1986 – Kieren Webster
Kieren Webster, bass guitarist, vocalist, from The View who had the 2007 UK No.1 album Hats Off to the Buskers.
1983 – Holly Valance
Australian actress, singer and model Holly Valance who scored the 2002 UK and Australian No.1 single ‘Kiss Kiss’.
1966 – Christoph
Christoph “Doom” Schneider, drummer, for the German rock band Rammstein who formed in Berlin in 1994. Five of their albums reached No.1 on the German album charts.
1965 – Avtar Singh
Avtar Singh, bassist from British indie rock band Cornershop, who had the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Brimful Of Asha’.
1965 – Greg Dulli
American musician Greg Dulli, a member of the Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers and Gutter Twins. Dulli is known as the voice of John Lennon in the 1994 film Backbeat, and he also played additional guitar on the track ‘X-Static’ on the debut Foo Fighters album.
1955 – Mark Herndon
Drummer Mark Herndon of Alabama. is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Alabama had over 40 number one hit singles, “Tenessee River” (1980), “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)” (1984), “Southern Star” (1990), “Old Alabama” (duet with Brad Paisley) (2011).
1955 – Jonathan “J.J.” Jeczalik
Electronic musician Jonathan “J.J.” Jeczalik of The Art of Noise, is born in Banbury, England.
1947 – Butch Trucks
American drummer Butch Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band who released the classic album Eat a Peach in 1972 and had the 1973 US No.12 single ‘Ramblin Man’. Trucks died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 24 January 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 69.
1943 – Les Chadwick
Les Chadwick, who with Gerry And The Pacemakers had the 1963 UK No.1 single ‘How Do You Do It’ and the 1965 US No.6 single, ‘Ferry Cross The Mersey’. In common with The Beatles they came from Liverpool, were managed by Brian Epstein, and were recorded by George Martin.
1943 – Arnie Silver
Arnie Silver, aka Arnie Satin of the ’60s vocal group The Dovells, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1941 – Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter and actor Eric Burdon, who with The Animals had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘House Of The Rising Sun‘. He later joined forces with Californian funk rock band War.
1936 – Tony Barrow
Tony Barrow, who worked as The Beatles’ press officer between 1962 and 1968. He coined the term ‘The Fab Four’ to describe the band and also wrote sleeve notes for their early albums, as well as the strip cartoon for the Magical Mystery Tour booklet. Barrow died on 14th May 2016 aged 80.
1935 – Kit Lambert
Kit Lambert, manager of The Who and co-founder of Track Records, is born Christopher Sebastian Lambert in Middlesex, England. He died on April 7, 1981
1888 – Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist, Irving Berlin who is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. He was the composer of many pop, stage show and film hits. He emigrated from Siberia to New York as a child. He was the composer of ‘White Christmas’, ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’ and ‘Let’s Face The Music and Dance’. He died on September 22nd 1989 of a heart attack and natural causes, in New York City, at the age of 101.
