Born On This Day In Music, May 5th

1989 – Chris Brown
Chris Brown, American singer, songwriter, and actor who had the 2005 US No.1 with his debut release ‘Run It’ and the 2007 US No.1 ‘Kiss Kiss’. In 2009, Brown received media attention after pleading guilty to felony assault of his then girlfriend, singer Rihanna; he was sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community service.

1988 – Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, English soul and jazz singer, (2008 UK No.1 album ‘19’, 2008 UK No.2 single ‘Chasing Pavements’). In 2011 Adele became the first artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the singles chart and the albums chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK, and Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time.

1981 – Craig David
English singer, songwriter, rapper Craig David, who had the 2000 UK No.1 singles, ‘Fill Me In’ and ‘7 Days’. His 2000 UK No.1 album ‘Born To Do It’ spent 50 weeks on the chart. David has been nominated for thirteen Brit Awards.

1962 – Gary Daly
Gary Daly, singer, with English pop/rock band China Crisis, who had the 1984 UK No.9 single ‘Wishful Thinking’.

1962 – Kevin Paul Mooney
Kevin Paul Mooney, bassist from English rock band Adam and the Ants who scored the 1981 UK No.1 single ‘Stand And Deliver’ and 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

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1961 – Sean McLuskey
Sean McLuskey, with British new wave group Jo Boxers, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single ‘Boxer Beat’.

1959 – Ian McCulloch
English singer-songwriter and musician Ian McCulloch, best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen who had the 1983 UK No.8 single ‘The Cutter’ and the single ‘The Killing Moon’. McCulloch a member of the Crucial Three, one of many Liverpool bands that sprung up amongst the regulars who patronised a Liverpool club called Eric’s in the late ’70s. The other two members were Julian Cope and Pete Wylie who went on to form Wah!.

1959 – Steve Stevens
American guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens. Often referred to as “the fingers of rock”, he is best known for being Billy Idol’s guitarist, the lead guitar work on ‘Top Gun Anthem’, and for playing for other artists (most notably Michael Jackson and Vince Neil).

1957 – Thereza Bazar
Thereza Bazar, singer, from pop vocal duo Dollar who had the 1981 UK No.4 single ‘Mirror Mirror’.

1955 – Roddy Radiation
Roddy Radiation, who played lead guitar for The Specials, as well as many rockabilly bands such as the Bonediggers and the Tearjerkers. Byers joined The Specials when the band was called The Coventry Automatics.

1954 – Pete Erskine
Pete Erskine, percussion, with American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s Weather Report who had the 1976 single ‘Birdland’ and the 1977 album Heavy Weather.

1951 – Rex Goh
Rex Goh, guitarist, for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply who scored the 1980 UK No.11 single ‘All Out Of Love’ and the 1981 US No.1 single ‘The One That You Love’.

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1950 – Eddy Amoo
Eddy Amoo, from British soul group The Real Thing, who had the 1976 UK No.1 single ‘You To Me Are Everything’.

1948 – Bill Ward
Bill Ward, drummer with English rock band Black Sabbath who had the 1970 UK No.4 single ‘Paranoid’. The bands self-titled album was voted as the best British rock album ever by Kerrang! in 2005.

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1942 – Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette, US Country singer, 1968 US No.19 and 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Stand By Your Man’. Known as the first lady of country music. Had the 1991 hit with The KLF ‘Justified and Ancient’ which became a No. 1 hit in eighteen countries. She died from cardiac arrhythmia aged 55, on 6th April 1998.

1942 – Jim King
Jim King, saxophone and harmonica with British rock band Family who scored the 1971 UK No.4 single ‘In My Own Time’ and the 1973 single ‘My Friend The Sun’.

1942 – Barbara Randolph
American soul singer and actress Barbara Randolph who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s. In 1964, she joined The Platters. She died on 15 July 2002 age 60.

1937 – Johnnie Taylor
American singer and songwriter Johnnie Taylor, who had the 1976 US No.1 UK No.25 single ‘Disco Lady’ and was a three-time Grammy-nominated American recording artist. Taylor died of a heart attack in a Texas hospital, on 31st May 2000, shortly after his 62nd birthday.

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