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Born On This Day In Music, May 3rd
1985 – Kelli-Leigh
Kelli-Leigh, English singer and songwriter, best known for being the uncredited vocalist in the 2014 UK No.1 singles ‘I Got U’ by Duke Dumont and ‘I Wanna Feel’ by Secondcity. She has also performed backing vocals for Adele and Leona Lewis among others.
1981 – Farrah Franklin
Farrah Franklin, singer, actress and model. Joined Destiny’s Child in 2000, along with Michelle Williams, replacing original members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. Left Destiny’s Child after five months.
1981 – Josh Tillman
Josh Tillman is born in Rockville, Maryland. He is the drummer for Fleet Foxes before going solo as Father John Misty.
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1979 – Danny Foster
English pop singer and television personality, Danny Foster who with Hear’Say, had the 2001 UK No.1 single ‘Pure And Simple’.
1977 – Eric Church
Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter. His 2014 single ‘Give Me Back My Hometown’, became his fourth No.1 on the Country Airplay chart. Church has become an avid advocate for the use of marijuana, reflected in songs such as ‘Smoke a Little Smoke’.
1972 – Josey Scott
American musician Josey Scott, the lead singer, Saliva. Scott sang ‘Hero’ with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, which was used as the theme song to the 2002 film Spider-Man.
1971 – John Driskell Hopkins
John Driskell Hopkins American musician with the Grammy Award winning country music group, Zac Brown Band. Their 2015 album Jekyll + Hyde which debuted at No.1 on the US chart featured the single ‘Heavy Is the Head’ with vocals from Chris Cornell.
1969 – Jay Darlington
Jay Darlington from English psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker, who had the 1996 UK No.2 single ‘Hey Dude’.
1968 – Shane Minor
Singer/songwriter Shane Minor is born in Modesto, California. Signed to Mercury in the late-1990s, he writes Craig Morgan’s “International Harvester,” Cole Swindell’s “Chillin’ It,” Kenny Chesney’s “Live A Little” and Diamond Rio’s “Beautiful Mess”
1965 – Simon Smith
Simon Smith, drums, from British indie rock group The Wedding Present. During 1992 they released one single every month giving them 12 Top 30 hits, making them the only group to score more than 10 new hits in one year.
1964 – Sterling Campbell
Sterling Campbell, American rock drummer who has worked with numerous high-profile acts, including The B-52s, Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper, Gustavo Cerati and David Bowie.
1959 – David Ball
David Ball, English producer and electronic musician who with Soft Cell had the 1981 UK No.1 single ‘Tainted Love’, (an obscure 1965 northern soul track originally released by Gloria Jones, the girlfriend of Marc Bolan).
1953 – Bruce Hall
Bruce Hall, from American rock band REO Speedwagon, who had the 1981 US No.1’s ‘Keep On Loving You’ and ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’. They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck.
1951 – Christopher Cross
American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross who had the 1981 US No.1 single ‘Arthur’s Theme’ and the hit ‘Sailing’.
1950 – Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin, (1968 UK No.1 and US No.2 single ‘Those Were The Days’, released on The Beatles Apple label and produced by Paul McCartney, winner of TV Talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks.
1948 – John Richardson
John Richardson, from English pop band The Rubettes who had the 1974 UK No.1 single ‘Sugar Baby Love’.
1944 – Pete Staples
Pete Staples, with English garage rock band The Troggs, who had the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Wild Thing’ and the hits ‘With a Girl Like You’ and ‘Love Is All Around’.
1937 – Stu Basore
Steel guitarist Stu Basore is born in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He works on such hits as Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” Jerry Lee Lewis’ “When Two Worlds Collide” and Mickey Gilley’s “Bring It On Home To Me”
1934 – Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli, singer, from American rock and pop band The Four Seasons who had the 1960s hits ‘Sherry’, ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, ‘Walk Like a Man’, and the 1976 UK & US No.1 single ‘December 1963, (Oh What A Night’). They are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. Valli had the 1978 solo US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Grease’.
1933 – James Brown
James Brown ‘Soul Brother No.1’, (1966 US No.8 and UK No.13 single ‘It’s A Man’s World’, 1986 UK No.5 single ‘Living In America’, 1963 album ‘Live At The Apollo’). Brown demanded extreme discipline from his musicians and dancers, and had the practice of assessing fines on members of his band who broke his rules, such as wearing un-shined shoes, dancing out of sync or showing up late on stage. Brown died on 25th Dec 2006 at the age of 73.
1924 – Jane Morgan
American singer Jane Morgan who had the 1958 single ‘The Day The Rains Came’. Morgan initially found success in France and the UK before achieving recognition in the US. She later performed in musicals on the stage and Broadway.
1919 – Pete Seeger
American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger. He had a string of hit records during the early Fifties as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly’s ‘Goodnight, Irene’, which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture and environmental causes. He died on 27 January 2014 at the age of 94.
1903 – Bing Crosby
American singer and actor Bing Crosby who recorded an estimated 2,600 songs in his lifetime including ‘White Christmas’, which was written by Irving Berlin. Crosby had 317 other hits in the USA. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. He died of a heart attack on a golf course in Madrid, Spain, on October 14, 1977.
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