Born on this day in music, November 9th

1994
British recording artist, musician, singer, songwriter and record producer MNEK. His writing and production credits include Little Mix, Dua Lipa, The Saturdays, Clean Bandit, Craig David, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé and Madonna.

1984
Delta Goodrem, Australian singer, actress, (Nina Tucker in TV soap opera Neighbours). 2002 Australian No.1 and 2003 UK No. 3 single ‘Born To Try’ plus six other Australian No.1 singles. 2003 UK No.2 album ‘Innocent Eyes’.

1978
Sisqo, (a.k.a. Mark Andrews), 2000 US & UK No.3 single ‘Thong Song’).

1973
Nick Lachey (lead singer of 98 Degrees) is born in Harlan, Kentucky.

1970
Blues musician Susan Tedeschi is born in Boston.

1970
Scarface, (Brad Terrance Jordan), American rapper, (1997 US No.1 album ‘The Untouchable’).

1969
Sandra Denton (Pepa) from American hip-hop/rap trio from New York City Salt-N-Pepa who had the 1991 hit single ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’.

1960
Demetra Plakas, drummer with American rock band L7 who were associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. L7 influenced many of the riot girl bands of the 1990s.

1954
Dennis Stratton, guitar, Iron Maiden, (1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, 1991 UK No.1 single ‘Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter’).

 

1950
David Ebo, American singer from Philadelphia. He repelaced Teddy Pendergrass in Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in 1976. He died of bone cancer age 43 on 30 November 1993.

1948
Alan Gratzer, from American rock band REO Speedwagon, who had the 1981 US No.1’s ‘Keep On Loving You‘ and ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’. They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck.

1948
Albert Bouchard, bassist from American hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult who scored the 1976 US No.12 & 1978 UK No.16 single ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’. Blue Oyster Cult have sold over 24 million records worldwide.

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1944
Phil May, singer with the Pretty Things. He played on all of their charting singles, which included ‘Rosalyn’, (covered by David Bowie on his Pinups album) ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’, ‘Road Runner’, and ‘Cry to Me’. They took their name from Willie Dixon’s 1955 song ‘Pretty Thing’. He died on 15 May 2020 age 75 after suffering complications from emergency hip surgery.

1943
Lee Graziano from American rock band American Breed who scored the 1967 US No.5 single ‘Bend Me, Shape Me’, (a hit on the British charts for the British group Amen Corner).

1941
American musician Tom Fogerty, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival who scored the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.1 single ‘Bad Moon Rising’, and the 1970 US & UK No.1 album Cosmo’s Factory. The band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone. Fogerty died on 6 September 1990.

1937
Roger McGough, The Scaffold, (1968 UK Christmas No.1 single ‘Lily The Pink’).

1936
Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul and Mary) is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Died September 16, 2009.