielle
American musician Este Arielle from pop rock band Haim, which also consists of her two sisters, Alana Haim and Danielle Haim.
1983 – Taylor Hanson
Taylor Hanson, keyboards, and vocals with Hanson who had the 1997 UK & US No.1 single ‘MMMbop’. Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had 8 top 40 albums and 6 top 40 singles in the US.
1979 – Jacques Brautbar
Jacques Brautbar (guitarist for Phantom Planet) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1970 – Kristian Bush
American singer, songwriter Kristian Bush, one half of the country music duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles. The scored the 2020 US No.1 album The Incredible Machine.
1969 – Michael Bland
Michael Bland best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for seven years.
1963 – Steve Lambert
English musician Steve Lambert from Roman Holiday who scored the 1983 UK No.14 with ‘Don’t Try To Stop It’.
1963 – Mike Muir
Mike Muir (lead vocalist for Suicidal Tendencies) is born in Venice, California, and raised in Santa Monica.
1957 – Chris Redburn
Chris Redburn from English pop and glam rock band Kenny who had several hit singles in the UK in the mid-1970s, including ‘The Bump’ and ‘Fancy Pants’.
1956 – Patrick Leonard
Patrick Leonard American songwriter, keyboardist, film composer, and music producer, best known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna. Leonard has also worked with a wide variety of artists including Elton John, Rod Stewart, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck and Bryan Adams.
1951 – Charo
Spanish entertainer Charo is born with a much longer moniker: María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza
1947 – Jona Lewie
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jona Lewie, best known for his 1980 UK hits ‘You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties’ and ‘Stop the Cavalry’. Lewie started his musical career as a member of the blues band Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts.
1947 – Peter Skellern
English singer-songwriter and pianist Peter Skellern who had the 1972 UK No. 3 with ‘Your A Lady’. In October 2016, he was ordained as a deacon and priest of the Church of England, but died only four months later from a brain tumour on 17 February 2017 at the age of 69.
1945 – Walter Parazaider
American saxophonist Walter Parazaider with Chicago, who had the 1976 UK & US No.1 single ‘If You Leave Me Now‘. The band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois as The Chicago Transit Authority before shortening the name in 1970. Chicago have had five consecutive No.1 albums on the Billboard chart and 20 top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
1945 – James O’Rourke
James O’Rourke, guitarist and singer with John Fred & His Playboy Band who scored the 1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Judy In Disguise’.
1945 – Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter. His 1990 album Cowboy Songs, became the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. Murphey is also the author of New Mexico’s state ballad, ‘The Land of Enchantment’.
1943 – Jim Pons
Jim Pons (bassist for The Leaves, The Turtles, Mothers Of Invention) is born in Santa Monica, California. The Leaves has recorded the first version of Hey Joe on their first album in 1966. Hey Joe would become popular in 1967 when it was covered by Jimi Hendrix.
1933 – Quincy Jones
American record producer, composer and musician Quincy Jones. He is known for his 1962 tune ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ and later scored the 1978 US No.1 single ‘Stuff Like That’. Jones has a record 79 Grammy Award nominations and was the producer of three albums by Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, Bad and Thriller which has now sold more than 65 million copies worldwide.
1922 – Les Baxter
American musician and composer Les Baxter who had the 1956 US No.1 single ‘Poor People Of Paris’. In the 1960s, he formed the Balladeers, a conservative folk group in suits that at one time featured a young David Crosby. He died on 15 January 1996.
1912 – Les Brown
Les Brown, known for his Band of Renown during the big-band era, is born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania. The band had nine number-one hit songs, including “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”, “Sentimental Journey” sung bu Doris day. He died January 4, 2001.
