Born on this day in music, November 14th

1982 – Joy Williams
Joy Williams American singer-songwriter who performed with John Paul White as The Civil Wars from 2009 until 2012 and scored the 2014 US No.1 album The Civil Wars.

1975 – Faye Tozer
Faye Tozer, singer with British dance-pop group Steps. Between 1997 and 2001 Steps scored two No.1 singles in the UK, two No.1 albums and 14 consecutive top 5 singles in the UK.’

1975 – Travis Barker
Travis Barker, drummer, Blink 182, (2000 UK No.2 single ‘All The Small Things’ 2001 US No.1 album ‘Take Off Your…’).

1972 – Douglas Payne
Douglas Payne, bassist with Scottish rock band Travis. Their 1999 UK album The Man Who spent nine weeks at No.1 on the UK Charts and one-hundred and thirty-four weeks in the top 100 of the chart. Travis had and 1999 UK No.10 single ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’, plus over 10 other UK Top 40 singles.

1970 – Adina Howard
Adina Howard, US singer, (1996 UK No.2 single with Warren G, ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’).

1970 – Brendan Benson
American musician and singer-songwriter Brendan Benson. He has released seven solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs with Jack White.

1968 – Brian Yale
Brian Yale, Matchbox Twenty who rose to international fame with their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996), which was certified 12× Platinum in the United States and multi-platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

1966 – Joseph ‘Run’ Simmons
Joseph ‘Run’ Simmons, one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group 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 also a practicing minister, known as Reverend Run.

1964 – Andrew Banfield
Andrew Banfield, Pasadenas, (1992 UK No.4 single ‘I’m Doing Fine Now’).

1956 – Alec John Such
Alec John Such, bass, Bon Jovi, (1987 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, 1986 US No.1 album ‘Slippery When Wet’ has sold over 8 million copies world wide). He died on 4 June 2022 age 70.

1954 – Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis, who would become known as Yanni, is born in Greece.

1951 – Steven Bishop
Steven Bishop, US singer, songwriter, 1976 album ‘Careless’, sang the theme for the film ‘Tootsie’, 1977 US No.11 single ‘On And On’.

1951 – Frankie Banali
American rock drummer Frankie Banali. He is most widely known for his work with multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot and also worked with W.A.S.P. and Billy Idol. He died om 20 Aug 2020 from pancreatic cancer age 68.

1950 – Leo van de Ketterij
Leo van de Ketterij, Dutch guitarist with Shocking Blue, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Venus‘). He died on 5 July 2021.

1949 – James Young
James Young, guitar, Styx, (1979 US No.1 & 1980 UK No.6 single ‘Babe’).

1938 – Cornell Gunter
Cornell Gunter, who was an original member of The Platters. He later joined The Coasters who scored the 1958 US No.1 single ‘Yakety Yak’, the 1959 US No.2 and UK No.6 single ‘Charlie Brown’, as well as ‘Young Blood’ and ‘Poison Ivy’. Gunter was murdered in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in his car on 26th February 1990.

1937 – Joe Billingslea
American singer Joe Billingslea the lead singer and founder of the R&B band The Contours, best known for their 1962 hit single, ‘Do You Love Me’, (written by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr.).

1936 – Freddie Garrity
Freddie Garrity, singer and actor who was the frontman and comical element in 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’. Garrity died on 19th May 2006 aged 69.

1919 – Johnny Desmond

Pop singer Johnny Desmond is born Giovanni Alfredo De Simone in Detroit, Michigan. His highest-charting hit was “The Yellow Rose of Texas” in 1955.