Born on this day in music: October 29

1984
American musician, Chris Baio from Vampire Weekend. 2010 US & UK No.1 album, ‘Contra’ and the 2013 US No.1 album ‘Modern Vampires of the City’.

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1970
Toby Smith, keyboards, with Jamiroquai who had the 1993 UK No.1 album Emergency on Planet Earth and the 1998 UK No.1 single ‘Deeper Underground’. Smith died on 11 April 2017 aged 46 after he had been diagnosed with cancer six years earlier.

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1969
Roni Size, DJ, producer, 1997 Mercury Music Prize-winner.

1965
Peter Timmins, with Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band, Cowboy Junkies.

1962
Einar Orn, vocals, The Sugarcubes, (1992 UK No.17 single ‘Hit’).

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1961
Randy Jackson (of The Jackson 5) is born Steven Randall Jackson in Gary, Indiana. As the ninth child, he’s both the youngest Jackson brother and youngest child in the family until baby sister Janet is born in 1966.

1955
Kevin DuBrow, singer, Quiet Riot, (1983 US No.1 album, ‘Metal Health’). Found dead in his Las Vegas home at the age of 52 on 25th Nov 2007. The band’s biggest hit was Cum on Feel the Noize, a cover of the Slade song which they are said to have grudgingly recorded in just one take.

1955
Roger O’Donnell, keyboardist with English rock band The Cure who had the 1989 US No.2 single ‘Love Song’, the 1992 UK No.6 single, plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. He has also worked with the Psychedelic Furs, the Thompson Twins and Berlin.

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1954
Stephen Luscombe, from English synth-pop band Blancmange, who had the 1982 UK No.7 single ‘Living On The Ceiling’.

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1949
Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer David Paton who with Pilot had the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘January’. He also worked with Camel, Elton John, Fish and Rick Wakeman.

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1948
Ricky Reynolds, from American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas, known for their 70s US No.1 radio hit single ‘Jim Dandy To The Rescue’. He died on 5 September 2021 age 72.

1946
English guitarist, singer, songwriter Peter Green the founder of Fleetwood Mac. Was a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, (replaced Eric Clapton), and Fleetwood Mac scored the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘Albatross’ and other hits include ‘Black Magic Woman’, ‘Oh Well’ and ‘Man of the World’. He left Fleetwood Mac in 1970. Green died in his sleep age 73 on 26 Jul 2020.

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1945
Beatrice Melba Hill, better known as Melba Moore, is born in New York City to saxophonist Teddy Hill and R&B singer Bonnie Davis.

1944
English musician, singer, songwriter Denny Laine who with The Moody Blues, had the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Go Now’. As a member of Wings he had the 1974 UK No.3 single ‘Band on The Run’. Died on December 5, 2023.

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1944
Rob Van Leeuwen (guitarist for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands. (1970 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Venus‘).

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Shocking Blue - Venus

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