music_note
Born on this day in music, October 15
15 Oct 1984
English singer and actor Shayne Ward, winner of the 2005 UK TV series The X Factor. His 2005 UK No.1 single ‘That’s My Goal’ became the Christmas No.1, selling a record-breaking 313,000 copies on its first day of sales, making it the third fastest selling single of all time, (behind Elton John ‘Candle in the Wind’ and Will Young’s ‘Evergreen’, which sold 685,000 and 400,000 copies in their first days of sale respectively.
15 Oct 1975
Ginuwine, (Elgin Lumpkin) US rapper, (1997 UK No.10 single ‘When Doves Cry’).
15 Oct 1969
Kimberly Schlapman is born in Toccoa, Georgia. She is destined for membership in Little Big Town, a harmony-based group known for “Boondocks,” “Better Man,” “Pontoon” and “Girl Crush”. She also, an actress, known for Forever My Girl (2018), She Gets What She Wants (2002)
ADVERTISEMENT
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Kristen-Barlowe_schlapman-2000-b70cc6cf872d4417bfff4776d2bb14da.jpg "Kimberly Schlapman")
15 Oct 1966
Dave Stead, with The Beautiful South, who had the 1990 UK No.1 single ‘A Little Time’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
15 Oct 1966
Dougie Vipond, Scottish broadcaster and drummer with Deacon Blue, who had the 1988 UK No.8 single ‘Real Gone Kid’, plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.
15 Oct 1956
Chris Lacklison from English pop and glam rock band Kenny who had several hit singles in the UK in the mid-1970s, including ‘The Bump’ and ‘Fancy Pants’.
15 Oct 1953
Tito Jackson, from American family music group The Jackson 5. They were the first group to debut with four consecutive No.1 hits on the Hot 100 with the songs ‘I Want You Back’, ‘ABC’, ‘The Love You Save’, and ‘I’ll Be There’. And with The Jacksons, had the 1979 hit ‘Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)’.
15 Oct 1948
British-Irish singer-songwriter Chris De Burgh best known for his 1986 UK No.1 and US No. 3 single ‘The Lady In Red’, (the song has been repeatedly voted one of the public’s most disliked songs). De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.
15 Oct 1946
American record producer, arranger, pianist and composer Richard Carpenter, The Carpenters who had the 1973 UK No.2 single ‘Yesterday Once More’ and the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.6 single ‘Close To You’. The Carpenters 1972 hit ‘Goodbye to Love’ was one of the first pop ballads to have a fuzz guitar solo and influenced the development of the power ballad.
15 Oct 1943
American drummer and session musician Larrie Londin. He played on more hit records during his career than any other drummer, with the possible exception of the legendary session drummer Hal Blaine. Londin moved to Nashville in 1969, and grew to be regarded as Nashville’s top session drummer and played with a wide range of artists, including Emmylou Harris, Charley Pride, Randy Travis, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Albert Lee, Merle Haggard, Hank Snow, Jerry Reed, Rosanne Cash, Reba McEntire, KT Oslin, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Hank Williams, Jr., Chet Atkins, Ronnie Milsap, and many others. He died on August 24, 1992.
15 Oct 1942
English singer-songwriter Chris Andrews. By his mid teens he had formed his own group, Chris Ravel and the Ravers. Andrews later had the 1965 UK No.3 single and German at No. 1 hit ‘Yesterday Man’.
15 Oct 1942
American drummer and singer, songwriter Don Stevenson with Moby Grape. Three Dog Night, Robert Plant and The Move have all covered songs written by Stevenson.
15 Oct 1938
Marv Johnson, US singer, (1960 US No.9 single ‘I Love The Way You Love’, 1969 UK No.10 single ‘I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose’). Johnson’s recording of Berry Gordy’s song ‘Come To Me’ became Motown Records first ever-single release in May 1959. Johnson died on 16th May 1993.
15 Oct 1935
American singer-songwriter Barry McGuire who had the 1965 US No.1 & UK No.3 single with the protest song ‘Eve Of Destruction’. Top LA session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector’s “Wrecking Crew”) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass played on the track. The vocal by McGuire was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording “leaked” out to a DJ, who began playing it. The song was an instant hit and as a result the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded.
15 Oct 1922
American singer and songwriter Tommy Edwards, who had the 1958 US & UK No.1 single with ‘Its All In The Game’. The song was written by US Vice President Charles Dawes. Edwards died on 23 October 1968, aged 47.
15 Oct 1917
American musician Paul Tanner who was a a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tanner developed and played the Electro-Theremin, an electronic musical instrument that mimics the sound of the theremin. He can be heard performing on the opening title theme music of the 1963-66 CBS-TV comedy series My Favorite Martian. His Theremin playing is featured on several recordings by The Beach Boys, most notably on ‘Good Vibrations’, ‘Wild Honey’, and ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’. Tanner died of pneumonia on February 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
Views: 0
Views: 2
ADVERTISEMENT
Views: 0
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
© Radio Flora TM 2022
