BORN TODAY IN MUSIC

Oct 12 1988
Calum Scott, British pop singer-songwriter (“You Are The Reason“), born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Calum Scott - You Are The Reason

Calum Scott - You Are The Reason (Official Video)03:25

Oct 12 1974
Singer/songwriter/producer Shane McAnally is born in Mineral Wells, Texas. Signed to Curb Records in the 1990s, he writes Thomas Rhett’s “Marry Me,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Merry Go ‘Round,” Kenny Chesney’s “American Kids,” Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” and Keith Urban’s “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”

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Oct 12 1972
Joseph Kahn is born Ahn Jun-hee in Busan, South Korea, but will be raised in the Jersey Village suburb of Houston, Texas. Kahn grows up to be the go-to director for pop videos of the late-’90s into the new millennium, helming clips for everyone from Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Taylor Swift to Chris Brown and Eminem.

Oct 12 1969
Martie Maguire, multi-instrumentalist with The Chicks. With sales of 27.2 million albums in the US alone, they have become the top selling all-female band and biggest selling country group in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present). Maguire formed Court Yard Hounds with her sister and fellow Dixie Chick Emily Robison.

Oct 12 1966
Brian Kennedy, Irish singer, songwriter, worked with Van Morrison band & solo, (1996 UK No.27 single ‘Life, Love and Happiness’, 1996 UK No.19 album ‘A Better Man’). Appeared on Broadway in The River Dance.

Oct 12 1958
Jeff Keith, American rock vocalist (Tesla – “Psychotic Supper”), born in Texarkana, Arkansas.

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Oct 12 1956
David Letts, from English punk rock band The Damned, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single ‘Eloise’.

Oct 12 1955
American singer, songwriter Pat Dinizio, founder member of The Smithereens. Dinizio also released a number of solo albums. In 2000, DiNizio made an unsuccessful run for the New Jersey seat of the United States Senate, running on the Reform Party ticket. He finished 4th. He died on December 12, 2017.

Oct 12 1955
Jane Siberry, Canadian singer, songwriter, (1989 album ‘Bound By The Beauty’).

Oct 12 1948
Rick Parfitt, singer, guitarist with Status Quo. The group have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ in 1967, ‘Whatever You Want’ in 1979 and ‘In the Army Now’ in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’. Parfitt died on 24th Dec 2016 in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68.

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Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World (Live Aid 1985)03:52

Oct 12 1942
Melvin Franklin, vocals, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Just My Imagination’ and re-issued ‘My Girl’ UK No.2 in 1992). He died on 23rd February 1995.

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Oct 12 1935
Luciano Pavarotti, Italian singer, (1990 UK No.2 single ‘Nessun Dorma’, 1990 UK No.1 album ‘The Essential Pavarotti’, spent 72 weeks on the UK chart). He died on 6 September 2007.

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Oct 12 1935
Sam Moore, singer, (Sam & Dave, 1964 UK No.24 & 1967 US No.2 single ‘Soul Man’).

Oct 12 1927
Guitarist Joe Olivier (of Bill Haley And His Comets) is born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. Died December 25, 2001

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