Born on October 14th, in Music

14 Oct 1978
Usher, singer, (1998 UK No.1 single ‘You Make Me Wanna’, 1998 US No.1 single, ‘Nice & Slow’. His 2004 album Confessions sold over a million copies in the US in its first week of release, selling the greatest amount of records in one week for any R&B artist). To date, his worldwide sales stand at 43 million albums and 75 million records overall, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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14 Oct 1975
Shaznay Lewis, singer from British girl group All Saints, who had the 1998 UK No.1 and US No.4 single ‘Never Ever’. The group’s debut album, All Saints (1997), went on to become the third best-selling girl group album of all time in the UK.

14 Oct 1974
Natalie Maines, singer, songwriter, 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).

14 Oct 1972
English bassist Nick Fyffe, who has worked with with Jamiroquai, The Shapeshifters, Robert Plant, Deep Purple and Bruce Dickinson

14 Oct 1965
Karyn White, singer, (1991 US No.1 single ‘Romantic’, a No.23 hit in the UK).

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14 Oct 1959
Anthony Jude Pero, drummer, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single ‘I Am, I’m Me’, 1984 album ‘Stay Hungry’). Pero died from an apparent heart attack on March 20th 2015.

14 Oct 1958
Thomas Dolby, solo, (1984 UK No.17 single ‘Hyperactive’), Also member of Camera Club, Lene Lovich band, as a producer worked with Joni Mitchell and Prefab Sprout.

14 Oct 1952
Chris Amoo, from British soul group The Real Thing, who had the 1976 UK No.1 single ‘You To Me Are Everything’.

14 Oct 1948
Ivory Tilmon, Detroit Emeralds, (1973 UK No.7 single ‘Feel The Need In Me’).

14 Oct 1948
Marcia Barrett, from German vocal group Boney M, who had the 1978 UK No.1 & US No.30 single ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and with more than 150 million records sold, they are one of the best-selling artists of all time.

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Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon

Boney M. - Rivers Of Babylon (ZDF Disco 12.06.1978) (VOD)04:19

14 Oct 1946
Dan McCafferty, from Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, who had the 1973 UK No.9 single ‘Broken Down Angel’, and the 1976 US No.8 single, ‘Love Hurts‘.

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Nazareth Love Hurts

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14 Oct 1946
Justin Hayward, songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist with English rock band The Moody Blues who had the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Go Now’ and the hits singles including ‘Go Now’, ‘Nights in White Satin‘ and ‘Question’.

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14 Oct 1945
Colin Hodgkinson, bass, Whitesnake, (1987 US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘Here I Go Again’).

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Whitesnake - Here We Go Again

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14 Oct 1942
Billy Harrison, guitarist 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.

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14 Oct 1940
Cliff Richard, (Harry Webb). Britain’s most successful solo artist, his first hit was in 1958 the UK No.2 single ‘Move It’, then 1959 UK No.1 single ‘Living Doll’ and 1979 UK No.1 single ‘We Don’t talk Anymore‘, plus over 100 UK Top 40 hits). He once worked as a clerk at Fergusons TV factory.

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Cliff Richard - We Don’t Talk Anymore

Cliff Richard - We Don’t Talk Anymore (Starparade, 11.10.1979)04:14

14 Oct 1938
Country singer Melba Montgomery is born Iron City, Tennessee, but would be raised in Florence, Alabama. Known for her duets with George Jones and her 1974 solo hit, “No Charge.”

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14 Oct 1930
American R&B singer and musician Robert Parker. He was best known for his 1966 hit, ‘Barefootin”.  He played with most of New Orleans’ musicians, including Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, and Huey “Piano” Smith. Parker died on 19 Jan 2020 age 89.

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14 Oct 1926
Bill Justis, known for his 1957 hit “Raunchy,” is born in Birmingham, Alabama, raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

14 Oct 1907
Singer/actor Allan Jones, the father of pop singer Jack Jones, is born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

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