Born on this day in music, November 6th

 1979
Trevor Penick, from American boy band O-Town, who were the winners of US TV show ‘Making The Band’ They scored the 2001 US No. 3 single ‘All Or Nothing’.

1966
Paul Gilbert, guitarist, with American hard rock supergroup Mr. Big, who had the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘To Be With You’.

1964
Corey Glover, Living Colour, (1991 UK No.12 single ‘Love Rears Its Ugly Head’) is born in Brooklyn, New York. His future bandmate Vernon Reid discovers him singing “Happy Birthday” at a mutual friend’s party.

1964
Greg Graffin (frontman for Bad Religion) is born in Racine, Wisconsin.
1963
Paul Brindley, guitarist with English alternative rock band The Sundays. Their first album, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, was released in 1990 and was a UK Top 5 hit along with the single ‘Here’s Where the Story Ends’.

1961
Craig Goldy, guitarist, Dio.

1950
Chris Glen, bassist from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single ‘Delilah’, and the 1975 album Next.

1948
Glenn Frey, guitar, vocals, the Eagles, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Hotel California‘, plus 5 US No.1 albums. ‘Greatest Hits 1971-1975’ is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m). Solo (1985 UK No.12 single ‘The Heat Is On’). Frey died on 18 Jan 2016 died at the age of 67 in New York City from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia.

1947
John Wilson, drummer 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.

1946
Scottish-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer George Young. With The Easybeats he had the 1966 UK No.6 & 1967 US No. 16 single ‘Friday On My Mind’. After the band broke up in 1969, Young and fellow member Harry Vanda embarked on a songwriting career that saw the pair produce dozens of hits. They became two of Australia’s best-known songwriters, with Young’s work including ‘Love Is In The Air’ and ‘Yesterday’s Hero’ both hits for John Paul Young. Vanda and Young were also the producers of early work by AC/DC, formed by his younger brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. George Young died on 22 October 2017 at the age of 70, three weeks before his brother Malcolm Young (of AC/DC) died.

1943
Pop singer Mike Clifford, known for the 1962 hit “Close To Cathy,” is born in Los Angeles, California.

1942
Doug Sahm, Tex Mex Singer, songwriter, guitarist, Sir Douglas Quintet, (1965 US No. 13 single ‘She’s About A Mover’). Died 18th November 1999.

1941
Guy Clark, singer, songwriter, wrote songs for Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, 1997 album ‘Essential Guy Clark’. Clark died May 17th 2016 in Nashville following a lengthy battle with lymphoma.

1932
American drummer Paul English. He was Willie Nelson’s long-time drummer and was the titular “Paul” of the Willie Nelson album Me and Paul as well as the title track of that album. English also had a role in Nelson’s movie Red Headed Stranger (1986). He died on 11 Feb 2020 after a bout of pneumonia age 87.

1932
American country music singer and musician Stonewall Jackson. His breakthrough came in the country Top 40 in late 1958, with a song written by a young George Jones, ‘Life to Go’. He died on 4 December in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 89.

1894
Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone.

 

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