Born On This Day In Music, April 14th

1996
Dutch DJ and record producer Martin Garrix. He was ranked number one on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years (2016, 2017 and 2018). He scored the 2013 UK No.1 single ‘Animals’.

1984
English singer-songwriter, musician, Olly Murs who was the runner-up in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009. Scored the 2010 UK No.1 hit single ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’,

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1979
Dan Auerbach, American guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys who had the 2014 US No.1 album Turn Blue.

1976
Martine McCutcheon, singer, actress, (1999, UK No.1 single ‘Perfect Moment’).

1973
Natalie Appleton, singer, from British girl group All Saints, who had the 1998 UK No.1 and US No.4 single ‘Never Ever’. The group’s debut album, All Saints (1997), went on to become the third best-selling girl group album of all time in the UK.

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1973
American singer, songwriter Shanice, who scored the 1992 US & UK No.2 single ‘I Love Your Smile’.

1971
Danny Wood, from American boy band New Kids On The Block, who had the 1989 UK No.1 single ‘You Got It, The Right Stuff’, and the 1990 US No.1 single ‘Step By Step’. They enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have sold more than 80 million records worldwide.

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1969
American producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin who has worked with Adele, Beck, Ben Harper, Kelly Clarkson and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2009 he won three Ivor Novello awards for his work with Lily Allen, and he also co-wrote Adele’s 2015 worldwide hit single ‘Hello’.

1966
American rock musician Mike Inez, best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993. He has also worked with Ozzy Osbourne from 1989-1993 and Inez has also associated with Slash’s Snakepit, Black Label Society, and Heart.

1963
Fabrice Morvan, singer from German R&B duo Milli Vanilli, who had the 1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Girl I’m Gonna Miss You’. Their success quickly turned to infamy when they confessed that they did not sing any of the vocals heard on their hits. Consequently, the duo was stripped of their Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

1962
C.C. Deville, lead guitarist from American rock band Poison who scored the 1988 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.13 single ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ and have sold over 45 million records worldwide.

1962
Ian Astbury, English singer with Southern Death Cult, who became The Cult. In 2002 he became lead singer of The Doors of the 21st Century, featuring original Doors members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek.

1960
Shelley Preston, 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.

1956
Steve Hogarth, singer from British rock band Marillion who he joined in 1989. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a No.1 album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood.

1952
Scottish-American musician David Byrne, who was the founding member of American new wave band Talking Heads. They scored the 1983 US No.9 single ‘Burning Down The House’, and the 1985 UK No.6 single ‘Road To Nowhere’. Byrne scored the 2002 solo UK No.2 single with ‘Lazy’ with X-Press. He has received Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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1950
Arthur Grant, drummer from English psychedelic rock group Edgar Broughton Band who had the 1970 UK hit single ‘Out Demons Out’.

1947
Al Ciner, from American rock band American Breed who scored the 1967 US No.5 single ‘Bend Me, Shape Me’, (a hit on the British charts for the British group Amen Corner). Also a member of Three Dog Night who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single with the Randy Newman song ‘Mama Told Me Not To Come’.

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1946
Gene Cornish, with American rock band, The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) who had the US No.1 hits ‘Good Lovin” (1966), ‘Groovin” (1967), and ‘People Got to Be Free’ (1968).

1946
Derek Leckenby, guitarist with English beat rock band, Herman’s Hermits who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘I’m Into Something Good’ (cover of Earl-Jean’s) and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter’. He died on 4th June 1994 aged 51.

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1943
Scottish musician, singer and songwriter Jack Bruce who was a member of the Graham Bond Organization, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann and Cream, who had the 1967 UK No.11 single ‘I Feel Free’, and the 1968 US No.5 single ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’. Their 1968 Wheels of Fire becoming the first platinum-selling double album. Also a member of West, Bruce and Laing. Bruce died on 25 October 2014 from liver disease in Suffolk, England, aged 71.

1943
Jamaican singer, songwriter and record producer Winston Riley. He formed the band The Techniques in 1962 and Riley’s own song, ‘Double Barrel’, performed by Dave and Ansell Collins under his own production, was one of the first international reggae hits, reaching No.1 in the Dutch and UK Singles Chart. He died aged 68 on 19 January 2012 after he was shot in the head at his home in Kingston.

1936
American singer, songwriter Bobby Darin. He recorded his first million-selling single, ‘Splish Splash’, in 1958 followed by the hits ‘Dream Lover’, ‘Mack the Knife’, and ‘Beyond the Sea’. He became politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy’s Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy’s assassination. In 1973, after failing to take antibiotics to protect his heart before a dental visit, Darin developed an overwhelming systemic infection (sepsis) and died on 20th December 1973 aged 37.

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1936
American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer and guitarist Charlie Gracie. His biggest hits were ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Fabulous’, both in 1957. Gracie became only the second American rock and roller to bring this new art form to the British concert stage. His two extensive tours in 1957 and 1958 were topped off by headlining the Palladium and the Hippodrome in London. In the audiences, among Gracie’s fans, were future rock musicians Graham Nash and members of the Beatles. He died on December 16, 2022 aged 86.

1934
American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist, Grady Gaines. He performed and recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s and later worked with Little Willie John, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Joe Tex. He died om 29 January 2021 age 86.

1932
American record producer Bob Johnston who produced a string of notable and highly influential albums including; Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, New Morning, as well as Simon And Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence, Leonard Cohen: Songs from a Room and many others. Johnson died on 14 August 2015 aged 83.

1928
American singer Will Jones. He is best known as the bass vocalist for The Coasters and The Cadets. The Cadets’ biggest hit was ‘Stranded In The Jungle’ and his bass vocals can be heard on The Coasters’ hits ‘Yakety Yak’ and ‘Charlie Brown.’ He also sang lead on The Trammps’ cover version of ‘Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart’. Jones died on 16 January aged 71 from the effects of diabetes.

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