Born On This Day In Music, May 15th

1984
Guitarist Zach Brown is born in Snellville, Georgia. As an adult, he joins A Thousand Horses, taking part in the Southern rock-tinged 2014 release “Smoke”.

1983
Devin Bronson, guitarist with Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osbourne and Black List Club.

1966
Pete Wiggs from English band Saint Etienne who had the 1993 UK No.12 single ‘You’re In A Bad Way’.

1965
Jon Sevink, violin, with English folk rock band The Levellers who had the 1995 UK No.12 single ‘Just The One’.

1959
Andrew Eldritch, singer from English gothic rock band, The Sisters Of Mercy who scored the 1992 UK No.3 single ‘Temple Of Love’.

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1953
Mike Oldfield, UK composer, multi-instrumentalist, ‘Tubular Bells’ was the first album released on the Virgin record label in 1973 and went on to sell over 10 million copies world-wide. 1976 UK No. 3 single ‘Portsmouth’ plus 20 other UK Top 40 albums.

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1951
American rock singer Dennis Frederiksen best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, who had the 1980s Top 5 hits ‘Hold the Line’, ‘Rosanna’, and ‘Africa’. He died from liver cancer on January 18, 2014 aged 62 at his home in Mound, Minnesota.

1948
Gary Thain, bassist with Keef Hartley Band and then Uriah Heep. Had a hit with ‘Easy Livin’ from the 1972 album Demons and Wizards. He died of a drug overdose December 8, 1975.

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1947
Graham Goble, from Australian group, Little River Band who scored the 1978 US No.3 single ‘Reminiscing’ plus 12 other US Top 40 singles selling more than 30 million records.

1944
Ian Amey, (Tich), from British pop/rock group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who scored the 1968 UK No.1 single ‘Legend Of Xanadu’.

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1943
American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor Freddie Perren. He co-wrote and co-produced songs including ‘Boogie Fever’ the Sylvers, ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor, and ‘Shake Your Groove Thing’ by Peaches & Herb. He died on December 16, 2004.

1937
American singer, guitarist Trini Lopez, who scored the 1963 US No.3 & UK No.4 single ‘If I Had A Hammer’. Other hits included ‘Lemon Tree’, ‘I’m Comin’ Home, Cindy’ and ‘Sally Was a Good Old Girl’.

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1932
Baba Oje, from American alternative hip hop group Arrested Development, who scored the 1992 UK No.2 and US No. 8 single ‘People Everyday’. The group won two Grammy Awards in 1993 for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine. Baba Oje, died on October 26, 2018.

1918
American country music singer Eddy Arnold, who scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones and sold more than 85 million records worldwide. Arnold died from natural causes on May 8, 2008.
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