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Born on this day in music, November 13th
2000 – 24kGoldn
American rapper, singer, songwriter 24kGoldn. His single ‘Mood’, featuring Puerto Rican-American rapper Iann Dior, topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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1993 – Julia Michaels
American singer and songwriter Julia Michaels. Her debut solo single in 2017, ‘Issues’, peaked at No.11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. As a songwriter, Michaels has written songs for artists including Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and Gwen Stefani. She has earned two Billboard Hot 100 No.1 songs with Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ and Gomez’s ‘Lose You to Love Me’.
1980 – Monique Adrienne Coleman
Monique Adrienne Coleman, American actress and singer from High School Musical, as part of the cast had the 2006 US No.1 ‘High School Musical’ album and 2007, US No.1 ‘High School Musical 2’ album. Over 17 million viewers in the United States watched the TV premier of High School Musical; making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history.
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1979 – Nikolai Fraiture
Nikolai Fraiture, bassist from American rock band The Strokes who had the 2001 UK No.14 single ‘Last Nite’ and the 2001 UK No.2 album Is This It.
1964 – “Dirty” Walter Kibby
“Dirty” Walter Kibby (trumpeter, vocalist for Fishbone) is born in South Central Los Angeles.
1960 – Wayne Parker
Wayne Parker, Glass Tiger, (1986 UK No.29 single ‘Don’t Forget Me, When I’m Gone’).
1953 – Andrew Ranken
Andrew Ranken, drummer from Irish-British Celtic punk band The Pogues who scored the 1987 UK No.8 single ‘The Irish Rover’.
1951 – Bill Gibson
Bill Gibson from Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love‘. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.
1949 – Roger Steen
Roger Steen, guitar, with American band The Tubes known for their 1977 hit single ‘White Punks On Dope’ and the 1983 US No.10 single ‘She’s A Beauty’.
1949 – Terry Reid
Terry Reid, UK singer, member of Peter Jay’s Jaywalkers. Reid turned down the job as lead singer with Led Zeppelin. Known for ’60s songs like “Better By Far” and The Hollies’ “A Man With No Expression,” which he wrote with Graham Nash (later recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as “Horses Through a Rainstorm”).
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1947 – J.C. Crowley
American musician J.C. Crowley best known as a member of 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a US No. 1 hit in 1977 with ‘Baby Come Back‘.
1947 – Toy Caldwell
Toy Caldwell, lead guitarist and main songwriter of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He died on 25 February 1993 age 45.
1946 – Ray Wylie Hubbard
Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is born in Soper, Oklahoma. Wrote the Jerry Jeff Walker song “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” (1973).
1942 – John Hammond Jr
John Hammond Jr, American singer and musician, the son of record producer John H. Hammond. He has worked with many artists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Dr. John, and Duane Allman.
1940 – Justine “Baby” Washington
Justine “Baby” Washington is born in Bamberg, South Carolina, but would be raised in Harlem, New York. Known for her biggest hit, “That’s How Heartaches Are Made,” in 1963.
1934 – Timmy Thomas
Timmy Thomas, US singer, (1972 US No.3 & 1973 UK No.12 single ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’).
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