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Born On This Day In Music, May 4th
1984 – Ari Levine
Ari Levine, producer and songwriter who is part of the Smeezingtons record producing team with Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence. Worked with Adele, Snoop Dogg, Cee Lo Green, Justin Bieber, Flo Rida and many other artists.
1979 – Lance Bass
Lance Bass, singer from American boy band *NSYNC. Among the group’s singles, ‘Bye Bye Bye’, ‘This I Promise You’, ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ reached the top 10 in several international charts. The group’s second album, No Strings Attached, sold over one million copies in one day.
1972 – Mike Dirnt
American musician Mike Dirnt, bassist with Green Day who had the 1995 US No.2 album ‘Dookie’. Green Day are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
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1972 – Chris Tomlin
Christian singer Chris Tomlin is born in Austin, Texas. A winner of more than 20 Dove Awards, he earns a country hit in 2020 when he appears on Thomas Rhett’s “Be A Light” with Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott and Keith Urban.
1970 – Gregg Alexander
Gregg Alexander, US singer, songwriter, New Radicals, (1999 UK No. 5 single ‘You Get What You Give’). He has written hits for Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Enrique Iglesias and the 2003 Grammy award winning song ‘The Game Of Love’ by Santana and Michelle Branch.
1964 – Gary Holt
Gary Holt, guitarist for Exodus, is born in Richmond, California.
1961 – Jay Aston
Jay Aston, singer with British pop group Bucks Fizz who had the UK hits ‘Making Your Mind Up’ (1981), ‘The Land of Make Believe’ (1981) and ‘My Camera Never Lies’ (1982) and became one of the top-selling groups of the 1980s.
1959 – Randy Travis
Randy Traywick is born at Memorial Hospital in Monroe, North Carolina. As Randy Travis, his rich baritone is a signature sound in the New Traditionalist movement of the late-1980s, earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Among his hits: “On The Other Hand,” “Three Wooden Crosses” and “Forever And Ever, Amen”. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted over 20 No.1 hits.
1951 – Bruce Day
Bruce Day, American bassist and vocalist for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise. He previously played in a San Francisco high school band with Carlos Santana. He died of unknown causes on 30 June 1999 at the age of 48.
1951 – Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson, from American family music group The Jackson 5. They were the first group to debut with four consecutive No.1 hits on the Hot 100 with the songs ‘I Want You Back’, ‘ABC’, ‘The Love You Save’, and ‘I’ll Be There’. And with The Jacksons, had the 1979 hit ‘Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)’.
1951 – Mick Mars
Mick Mars (Bob Deal), American musician and guitarist from American heavy metal band Motley Crue who had the 1989 US No.1 album Dr Feelgood. For most of his professional career, Mars has openly struggled with ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic, inflammatory form of arthritis that mainly affects the spine and pelvis.
1949 – Stella Parton
Country singer-songwriter Stella Parton is born in Sevierville, Tennessee, to a family that includes older sister Dolly Parton. She records one Top 10 single in 1975, “I Want To Hold You In My Dreams Tonight,” and adds two more Top 15 hits in 1977.
1949 – Zal Cleminson
Scottish guitarist Zal Cleminson from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single ‘Delilah, and the 1975 album Next. During the 1990s Cleminson played with The Party Boys, a casual band that at various times featured Marillion’s Fish and Nazareth’s Dan McCafferty and Billy Rankin as vocalists.
1945 – George Wadenius
George Wadenius, from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single ‘Spinning Wheel’, and the 1969 US No.12 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.
1944 – Peggy Santiglia
Peggy Santiglia, American singer-songwriter of the “girl group era”. She is best known for her 1963 US No.1 hit ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’ with The Angels, which she recorded at the age of 18.
1942 – Nicholas Ashford
Nicholas Ashford, from husband-and-wife songwriting-production team Ashford and Simpson, who had the 1985 UK No. 3 single ‘Solid’. They wrote hits such as: ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’, ‘You’re All I Need To Get By’, ‘Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing’, and ‘Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)’. Ashford died August 22, 2011, of complications from throat cancer, in New York.
1942 – Ronnie Bond
Ronnie Bond, drummer with English garage rock band The Troggs, who had the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Wild Thing’ and the hits ‘With a Girl Like You’ and ‘Love Is All Around’. Bond died on 13th November 1992.
1940 – Ronnie Bond
Ronnie Bond, drummer for The Troggs, is born Ronald James Bullis in Andover, Hampshire, England. He died on November 13, 1992.
1938 – Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis is born Tyrone Fettson in Greenville, Mississippi, but is raised by his father in Saginaw, Michigan. Known for his #1 R&B hits, “Can I Change My Mind” (1968), “Turn Back The Hands Of Time” (1970), and “Turning Point” (1975). He died on February 9, 2005.
1937 – Dick Dale
American rock guitarist Dick Dale, known as ‘The King of the Surf Guitar’. He pioneered and created what many call the surf music style. Dale worked closely with Fender to produce custom made amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier. His song ‘Misirlou’ featured over the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Dale died of heart failure on 16 March 2019, at the age of 81.
1923 – Ed Cassidy
Ed Cassidy, drummer, from American group Spirit who had the 1969 US No.25 single ‘I Got A Line On You’. In 1964 he formed the Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder. Cassidy died on 12th Dec 2012.
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