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Born on this day in music, October 18th
18 Oct, 1988
Singer/songwriter Riley Green is born in Jacksonville, Alabama. He earns his first hit in 2018 with “There Was This Girl”.
18 Oct 1987
Zachary Efron, American actor and singer from High School Musical. As part of the cast had the 2006 US No.1 ‘High School Musical’ album and 2007, US No.1 ‘High School Musical 2’ album. Over 17 million viewers in the United States watched the TV premier of High School Musical; making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history.
18 Oct 1984
Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding is born in Portland, Oregon. She wins the 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, becoming the first Jazz artist to do so… beating out nominee Justin Bieber in the process.
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18 Oct 1982
Ne-Yo, (born Shaffer Chimere Smith), American R&B singer-songwriter, (2006 US No.1 & UK No.4 album ‘In My Own Words’, 2006 US & UK No.1 single ‘So Sick’).
18 Oct, 1980
Josh Gracin is born in Westland, Michigan. An enlisted Marine, he comes to prominence on “American Idol,” launching his career in 2004 with the hits “I Want To Live,” “Nothin’ To Lose” and “Stay With Me (Brass Bed)”
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18 Oct 1977
Simon Rix, bass, Kaiser Chiefs, (2005 UK No.3 album ‘Employment’, 2005 UK No.6 single ‘Oh My God’, 2007 UK No.1 single ‘Ruby’).
18 Oct 1974
Peter Svensson, guitarist with Swedish rock band The Cardigans who had the 1997 UK No.2 single ‘Lovefool’ which was included in the soundtrack to the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet.
18 Oct 1971
Mark Morriss, singer, songwriter, guitarist, The Bluetones, (1996 UK No.2 single ‘Slight Return’) and solo 2008 album ‘Memory Muscle.’
18 Oct 1961
Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter, composer and teacher, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Blood on the Fields, a three-and-a-half hour jazz oratorio telling the story of a couple finding freedom from slavery.
18 Oct 1956
Dick Crippen, Tenpole Tudor, (1981 UK No.6 single ‘Swords Of A Thousand Men’).
18 Oct 1952
American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter Keith Knudson with The Doobie Brothers who scored the 1979 US No.1 single ‘What A Fool Believes’ and the 1993 UK No.7 single ‘Long Train Runnin.’ He founded the band Southern Pacific with fellow Doobie Brother John McFee. He died of pneumonia on February 8, 2005 aged 56.
18 Oct 1949
Gary Richrath, 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. He died on September 13, 2015.
18 Oct 1947
Laura Nyro, singer songwriter. Her songs have been recorded by Suzanne Vega, Phoebe Snow, Roseane Cash, Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt. She wrote ‘And When I Die’ a hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears and ‘Stoney End’ covered by Barbra Streisand. She died of ovarian cancer on 8th April 1997.
18 Oct 1946
Joe Egan (co-founder of Stealers Wheel) is born in Paisley, Scotland. (1973 UK No.8 single ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’). The song was used in Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 movie Reservoir Dogs, during the famous “ear” scene.
18 Oct 1943
Russ Giguere (vocalist/percussionist/guitarist for The Association) is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but would be raised in San Diego, California.
18 Oct 1940
Songwriter Cynthia Weil is born in New York. Known for her work with husband Barry Mann, including “On Broadway,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” and “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” to name a few. Died: June 1, 2023
18 Oct 1938
Ronnie Bright, The Coasters. The American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group scored the 1958 US No.1 single ‘Yakety Yak’, the 1959 US No.2 and UK No.6 single ‘Charlie Brown’, as well as ‘Young Blood’ and ‘Poison Ivy’. Died: November 26, 2015
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18 Oct 1935
Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Died July 7, 2021.
18 Oct 1926
Chuck Berry singer, songwriter and guitarist. Berry was one of the pioneers of rock and roll music, who helped developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive; his lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism plus his own brand of showmanship became a major influence on subsequent rock music. He also had surprise hit in 1972 with the UK and US No.1 single ‘My Ding A Ling’. A major influence on The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Berry’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’ was one of the examples of music from Earth sent out to space. Berry died on 18 March 2017 aged 90.
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