Born On This Day In Music, May 6th

1987 – Meek Mill
American hip hop recording artist Meek Mill. His 2015 album Dreams Worth More Than Money peaked at No.1 on the US album chart.

1971 – Chris Shiflett
American guitarist Chris Shiflett who joined Foo Fighters in 1999. Shiflett was also a member of No Use for a Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Over the course of the Foo Fighters career, four of its albums have won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album.

1968 – Tony Wright
Tony Wright, vocals, with English rock band Terrorvision who had the 1999 UK No.2 single ‘Tequila’. Terrorvision were originally known as The Spoilt Bratz.

1967 – Mark Bryan
Mark Bryan, guitarist with American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish who had the 1995 US No.1 album Cracked Rear View which sold over 15m copies.

1966 – David Narcizo
David Narcizo, drummer from alternative American rock band Throwing Muses and who has also worked with Tanya Donelly on her solo albums.

1962 – Stan Cullimore
Stan Cullimore, who with The Housemartins. The group’s a cappella cover version of ‘Caravan of Love’ (originally by Isley-Jasper-Isley) was a UK No.1 single.

1960 – John Flansburgh
John Flansburgh, guitar, vocals, from American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, who scored the 1990 UK No.6 single, ‘Birdhouse In Your Soul’. The band has won two Grammy Awards, one in 2002 for their song ‘Boss of Me, and in 2009 for ‘Here Come the 123s’.

1960 – Larry Steinbachek
Larry Steinbachek, keyboardist, from English group Bronski Beat who had the 1984 UK No.3 single ‘Smalltown Boy’. Steinbachek died in December 2016 aged 56.

1951 – Davey Johnstone
Scottish rock guitarist and vocalist Davey Johnstone best known for his work with Elton John. Johnstone’s debut album with Elton John as a full-time member of his band was on the 1972 Honky Chateau. On 10 June 2009, Johnstone played a landmark 2,000th show as a member of the Elton John Band at the SECC in Glasgow, Scotland.

1950 – Robbie McIntosh
Robbie McIntosh, drummer from Scottish funk and R&B group the Average White Band who scored the 1975 US No.1 and UK No.6 single ‘Pick Up The Pieces’. He died on 23rd August 1974.

1948 – Mary MacGregor
American singe Mary MacGregor who scored the 1977 US No.1 and UK No.4 single ‘Torn Between Two Lovers’.

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1945 – Bob Seger
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist Bob Seger, who scored the 1977 hit ‘Night Moves’, the 1987 US No.1 single ‘Shakedown’, taken from the film Beverly Hills Cop II, and the 1995 hit single ‘We’ve Got Tonight’. Seger has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

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1942 – Colin Earl
Colin Earl, 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’.

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1939 – Herbie Cox
Herbie Cox, lead singer of The Cleftones, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died on December 7, 2019

1929 – Leon Hughes
American singer Leon Hughes, The Coasters. The rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group scored the 1958 US No.1 single ‘Yakety Yak’, the 1959 US No.2 and UK No.6 single ‘Charlie Brown’, as well as ‘Young Blood’ and ‘Poison Ivy’. He died on March 1, 2023.

1927 – Ronnie Hilton
English singer and radio presenter Ronnie Hilton, who had the 1956 UK No.1 single ‘No Other Love’ and 21 other Top 40 hits. He was the presenter on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the Fifties series. Hilton died on 20th February 2001 aged 75.

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