keyboard_arrow_rightBorn on this day in music, November 23rd
Born on this day in music, November 23rd
Born on this day in music, November 23rd
1992
Miley Ray Cyrus, (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), American actress, singer and songwriter. Miley Stewart -Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana. Scored the 2006 US No.1 album ‘Hannah Montana’, and the 2013 US No.1 hit ‘Wrecking Ball’.
Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (Official Video) ft. Dua Lipa
1988
Edmund Irwin-Singer, bassist with Glass Animals. Their song ‘Heat Waves’ reached No.1 in Australia in February 2021 and eventually reached No.1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and No.5 on the UK Singles Chart. At the 2022 Brit Awards, Glass Animals were nominated for two Brit Awards (Best British Rock Act and ‘Heat Waves’ for Best British Single).
1984
Lucas Stephen Grabeel, American actor and singer 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.
1983
Thomas Pridgen, American drummer with The Mars Volta from 2006 until October 2009. Also worked with The Memorials and the California hardcore band, Trash Talk.
1978
Alison Mosshart, American singer, songwriter with The Kills and blues rock band The Dead Weather with Jack White.
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1978
American saxophone player Tommy Marth who worked with The Killers. On April 23, 2012, Marth’s body was discovered in his Las Vegas, Nevada home with a gunshot wound to the head. The Clark County Coroner subsequently ruled that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted and the cause of death was suicide.
1972
American drummer Chris Adler who has worked with Lamb of God, Megadeth, Burn the Priest, Testament and Protest The Hero.
1962
Chris Bostock, bassist with British new wave group Jo Boxers, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single ‘Boxer Beat’.
1954
Bruce Hornsby, keyboards, vocals, The Range, (1986 US No.1 & UK No.15 single ‘The Way It Is’).
1949
Marcia Griffiths, singer, also called the “Queen of Reggae”. With Bob Andy as a duo (Bob and Marcia), she had the 1970 UK hit with ‘Young, Gifted and Black’.
1939
Betty Everett, soul singer, (1964 US No. 6 single ‘The Shoop Shoop Song, It’s In His Kiss’, 1965 UK No. 29 single ‘Getting Mighty Crowded’). She died on 19th August 2001 aged 61.
1925
Grammy and Oscar-winning American composer and arranger Johnny Mandel. His most famous composition is ‘Suicide Is Painless’ (theme from the movie and TV series MAS*H) and Mandel also worked with Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett as well as providing strings arrangement on Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall album. He died June 29, 2020.
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