Born Today In Music,
March 31st

1984 – Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff, American singer, musician of the indie pop band Fun who scored the 2012 US No.1 single ‘We Are Young’. Antonoff worked with Taylor Swift on her album 1989 and has also worked with Lorde, St. Vincent, Florence and the Machine and Lana Del Rey.

1982 – Jedd Hughes
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jedd Hughes is born in Port Augusta, Australia. He earns hits as a songwriter on Josh Gracin’s “Stay With Me (Brass Bed)” and Keith Urban’s “Put You In A Song.” He also plays mandolin on Little Big Town’s “Pontoon” and guitar on Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane”.

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1978 – Tony Yayo
Tony Yayo, (Marvin Bernard), American rapper with G-Unit and solo who had the 2005 single ‘So Seductive’ feat. 50 Cent’. His stage name is derived from the 1983 film Scarface, referencing the main character Tony Montana, and Yayo, the slang word for cocaine.

1974 – Stefan Olsdal
Stefan Olsdal, bassist with alternative rock band Placebo who had the 1997 UK No. 6 single ‘Nancy Boy’.

1971 – Julian Deane
Julian Deane, from British alternative rock band, Toploader who had the 2000 UK No.7 single with of ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’ a cover of the French-American rock group King Harvest.

1958 – Paul Ferguson
Paul Ferguson, drummer from the British post-punk group Killing Joke who had the 1985 UK No.16 single ‘Love Like Blood’.

1955 – Angus Young
Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist with AC/DC, known for his energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits. 1980 UK No.36 single ‘Whole Lotta Rosie‘ and 1980 UK No.1 & US No.14 album Back In Black. AC/DC are the fifth-best-selling band in US history with over 70 million albums sold.

1954 – Tony Brock
British rock drummer Tony Brock, The Babys who had two hits on the US chart, ‘Isn’t It Time’ (1977) and ‘Everytime I Think of You’ (1979). Brock has also worked with Rod Stewart, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Barnes and Elton John.

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1953 – Sean Hopper
Sean Hopper, keyboards with Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love‘. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.

1948 – Thiis Van Leer
Thiis Van Leer, organ, flute, with Dutch rock band Focus who had the 1973 UK No.4 single ‘Sylvia‘, and the 1973 US No. 9 single ‘Hocus Pocus’.

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1947 – Al Goodman
American singer Al Goodman from The Moments who had the 1970 US No. 3 single ‘ ‘Love on a Two-Way Street’. For contractual reasons they changed their name to Ray, Goodman & Brown and had further hits, including ‘Special Lady’.

1947 – Jon Poulos
Jon Poulos, drummer with American Sunshine pop group The Buckinghams who had the 1967 US No.1 single ‘Kind Of A Drag’ and became one of the top selling US acts of 1967.

1946 – Al Nichol
Guitarist Al Nichol is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He becomes a founding member of the Los Angeles band The Turtles, who had the US 1967 No.1 single ‘Happy Together’ and the 1967 hit ‘She’d Rather Be with Me’.

1944 – Rodney Bainbridge
Rodney Bainbridge, bassist, from English harmony beat group The Fortunes, who had the 1965 UK No.2 & US No.7 single ‘You’ve Got Your Troubles’ and the hits ‘Here It Comes Again and ‘Storm in a Teacup’.

1944 – Mick Ralphs
English guitarist Mick Ralphs from Mott The Hoople, who had the 1972 UK No.3 & US No.37 single ‘All The Young Dudes’ which was written for them by David Bowie. Other hits include, ‘All the Way from Memphis’ and ‘Roll Away the Stone’. He joined Bad Company who had the 1974 UK No.15 & US No.5 single ‘Can’t Get Enough’.

1942 – Hugh McCracken
American guitarist and session musician Hugh McCracken. He appeared on many recordings by Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B. King, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Monkees, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Phoebe Snow, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Graham Parker, Eric Carmen, Loudon Wainwright III, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, The Four Seasons, Hall and Oates, Gary Wright and Andy Gibb. Because of such high demand for his work, McCracken declined Paul McCartney’s invitation to help form his new band, Wings after appearing on his 1971 album Ram. McCracken died on 28 March 2013 of leukemia in New York City at the age of 70

1937 – Herb Alpert
American jazz musician Herb Alpert, most associated with the group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Alpert had the 1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘This Guy’s In Love With You’ written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Alpert formed A&M Records with Jerry Moss, at first operating from his garage at home. Alpert and Moss sold A&M in 1987, to PolyGram Records for a reported $500 million.

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1934 – Shirley Jones
American singer and actress Shirley Mae Jones who appeared in the well-known musical films Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy TV series The Partridge Family (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy. The Partridge Family had the 1970 US No.1 single ‘I Think I Love You’, and the 1972 UK No.3 single ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’.

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1933 – Anita Carter
Anita Carter, of The Carter Sisters, is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. She breaks away from the family group to net three Top 10 singles from 1951-1968, as a solo act, and in efforts with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings. She died Jul29, 1999.

1927 – Hoyt Hawkins
Hoyt Hawkins, of The Jordanaires, is born in Paducah, Kentucky. The group performs as backing vocalists on a long list of hits by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Elvis Presley, among others, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. He died October 23, 1982.

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