Cocktail Muzical
Fiind vorba de un "cocktail", în acest program se poate asculta o muzică diversă de la country și rock, până la melodii curente de top.
close1991 – Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks is born in New York City.
1980 – Andrew John Hurley
Andrew John Hurley, drummer, with American rock band Fall Out Boy, who had the 2007 US No.1 album Infinity on High. The group’s sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) peaked at No.1, making it the band’s third No.1 album and the group’s fifth consecutive top 10 album.
1965 – Steve White
Steve White, English drummer who has worked extensively with Paul Weller and The Style Council. In 2005, he took over drumming duties for The Who at Live 8.
1964 – MC Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels
MC Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels, Run-D.M.C. who had the 1986 UK No.8 single with Aerosmith ‘Walk This Way’, and the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘It’s Like That’. He is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture.
1963 – Wendy Smith
Wendy Smith, guitar, vocals, from English English pop band Prefab Sprout who had the 1988 UK No.7 single ‘The King Of Rock ‘n’ Roll’.
1962 – Corey Hart
Canadian singer Corey Hart best known for his hit singles ‘Sunglasses at Night’ and ‘Never Surrender’. He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and scored nine US Billboard Top 40 hits.
1956 – Fritz Hilpert
Fritz Hilpert from the German electronic music and pop band Kraftwerk who had the 1982 UK No.1 single ‘Computer Love / The Model’.
1954 – Paul Franklin
American steel guitarist Paul Franklin. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell’s road band and has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville, Tennessee, playing on more than 500 albums including albums by Sting, Peter Frampton, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless.
1954 – Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson (“Turn The Beat Around”) is born in New York.
1952 – Jim Vallance
Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer Jim Vallance best known as the songwriting partner of Bryan Adams. Vallance has also written songs for many artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Europe, Kiss, Scorpions, Anne Murray, and Joe Cocker.
1952 – Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos, from the German electronic music and pop band Kraftwerk who had the 1982 UK No.1 single ‘Computer Love / The Model’.
1948 – Mike Edwards
English cellist Mike Edwards who was a member of Electric Light Orchestra from 1972 and played with the band from their first live gig in Croydon until he departed in January 1975. Edwards was killed in Devon, on 3 September 2010, when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 1,300 pounds (590 kg) rolled down a hillside and collided with the van he was driving.
1948 – Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian percussionist Paulinho da Costa who played on Michael Jackson’s albums Off The Wall and Thriller, and hit singles and movie soundtracks, including Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain. He has also worked with Elton John, Diana Krall, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Whitney Houston and others.
1948 – John Bonham
English drummer John Bonham from Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single ‘Whole Lotta Love’. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. He is regarded as the greatest and most influential rock drummer of all time. Bonham died on September 25th 1980 aged 32 after choking on his own vomit.
1947 – Junior Campbell
Junior Campbell from Scottish pop rock band Marmalade. They scored the 1969 UK No.1 single with their version of The Beatles song ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’. He co-wrote and produced some of their biggest hits including ‘Reflections of My Life’, ‘I See The Rain’ and ‘Rainbow’. Campbell also co-wrote the music and lyrics for the internationally successful children’s TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and TUGS.
1938 – Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter from American folk group Peter Paul and Mary, who had the 1969 US No.1 & 1970 UK No.2 single ‘Leaving On A Jet Plane’. The Bob Dylan song ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ was one of their biggest hit singles. They also sang other Dylan songs, such as ‘The Times They Are a-Changin” and ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’.
1930 – Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is born in San Francisco, California. The actor/director also dabbles in music, releasing an album of Cowboy Favorites in 1959 and composing scores for several of his films, including Mystic River, Gran Torino, and Grace is Gone.