Born On This Day In Music, May 23rd

1985
Blaine Harrison, English musician and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Mystery Jets.

1983
Heidi Range, singer who was an original member of Atomic Kitten and then joined The Sugababes who had the 2003 UK No.1 single ‘Hole In The Head’.

1974
Jewel Kilcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress, author and poet. Jewel’s debut album, Pieces of You, released in 1995, became one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, going 12 times platinum.

1974
Richard Jones, bassist from Welsh rock band, Stereophonics, who had the 2001 UK No.5 single ‘Have A Nice Day’. Their 1999 UK No.1 album, Performance and Cocktails spent 97 weeks on the UK chart.

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1972
American singer, songwriter, record producer Maxwell, who scored the 2001 US No.1 album, Now. Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the “neo soul” movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s.

1970
Matt Flynn, drummer of American rock band Maroon 5. Prior to joining Maroon 5, Flynn played drums for The B-52’s, Chicago, Gavin DeGraw and Gandhi.

1967
English drummer Junior Waite, Musical Youth, best remembered for their successful 1982 single ‘Pass the Dutchie’, which became a No.1 hit around the world. It was a cover version of two songs: ‘Gimme the Music’ by U Brown, and ‘Pass the Kouchie’ by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe).

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1967
Philip James Selway, drummer with Radiohead. Their 1993 debut single ‘Creep’ was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their 1997 album OK Computer appeared in many 1997 critics’ lists and listener polls for best album of the year.

1965
Simon Gilbert, drummer from English alternative rock band Suede, who had the 1994 UK No.3 single ‘Stay Together’. Following Suede’s hiatus in 2003, he was the drummer for a local Bangkok band called Futon.

1953
English rock guitarist Rick Fenn, best known for being a member of 10cc since 1976. He has also collaborated with Mike Oldfield, Rick Wakeman and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.

1946
Daniel Klein, bassist with American rock band The J Geils Band, who had the 1982 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Centerfold’ which was taken from their US No.1 1981 album Freeze Frame.

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1946
Ruth Komanoff, the future Ruth Underwood, is born. The percussionist becomes known for her work with Frank Zappa.

1945 – Misty Morgan
Country singer Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York.

1944
American musician Tiki Fulwood who was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Fulwood died of stomach cancer on 29 October 1979.

1943
Norman Johnson, (General Johnson), Chairmen Of The Board who had the 1970 UK & US No.3 single, ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’). He also wrote the Grammy Award winning ‘Patches’ for Clarence Carter (Jerry Reed also recorded a country music cover version). Johnson died on October 13, 2010, in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

1934
Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesiser. He built his first electronic instrument, a theremin – aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, “the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser” in 1970. He died on 21st Aug 2005 at his North Carolina home aged 71, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

1928
, American singer who came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit ‘Come On-a My House’, which was followed by other pop numbers such as ‘Botch-a-Me’, ‘Mambo Italiano’ and ‘This Ole House’. She died on 29th June 2002.
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