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Born On This Day In Music, May 16th
1992 – Kirstin Maldonado
American singer and songwriter Kirstin Maldonado a member of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Together with Pentatonix, Maldonado has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums. They scored the 2017 US No.1 album ‘A Pentatonix Christmas’.
1977 – Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single ‘Jungle Drum’, her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science, and her performance of ‘Gollum’s Song’ for the 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
1974 – Laura Pausini
The first Italian female performer to win a Grammy Award, she was born in Solarolo, in the province of Ravenna. Pausini’s records have sold more than 70 million copies worldwide, more than both Zucchero and Eros Ramazzotti, two giants of Italian popular music. She won 43rd Sanremo Music Festival and reached number one in the Italian singles chart with the song “La Solitudine”.
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1973 – Will White
Will White, from English electronic duo Propellerheads who scored the scored the 1997 UK No.7 single ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’.
1971 – Simon Katz
English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Simon Katz from Jamiroquai who had the 1993 UK No.1 album Emergency on Planet Earth and the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Deeper Underground’. Jamiroquai have sold more than 26 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1998.
1968 – Ralph Tresvant
American contemporary R&B singer Ralph Tresvant who with New Edition had the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Candy Girl’.
1966 – Janet Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress Janet Jackson. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she has amassed an extensive catalogue of hits, with singles such as ‘Nasty’, ‘Rhythm Nation’, ‘That’s the Way Love Goes’, ‘When I Think Of You’, ‘Together Again’ and ‘All for You’, selling over 100 million records worldwide.
1965 – Krist Novoselic
Krist Novoselic, bassist with Nirvana, who had the 1991 UK No.7 and 1992 US No.6 single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit‘, which was taken from the 1991 album Nevermind. After Nirvana ended, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and then Eyes Adrift, releasing one album with each band. From 2006 to 2009 he played in punk band Flipper.
1964 – Boyd Tinsley
American violinist and mandolinist Boyd Tinsley with the Dave Matthews Band who had the 1998 US No.1 album ‘Before These Crowded Streets’ and the 2001 US No.1 album ‘Everyday’. Dave Matthews Band are the first group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at the top of the US charts.
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1962 – Andrew Innes
Andrew Innes from Scottish rock band Primal Scream who had the 1994 UK No.7 single ‘Rocks’ and the 1991 UK No.8 album Screamadelica.
1958 – Glenn Gregory
Glenn Gregory, Heaven 17, (1983 UK No.2 single ‘Temptation’).
1955 – Hazel O’Conner
British singer-songwriter and actress Hazel O’Conner, who had the 1980 UK No.5 single ‘Eighth Day’ as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass.
1953 – Richard Page
Richard Page, lead singer and bassist from American pop rock band Mr Mister who scored the 1985 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single ‘Broken Wings’.
1951 – Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman, guitar, vocals, from American rock band The Modern Lovers who scored the 1977 UK No.5 single ‘Egyptian Reggae’ and the 1977 UK No.11 ‘Roadrunner’. Richman appeared in the films Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary.
1949 – William “Sputnik” Spoone
Guitarist William “Sputnik” Spooner (of Grateful Dead, The Tubes) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.
1948 – Alto Reed
American saxophonist Alto Reed. He is best known as a long-time member of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and also worked with many artists including Grand Funk Railroad, Little Feat, Otis Rush, Spencer Davis, The Blues Brothers, The Ventures and George Thorogood. He died of colon cancer on 30 Dec 2020 age 72.
1947 – Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee, singer, from American all-girl group The Chiffons who had the 1963 US No.1 single ‘He’s So Fine’, and the 1972 UK No.4 single ‘Sweet Talking Guy’, (first released in 1966). Lee died on 15th May 1992.
1947 – Darrell Sweet
Darrell Sweet, from Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, who had the 1973 UK No.9 single ‘Broken Down Angel’, and the 1976 US No.8 single, ‘Love Hurts’. Died on 30th April 1999 after suffering a fatal heart attack before a show in New Albany, Indiana.
1946 – Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer Robert Fripp, who with King Crimson had the 1969 UK No.5 album, In The Court Of The Crimson King. He has also worked extensively as a studio musician, notably with David Bowie on the albums Heroes and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Brian Eno, Porcupine Tree, Andy Summers, Slow Music, Theo Travis, The Humans, Jakko Jakszyk and many others.
1946 – Roger Earl
Roger Earl, drummer for Foghat and Savoy Brown, is born in Hampton Court Palace, London, England.
1945 – Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn, who penned hits with songwriting partner Mike Chapman throughout the ’60s and ’70s, is born in London, England. Nicky Chinn and Michael Chapman wrote songs that become hits for Sweet (“Co-Co”, “Little Willy”, “Wig-Wam Bam”, “Blockbuster!” “The Ballroom Blitz”), Suzy Quatro ( “48 Crash” and the No.1 singles “Can the Can” and “Devil Gate Drive”), Mud (Tiger Feet), Smokie (“Living Next Door to Alice”), Tina Turner (“Better Be Good to Me”) and others.
1944 – Billy Cobham
Panamanian-American jazz drummer Billy Cobham, who worked with Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, James Brown, Santana and the Soundtrack to the film ‘Shaft’.
1939 – Pervis Jackson
Pervis Jackson, vocals, from American rhythm and blues vocal group the Detroit Spinners who had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single ‘Working My Way Back To You’. Jackson died of cancer on 18th Aug 2008.
1929 – Betty Carter
Jazz singer Betty Carter is born Lillie Mae Jones in Flint, Michigan. She was a jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. Betty Carter died on September 26, 1998.
1919 – American pianist
American pianist, singer, and TV presenter, Liberace, (Wladziu Valentinon Liberace) who had a career spanning four decades and for a period, his TV show would pull in over 30 million viewers at any one time and he was the became the highest-paid entertainer in the world. He died on 4th February 1987. Behind the Candelabra, a film adaptation of Scott Thorson’s autobiography, featured Michael Douglas stars as Liberace, with Matt Damon playing Thorson.
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