Born on this day in music, November 18th

1984
Johnny Christ, American bassist, songwriter of Avenged Sevenfold, who had the 2010 US No.1 album Nightmare and the 2013 US No.1 album Hail to the King.

1977
Fabolous, (John David Jackson), American rapper. 2009 US No.1 album ‘Loso’s Way’.

1975
Ant, P.J. & Duncan, 1994 UK No.9 single, \’Lets Get Ready To Rhumble.\’ Actor, TV presenter.

1972
Matt Knight, from British alternative rock band, Toploader who had the 2000 UK No.7 single with of ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’ a cover of the French-American rock group King Harvest.

1962
Kirk Hammett, guitar, Metallica, (1991 UK No.5 single ‘Enter Sandman’, 1991 US & UK No.1 album ‘Metallica’).

1960
Kim Wilde, singer, (1981 UK No.2 single ‘Kids In America‘, 1987 US No.1 single ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’, plus 20 other Top 50 UK singles).

1959
American jazz and rock drummer Cindy Blackman Santana who has recorded several jazz albums under her own name. She has also worked with Lenny Kravitz. Blackman is married to rock guitarist Carlos Santana.

1958
Laura Lynch, American country musician and songwriter, a founding member of the all-woman country music band the Dixie Chicks. (1999 UK No.26 single, ‘There’s Your Trouble’, 2000 single ‘Cowboy Take Me Away’, 1999 US No.1 album Wide Open Space’).

1955
English musician Jake Drake-Brockman known to fans as “the fifth Bunnyman”, as he had been associated with the Liverpool group Echo & the Bunnymen. He was a classic motorcycle enthusiast, and died on the Isle of Man on 1 September 2009 while visiting the island for the Manx Grand Prix.

1954
John Parr, (1985 US No.1 & UK No.6 single ‘St Elmo’s Fire’).

1954
Charles Williams, singer with American disco and funk group KC and the Sunshine Band who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘That’s The Way, I Like It’, and the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Give It Up’.

1953
Alan Murphy English rock session guitarist, best remembered for his collaborations with Kate Bush, Go West and Mike and The Mechanics, and who was also a member of Level 42. Murphy died on 19 October 1989 aged 35 from pneumonia, resulting from AIDS.

1950
Graham Parker, singer, The Rumour, (1978 UK No.32 single ‘Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions’)

1950
Rudy Sarzo, bass, Whitesnake, (1987 US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘Here I Go Again‘). Also worked with Dio, Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne.

1949
Herman Rarebell, from German rock band Scorpions. Their 1990 power ballad ‘Wind Of Change‘ topped the European charts and was a No.4 hit in the US. The Scorpions hold the record for the best-selling single by a German artist and band.

1947
Michael Carabello one of three percussionists in the Latin rock group Santana between 1968 and 1971, during the recording of their first three albums, Santana, Abraxas and Santana III.

1946
“Wonderful Summer” singer Robin Ward is born Jacqueline McDonnell in Hawaii but will be raised in Nebraska. Using the name Jackie Ward, she works as a session singer for commercials, TV shows, movies, and recording studios. She sings on the theme to The Partridge Family, dubs over Natalie Wood’s vocals in The Great Race, and provides backup to Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand.

1946
Amanda Lear, French singer. Lear’s origins are unclear, with the singer providing different information about her background and keeping her birth year a secret from her long-term husband.[16] Contested facts include her birth date and place, her biological sex, names and nationalities of her parents, and the location of her upbringing. Most sources claim 18 June 1939, including Bibliothèque nationale de France[19] or 18 November 1939 to be her birth date, including GEMA. Her birth year, though, has variously been given as 1941, 1946, and 1950.

1941
Con Clusky, The Bachelors, (1964 UK No.1 single ‘Diane’, plus 16 other UK Top 40 singles).

1936
Don Cherry, jazz musician, father of Neneh and Eagle Eye Cherry. Cherry died on 19th October 1995.

1936
Hank Ballard, US singer, songwriter, (1960 US No.6 single ‘Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go’, wrote 1960 US No.1 hit for Chubby Checker ‘The Twist.’ Died March 2, 2003

 

1909
Singer-songwriter Johnny Mercer is born in Savannah, Georgia. Composed ’40s hits like “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road),” and “That Old Black Magic,” and added lyrics to popular instrumentals like “Laura,” “Midnight Sun,” and “Satin Doll.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jHr5JbTeRY