Born this day in music, November 25th

1985
Singer/songwriter Steven Lee Olsen is born in Newmarket, Ontario. He co-writes Keith Urban’s 2016 single “Blue Ain’t Your Color” and Kip Moore’s 2017 release “More Girls Like You”.

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1968
Tunde, singer, Lighthouse Family, (1996 UK No.4 single ‘Lifted’ plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles). Now solo.

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1967
Rodney Sheppard, guitarist from American rock band Sugar Ray who had the 1999 UK No. 10 single ‘Every Morning’.

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1966
Stacey Lattishaw, (1980 US No.21 single ‘Let Me Be Your Angel’, 1980 UK No.3 single ‘Jump to The Beat’).

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1964
Mark Lanegan American alternative rock musician and singer-songwriter. Lanegan was a co-founder of Screaming Trees and was also a member of Queens of the Stone Age and is featured on five of the band’s albums. He died on 22 February 2022 age 57.

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1960
Amy Grant is born in Augusta, Georgia. The Christian singer makes a controversial transition to secular music with the #1 pop singles “The Next Time I Fall” (a 1986 duet with Peter Cetera) and “Baby Baby.” She marries songwriter Gary Chapman, who eventually becomes the host of TNN’s “Prime Time Country.” After a 1999 divorce, she marries country singer Vince Gill in 2000.

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1959
Steve Rothery, guitarist from British rock band Marillion who had the 1985 UK No.2 single ‘Kayleigh’. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a No.1 album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood.

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1950
Jocelyn Brown, singer, (1997 UK No.5 single ‘Something Goin’ On’, worked with John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-jWZsYGdQU

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1947
Val Fuentes (drummer for It’s A Beautiful Day) is born in Chicago, Illinois. His son Carlos is also be born on November 25 in 1985.

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1944
English rock musician Bev Bevan, drummer with The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘Blackberry Way’. With Electric Light Orchestra had the 1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ plus 26 other Top 40 hits. Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath during their 1983 Born Again Tour.

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1942
Bob Lind, singer, (1966 US & UK No.5 single ‘Elusive Butterfly’).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4kZaXgCMoM

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1940
Percy Sledge, soul singer, (1966 UK No.4 and US No.1 single ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’). He died on April 14th 2015.