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Born on this day in music, October 28th
1987
American singer and songwriter Frank Ocean. His debut studio album, Channel Orange, released in July 2012 reached No. 2 on the US album chart. His second studio album Blonde debuted at No.1 in the US and the UK.
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1972
Brad Paisley is born in Glen Dale, West Virginia. His first hit is as a songwriter, penning David Kersh’s Top 5 country ballad “Another You.”
1969
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Ben Harper. Two-time Grammy Award winner, winning awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, in 2005.
1963
Italian musician and singer-songwriter, Eros Ramazzotti who has sold over 55 million records and worked with artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Patsy Kensit, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Nicole Scherzinger and Ricky Martin.
1959
Neville Henry, from British new wave group The Blow Monkeys who had the 1986 hit ‘Digging Your Scene’ and the 1987 UK No.5 single ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’.
1958
Dave Wyndorf, lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, trombonist, and songwriter for the American rock group Monster Magnet.
1958
William Reid, The Jesus and Mary Chain, (1987 UK No.8 single ‘April Skies’).
1957
Stephen Morris, drums, Joy Division, (1980 UK No.13 single ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’). New Order, (1983 UK No.9 single ‘Blue Monday’). The Other Two, (1991 UK No.41 single ‘Tasty Fish’).
1953
Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer who has co-written over 70 Top 40 singles, with songs that have sold over 300 million albums worldwide. His collaborations include Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin, Weezer, Shakira, Jennifer Rush, Kiss, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Cher, Katy Perry, and Alice Cooper.
1948
Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Manilan, Arkansas.
1948
Telma Hopkins, singer from American pop music group Dawn who were popular in the 1970s. Their signature hits include ‘Candida’, ‘Knock Three Times’, and ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree‘.
1944
Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter Bob Andy. He was widely regarded as one of reggae’s most influential songwriters and recorded with Marcia Griffiths as Bob and Marcia that had a major 1970 UK hit with ‘Young, Gifted and Black’. The Jamaican government conferred the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander on Andy in October 2006 for his contributions to the development of Jamaican music. He died of cancer on 27 March 2020 age 75.
1941
Hank Marvin, guitar, The Shadows, 1963 UK No.1 single ‘Foot Tapper’, plus 28 other UK Top 40 singles. He also played on many hits with Cliff Richard and was a member of Marvin, Welch and Farrar.
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1940
British singer Wayne Fontana, who had the 1966 UK No.2 single with Mindbenders, ‘Groovy Kind Of Love’, and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Game Of Love’. Fontana died from cancer on 6 August 2020 at the age of 74.
1939
Jim Post of Friend & Lover is born in Houston, Texas. Died September 14, 2022
1937
Graham Bond, UK R&B keyboard player, saxophonist with The Graham Bond Organisation. He died on 8th May 1974 after committing suicide by throwing himself under a London tube train at Finsbury Park station. Bond had worked with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Died on May 8, 1974.
1936
Charlie Daniels who is known for his No.1 country hit ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008. He died of a hemorrhagic stroke on 6 July 2020, age 83, on 28 Oct 1927
1927
Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, who had the 1961 UK No.5 single ‘You’ll Answer To Me’. Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth.
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