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Born on this day in music, November 26
1990
British singer-songwriter and actress, Rita Ora. Her debut studio album Ora (2012) debuted at No.1 in the UK, and spawned the No.1 singles ‘R.I.P.’ and ‘How We Do (Party)’.
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1984
Benjamin Wysocki, drummer, from American rock band The Fray who scored the 2005 US Top 3 single ‘How to Save a Life’. The group’s self-titled, second album, released in 2009, debuted at No.1 on the Billboard charts.
1981
Natash Bedingfield, singer, (2004 UK No.1 single ‘These Words’).
1970
Ron Jones, guitar, The Flaming Lips. Their 1999 release The Soft Bulletin was NME magazine’s Album of the Year and the group has won three Grammy Awards.
1967
John Stirratt, bassist from American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (The Album).
1966
Mark Gillespie, Big Fun, (1989 UK No.4 single ‘Blame It On The Boogie’).
1964
Adam Gaynor, guitar, 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.
1949
Martin Lee, Brotherhood Of Man, (1976 UK No.1 single ‘Save Your Kisses For Me’).
1948
John Rossall, The Glitter Band, (1974 UK No.4 single ‘Angel Face’).
1946
Burt Reiter, bassist with Dutch rock band Focus who had the 1973 UK No.4 single ‘Sylvia’, and the 1973 US No. 9 single ‘Hocus Pocus’.
1945
John McVie, bassist with the rock band Fleetwood Mac who had the 1968 UK No.1 hit ‘Albatross’ and the hits ‘Man of the World’ and ‘Oh Well. In 1977 they scored the US No.1 single ‘Dreams’ taken from their worldwide No.1 album Rumours which spent 31 weeks on the US chart. He was also a member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
1944
Jean Terrell, vocals, The Supremes joined in 1969. (1970 US No.10 & UK No.6 single ‘Up The Ladder To The Roof’).
1944
Alan Henderson, bassist with the Northern Irish band Them who had the 1965 UK hits ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’ and ‘Here Comes The Night’ with Van Morrison on lead vocals. Morrison quit the band in 1966 and went on to a successful career as a solo artist.
1939
David White, American singer-songwriter. He formed, and was a founding member of the doo-wop quartet Danny & the Juniors as well as being a founding member of the pop trio The Spokesmen. He wrote the Rock and Roll anthem, ‘Rock and Roll is Here to Stay’ and co-wrote a number of other hit songs, including ‘At the Hop,’ a hit for Danny & the Juniors. He died in Las Vegas on 16 March 2019 age 79.
1939
American singer, songwriter Tina Turner, (Annie Mae Bullock), who with Ike & Tina Turner had the 1966 UK No.3 single ‘River Deep Mountain High’, 1971 US No.4 single ‘Proud Mary’, and 1973 ‘Nutbush City Limits and solo hits with the 1984 US No.1 single ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’, plus over 25 other Top 40 singles. Turner is one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, she has also been referred to as The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll and is one of the most successful female Rock ‘n’ Roll artist receiving eleven Grammy Awards.
1937
Hungarian-American bassist, Bob Babbitt most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records’ studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 to 1972. Babbitt’s most notable bass performances include ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ by Stevie Wonder, ‘War’ by Edwin Starr, ‘The Tears of a Clown’ by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, ‘Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’ and ‘Inner City Blues’ by Marvin Gaye, ‘Band Of Gold’ by Freda Payne, ‘Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)’, and ‘Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)’ by The Temptations. Bob Babbitt died on July 16, 2012, aged 74, from brain cancer.
1925
British singer Michael Holliday who had the 1958 UK No.1 ‘The Story Of My Life’. The song gave the writers Bacharach and David their first UK No.1 hit. According to Elvis Costello, while working as a seaman in the Merchant Navy, Holliday used to smuggle obscure US jazz records into the UK, where Costello’s mother, Lilian Ablett, sold them. Holliday died on 29 Oct 1963 age 38.
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