Born on this day in music, November 2nd

1974
Nelly, (Cornell Haynes Jr), 2000 US No.1 album ‘Country Grammar, ‘ 2002 US & UK No.1 single ‘Dilemma’.

1975
Chris Walla, guitarist, Death Cab for Cutie, 2008 US No.1 album ‘Narrow Stairs.’

1971
John Hampson (vocalist, guitarist for Nine Days) is born in the US.

1969
Andy Barker, from English electronic music group 808 State who had the 1989 UK No.10 single ‘Pacific State’. They took their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. He died November 6, 2021

1963
Bobby Dall, Poison, bassist from American rock band Poison who scored the 1988 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.13 single ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ and have sold over 45 million records worldwide.

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1962
Ron McGovney the original bass guitarist in Metallica from October 1981 to December 1982 having previously played with guitarist James Hetfield in the garage band Leather Charm.

1961
Kathryn Dawn Lang, (kd Lang), singer, songwriter, (1993 UK No.15 single ‘Constant Craving’).

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1957
Carter Beauford, American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. Beauford was ranked No.10 by a Rolling Stone magazine reader’s poll in 2010 for greatest drummers of all time.

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1956
Chris Fairbrass, guitar, Right Said Fred, (1991 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘I’m Too Sexy’, 1993 UK No.1 album ‘Up’).

1952
Maxine Nightingale, singer, (1975 UK No.8 single ‘Right Back Where We Started’).

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1947
English multi-instrumentalis Dave Pegg from UK folk group, Fairport Convention. Pegg has also worked with many other artists including Nick Drake, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Richard & Linda Thompson.

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1945
Len “Chip” Hawkes (bassist for The Tremeloes) is born in England.

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1945
John David Souther, singer, songwriter. The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, (1974 US No.27 single ‘Fallin’ In Love’).

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1944
Keith Emerson, keyboards, from English progressive rock band The Nice, who had the 1968 UK hit single an instrumental rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s ‘America’. And as Emerson Lake and Palmer, had the 1977 UK No.2 single ‘Fanfare For The Common Man‘. Emerson died on 11 March 2016 in Santa Monica, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had become “depressed, nervous and anxious” because nerve damage in his hands had hampered his playing.

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man

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1941
Bruce Welch, guitar, The Shadows, (1960 UK No.1 single ‘Apache’ plus 28 other UK top 40 singles), Member of Marvin Welch and Farrar and producer.

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1941
Brian Poole, British singer, the lead singer of 1960s beat band the Tremeloes (1957–1962) then Brian Poole and the Tremeloes (1962–1967). He scored the 1963 UK No.1 ‘Do You Love Me’ and the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.11 single ‘Silence Is Golden’. His daughters Karen and Shellie formed Alisha’s Attic in the 90s.

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1938
Vocalist David Blatt is born in New York. Using the stage name Jay Black, he provides lead vocals for Jay & The Americans. The band had numerous hits including ‘Come a Little Bit Closer’, ‘Cara Mia’, and ‘This Magic Moment’. He died from pneumonia age 82 on 22 October 2021.

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1937
American singer Earl Carroll lead vocalist for the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, the group’s biggest hit was ‘Speedo’, Carroll’s subsequent nickname. He joined The Coasters in 1961. Carroll died on Nov 25th 2012.

1936
American musician Max Crook. A pioneer of electronic music he was the featured soloist on Del Shannon’s 1961 hit ‘Runaway’, which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron. Crook also recorded a series of instrumentals, credited as Maximilian. He died on 1 July 2020 age 83.

1926
Charlie Walker is born in Copeville, Texas. Following a career as a country disc jockey in San Antonio, he develops a handful of hits, including the 1958 shuffle “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down,” en route to membership in the Grand Ole Opry. He died September 12, 2008.

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1921
English singer Pearl Carr who with her husband Teddy Johnson were a English husband-and-wife team of entertainers, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. They represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 and finished second with ‘Sing, Little Birdie’ which was a top 20 hit. Carr died on 16 February 2020 age 98.

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