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Born on this day in music, November 27th
1978
Mike Skinner, singer, songwriter, aka The Streets, (2004 UK No.1 album ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’).
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1973
Twista, (a.k.a Tung Twista, born Carl Terrell Mitchell), US rapper known for being the fastest in the world at rap delivery at one time. (2004 US No.1 album ‘Kamikaze’ 2004, US No.1 single ‘Slow Jamz’).
1965
Fiachna O’Braonain from Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers who scored the 1988 UK No.11 single ‘Don’t Go’. Their first album, People, released in 1988 became the most successful debut album in Irish history. It reached the No.1 slot in Ireland within a week and eventually reached No.2 in the UK Albums Chart.
1965
Wallis Buchannan, from Jamiroquai who had the 1993 UK No.1 album Emergency on Planet Earth and the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Deeper Underground’. Jamiroquai have sold more than 26 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1998.
1962
Calvin Hayes from British band Johnny Hates Jazz who had the 1987 UK No.5 single and international success with ‘Shattered Dreams’.
1962
Charlie Benante, Anthrax, (1991 UK No.16 single ‘Got The Time’).
1962
Mike Bordin, drummer, from American rock band, Faith No More who had the 1993 UK No.3 and US No.4 hit single with their version of The Commodores ‘I’m Easy’. They had the best-selling albums The Real Thing (1989) and Angel Dust (1992).
1960
Ashley Ingram, from English three piece band Imagination, who had the 1982 UK No.2 single ‘Just An Illusion’.
1959
Charlie Burchill, guitarist with Scottish rock band, Simple Minds, who had the 1985 US No.1 single ‘Don’t You, Forget About Me’, and the 1989 UK No.1 single ‘Belfast Child’, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. In 2016, they won the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection.
1948
Dave Winthrop (sax player and flautist for Supertramp) is born.
1945
Randy Brecker, from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single ‘Spinning Wheel’, and the 1969 US No.12 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.
1944
Trevor Davis, from British pop/rock group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who scored the 1968 UK No.1 single ‘Legend Of Xanadu’. Davis died in hospital on 13th January 2015 following a short illness.
1942
Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, singer, songwriter who had the 1967 UK No.6 single ‘Hey Joe‘, the 1970 UK No.1 single ‘Voodoo Chile’, and the 1968 US No.1 and UK No.6 album ‘Electric Ladyland’. Hendrix who is widely considered to be the greatest guitarist in musical history made appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival. Hendrix died on 18th September 1970 after choking on his own vomit.
1941
Eddie Rabbitt, singer, songwriter who had the 1981 US No.1 hit ‘I Love A Rainy Night’. Elvis Presley, Dr Hook and Tom Jones all recorded his songs. He died of cancer on 7th May 1998.
1936
French music producer and songwriter Henri Belolo. He was the creator along with Jacques Morali of acts like The Ritchie Family and Village People. He died on 3 August 2019 in Paris, France age 82.
1935
Al Jackson, drummer, Booker T and the MG’s. (1962 US No.3 single ‘Green Onions’, 1969 UK No.4 single ‘Time Is Tight’. Shot dead by burglars at his home 1st October 1975.
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