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Born On This Day In Music, May 9th
1979 – Pierre Bouvier
Pierre Bouvier (lead singer, guitarist for Simple Plan) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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1975 – Ryan Vikedal
Ryan ‘Nik’ Vikedal, drummer from Canadian rock band, Nickelback who had the 2002 US No.1 & UK No. 4 single ‘How To Remind You’, and the 2001 album Silver Side Up. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
1971 – Paul McGuigan
English musician Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan, one of the four founder members of Oasis. He was the group’s bassist from 1991 to 1999. Their 1994 UK No.1 album Definitely Maybe became the fastest selling UK debut album ever.
1965 – Charley Drayton
Charley Drayton American multi-instrumentalist known primarily as a drummer. Artists he has worked with include Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Seal, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Janet Jackson and Courtney Love. Drayton played with Australian rock band Divinyls from 1991–2008. He married Divinyls front woman Chrissy Amphlett who died on April 21, 2013 after a long battle with breast cancer.
1962 – Dave Gahan
Dave Gahan, singer, songwriter with English electronic band Depeche Mode. The group have had 50 songs in the UK Singles Chart and seventeen top 10 albums in the UK chart and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.
1962 – Paul Heaton
Singer, songwriter Paul Heaton from English alternative rock band The Housemartins. The group’s a cappella cover version of ‘Caravan of Love’ (originally by Isley-Jasper-Isley) was a UK No.1 single in December 1986. And with The Beautiful South had the 1990 UK No.1 single ‘A Little Time’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
1960 – Marc Duncan
Marc Duncan, from British punk rock band The Vibrators who had the 1978 UK No.35 single ‘Automatic Lover’.
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1953 – Jenny Haan
Jenny Haan (later Janita Haan Morris) is born Janita Haan at Edgware, England.
1953 – John Edwards
John “Rhino” Edwards, bassist with Status Quo. The group have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ in 1967, ‘Whatever You Want’ in 1979 and ‘In the Army Now’ in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’.
1950 – Tom Petersson
Tom Petersson, bassist from American rock band, Cheap Trick, who had the 1979 hit single ‘I Want You To Want Me’, and the 1988 US No.1 single ‘The Flame’.
1949 – Billy Joel
American singer-songwriter Billy Joel who had the 1980 US No.1 single ‘It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me’, the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Uptown Girl’, plus over 20 other US & UK Top 40 singles and 4 US No.1 albums.
1945 – Steve Katz
Steve Katz, guitarist from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single ‘Spinning Wheel’, and the 1969 US No.12 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.
1944 – Richie Furay
American singer, songwriter Richie Furay who with Buffalo Springfield had the 1967 US No.17 single ‘For What It’s Worth’, with Poco the 1979 US No. 17 single ‘Crazy Love’, and with The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band the 1974 US No.27 single ‘Fallin’ In Love’.
1944 – Don Dannemann
Don Dannemann, from American rock and roll band Cyrkle who had the 1966 US No.2 single ‘Red Rubber Ball’. They were signed by Brian Epstein and supported The Beatles on their 1966 US tour.
1943 – Bruce Milner
Rocker Bruce Milner, pianist for Every Mother’s Son is born.
1942 – Tommy Roe
American pop singer, songwriter Tommy Roe, singer, who scored the 1962 hit ‘Sheila’ and the 1969 UK & US No.1 single ‘Dizzy’ as well as 10 other US Top 40 hits.
1942 – Mike Millward
Mike Millward, from English Merseybeat band The Fourmost who had the 1964 UK No.6 single ‘A Little Loving’. He died on 7th April 1998.
1941 – Danny Rapp
Danny Rapp, American musician and the frontman from doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group Danny and the Juniors famous for their 1958 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘At The Hop’. Rapp shot himself dead in a hotel in Arizona on 5th April 1983 a few weeks short of his 42nd birthday.
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1941 – Pete Birrell
Pete Birrell, from the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers. They scored the 1963 UK No.3 single ‘You Were made For Me’, and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘I’m Telling You Now’.
1937 – Dave Prater
American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer Dave Prater, from Sam & Dave who had the 1967 US No.2 and UK No 24 & 1967 US No.2 single ‘Soul Man’. Prater was killed on 9th April 1988 when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia.
1937 – Sonny Curtis
Sonny Curtis, from American rock and roll band The Crickets, who had the 1957 US No.1 single ‘That’ll Be The Day’, the 1959 UK No.1 single ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. He wrote ‘Walk Right Back’, which was a 1960 hit for the Everly Brothers.
1935 – Nokie Edwards
American musician Nokie Edwards, from The Ventures, who had the 1960 UK No.4 single ‘Perfidia’, and the 1960 US No.2 ‘Walk Don’t Run’. Died: March 12, 2018 (age 82 years), in Yuma, AZ
1914 – Hank Snow
Canadian-American country music artist Hank Snow who scored more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. Snow died on December 20, 1999.
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