Born On This Day In Music, May 26th

1981
Isaac Slade, lead singer and pianist, from American rock band The Fray who scored the 2005 US Top 3 single ‘How to Save a Life’. The group’s self-titled, second album, released in 2009, debuted at No.1 on the Billboard charts.

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1978
Jaheim Hoagland, (aka Jaheim), US R&B singer, (2006 US No.1 album ‘Ghetto Classics’).

1975
American singer, songwriter, rapper Lauryn Hill, who with The Fugees had the 1996 UK No.1 single ‘Killing Me Softly’. As a solo artists had the 1998 UK No.3 single ‘Doo Wop, That Thing’, and the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.2 album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.

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1972
English rock drummer Alan White from Oasis. He is the longest serving drummer in Oasis’s history, performing on four studio albums. In early 2004, White left Oasis during the early recording sessions for the band’s sixth album.

1967
Kristen Pfaff best known as the bassist for alternative rock band Hole. She was found dead on 16 June 1994 in her bathtub due to a heroin overdose aged 26. She died two months after Kurt Cobain, who was a close friend as well as the husband of Hole’s frontwoman Courtney Love.

1964
American singer, songwriter, Lenny Kravitz, who had the 1990 UK hit single ‘Let Love Rule’, the 1999 UK No.1 single ‘Fly Away’, and the 1993 UK No.1 album ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’. Kravitz has also worked with Mick Jagger, Madonna and David Bowie.

1962
English singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe, who with Black had the 1987 UK No.8 single ‘Wonderful Life’. Vearncombe was involved in a road traffic accident, on Jan 10th 2016 near Cork Airport in Ireland, and placed in a medically-induced coma after sustaining serious head injuries. He died from his injuries at the intensive care unit of Cork University Hospital on 26 January 2016, at the age of 53.

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1959
English musician Wayne Hussey who was a member of Dead Or Alive, who had the 1985 UK No.1 single ‘You Spin me round, Like A record’. He joined Sisters Of Mercy, and then became the lead singer of The Mission who had the 1988 UK No.12 single ‘Tower Of Strength’.

1949
American singer-songwriter and musician Hank Williams Jr, the son of country music’s greatest star. Williams began his career by following in his famed father’s footsteps, covering his father’s songs and imitating his father’s style.

1948
American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, from Fleetwood Mac who scored the 1987 UK No.5 single ‘Little Lies’ and 1977 US No.1 single ‘Dreams’, taken from the world-wide No.1 album Rumours. She scored the solo, 1981 US No.1 & UK No.11 album Bella Donna, and the 1989 hit single ‘Rooms On Fire’. Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 along with her then boyfriend, Lindsey Buckingham.

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1946
English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer Mick Ronson. He was a member of The Rats, then worked with David Bowie from 1970, (1972 UK album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars). Also worked with Mott The Hoople, Bob Dylan, and Ian Hunter. hE released the 1974 UK No.9 solo album Slaughter On Tenth Avenue. Ronson died on April 29th 1993.

1945
English musician Verden Allen a founding member of 1970s rock band Mott The Hoople, who had the 1972 UK No.3 & US No.37 single ‘All The Young Dudes’ which was written for them by David Bowie. Other hits include, ‘All the Way from Memphis’ and ‘Roll Away the Stone’.

1945
Gary Peterson, drummer from Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single ‘American Woman’.

1942
Ray Ennis, from British Merseybeat band The Swinging Blue Jeans who had the 1964 UK No.2 single ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’ and the hit and ‘You’re No Good’.

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1941
Art Sharp, from English rock band, Nashville Teens who scored the 1964 UK No.6 single and US Top 20 hit ‘Tobacco Road’.

1940
Levon Helm, drummer and singer with The Band. He died of throat cancer aged 71 on 19th April 2012. Helm formed his own high school band, the Jungle Bush Beaters, at 17, he later joined The Hawks (Ronnie Hawkins’s backing group), who then became known as The Band and also backed Bob Dylan on his US tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. Helm sang on Band classics like ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,’ ‘Up on Cripple Creek,’ ‘Rag Mama Rag,’ and ‘The Weight.’

1938
Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer, best known as a founding member of Can.Liebezeit died of pneumonia on 22 January 2017.

1926
Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter and composer who had a 1959 album with Kind of Blue. He was a major influence on jazz music. Davis died on September 28th 1991.

1920
American singer, actress, Peggy Lee, (real name: Norma Dolores Egstrom) who had the 1958 US No. 8 & UK No.5 single ‘Fever’, and worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones. She was nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, winning Best Contemporary Vocal Performance for her 1969 hit ‘Is That All There Is’. She died on 21st January 2002.

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1909
Delta bluesman “Papa Charlie” McCoy is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He played in the Mississippi area with his band, the Mississippi Hot Footers. As a slide guitarist, he recorded under the name Tampa Kid, releasing “Keep on Trying”. He and his older brother Kansas Joe McCoy performed together in the 1930s and 1940s and recorded as the McCoy Brothers. He died on July 26, 1950.

1904
George Formby, UK singing comedian and ukulele player. He made over 20 films and his best-known song is ‘Leaning On A Lamp Post’. He was made an OBE in 1946, and died on March 6th 1961. Formby was a major influence on George Harrison.

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