Born On March 21st in music

Born On This Day In Music, March 21st

1989 – Rochelle Humes
Rochelle Humes, best known for being a member of girl group The Saturdays who scored the 2013 UK No.1 hit single ‘What About Us’ featuring Sean Paul.

1980 – Deryck Whibley
Canadian musician Deryck ‘Bizzy D’ Whibley, guitar, vocals with Sum 41. Their 2001 album All Killer No Filler achieved mainstream success with their first single from the album, ‘Fat Lip’, reaching No.1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Whibley dated Hilton Hotels heiress Paris Hilton in 2003 and married singer Avril Lavigne in 2006.

1977 – Mark Hamilton
Irish musician Mark Hamilton from Northern Irish alternative rock band Ash who scored the 1995 UK No.11 single ‘Girl From Mars’ and the 1996 UK No.1 album 1977.

1968 – Andrew Copeland
Andrew Copeland, rhythm guitarist for Sister Hazel is born in Gainesville, Florida.

1967 – Jonas Berggren
Jonas Berggren, guitar, keyboards with Swedish pop group Ace Of Base who had the 1993 UK No.1 single ‘All That She Wants‘ and the 1994 US No.1 single ‘The Sign’. The group sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, making it the third-most successful Swedish band of all time, after ABBA and Roxette.

1967 – Sean Dickson
Sean Dickson, from The Soup Dragons, who had the 1990 UK No.5 single ‘I’m Free’. The Scottish alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s were named after a character in the 1970s children’s television show Clangers.

1958 – Jonathan Norton
Jonathan Norton, drummer/percussionist/vocalist worked with Eels, Lisa Germano, Tracy Chapman, Rufus Wainwright, Fiona Apple, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann and Lucinda Williams.

1956 – Guy Chadwick
English singer, songwriter and guitarist Guy Chadwick from House Of Love, who rose to prominence in 1987 with their first single ‘Shine On’ released on the independent label Creation.

1953 – Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson, singer with American disco and funk group KC and the Sunshine Band who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘That’s The Way, I Like It‘, and the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Give It Up’.

1951 – Conrad Lozano
American musician Conrad Lozano, bass player for Los Lobos (Spanish for “the Wolves”), who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single their their cover version of ‘La Bamba’, which was a 1958 hit for Ritchie Valens and one of early rock and roll’s best-known songs.

1951 – Russell Thompkins
Russell Thompkins Jr, singer with the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics who had the 1974 US No.2 single ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’, and the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Can’t Give You Anything But My Love’ and twelve consecutive US R&B top ten hits.

1950 – Roger Hodgson
English musician, singer and songwriter Roger Hodgson, known as the former co-frontman with Supertramp. He composed and sang the majority of their hits such as ‘Dreamer’, ‘Give a Little Bit’, ‘Breakfast in America’, ‘Take the Long Way Home’, ‘The Logical Song‘ and ‘It’s Raining Again’.

1949 – Eddie Money
American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddie Money, who is well known for the 1970s and 1980s songs like ‘Baby Hold On’, ‘Two Tickets To Paradise’, ‘Maybe I’m A Fool’. Money died of cancer on 13 September 2019 age 70.

1946 – Ray Dorset
English guitarist, singer, songwriter, Ray Dorset, founder of Mungo Jerry, who had the 1970 UK No.1 & US No.3 single ‘In The Summertime‘ as well as the hits ‘Baby Jump’ and ‘Lady Rose’.

1945 – Rosemary Stone
Rosemary Stone, vocals, piano, Sly and The Family Stone, who had the 1968 US No.1 singles ‘Everyday People’, the 1971 US No.1 ‘Family Affair’ and the 1971 US No.1 album There’s a Riot Goin’ On. Rose Stone is born Rosemary Stewart in Dallas, Texas.

1943 – Viv Stanshall
English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, Vivian Stanshall a founding member of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band who had the 1968 UK No.5 single ‘I’m The Urban Spaceman’. He was Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield’s album Tubular Bells. Stanshall died on March 5th 1995 after an electrical fire had broken out as he slept in his top floor flat in Muswell Hill, North London.

1941 – John Boylan
John Boylan, American producer and songwriter. Worked with Rick Nelson, the Association, the Dillards. He also managed Linda Ronstadt and introduced her to a then unknown group of musicians who went on to become her backing band in 1971, and later became the Eagles.

1940 – Solomon Burke
American preacher and singer Solomon Burke, known as the king of rock & soul. He had the 1961 US No.24 single ‘Just Out Of Reach Of My Open Arms’, and the 1963 US No.1 R&B hit, ‘Got To Get You Off My Mind’. Burke died on October 10, 2010 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport while on a plane from Washington Dulles Airport that had just landed.

1940 – Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor, American songwriter, noted for writing ‘Angel of the Morning’ and ‘Wild Thing’ a major hit for The Troggs in 1966. His songs have been covered by a wide range of artists, from Janis Joplin, Anne Murray, Ace Frehley, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, Linda Rondstat and Emmylou Harris.

1930 – Otis Spann
Chicago blues pianist Otis Spann is born in Mississippi. He died April 24, 1970