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Born on this day in music:
October 30th
1989
Vanessa White, best known for being a member of girl group The Saturdays who scored the 2013 UK No.1 hit single ‘What About Us’ featuring Sean Paul.
1973
Maurizio Lobina, keyboards, Italian group Eiffel 65, (1999 UK No.1 single ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee’). The single was also No.1 in Norway, Austria, Finland, Germany and Denmark.
1970
Tommy Walter, bassist, songwriter, with Eels
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1969
Canadian rapper Snow, (Darrin O’Brien), 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Informer’).
1965
Gavin Rossdale, English musician and actor, and the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush who had the 1997 UK No.7 single ‘Swallowed’. The bands debut album, Sixteen Stone sold over 7 million copies in the US.
1963
Jerry De Borg, guitarist with English group Jesus Jones who had the 1990 US No.2 hit with ‘Right Here Right Now’ and the 1991 UK No.7 single ‘International Bright Young Thing’.
1962
Geoff Beauchamp, Eighth Wonder, (1988 UK No.7 single ‘I’m Not Scared’).
1960
Joey Belladonna, Anthrax, is born Joseph Bellardini in Oswego, New York. (1991 UK No.16 single ‘Got The Time’).
1954
Jeannie Kendall (of the country duo The Kendalls) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1949
David Green, bass, for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply who scored the 1980 UK No.11 single ‘All Out Of Love’ and the 1981 US No.1 single ‘The One That You Love’.
1947
Timothy B Schmit, bass, vocals, Poco, the Eagles, joined in 1977, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Hotel California‘, plus 5 US No.1 albums. ‘Greatest Hits 1971-1975’ is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m). He replaces Randy Meisner in the group in time to play on the 1979 album “The Long Run.” The band is celebrated with the 1993 tribute album “Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles”
1946
Drummer Chris Slade (of Uriah Heep, AC/DC, Manfred Mann, Gary Moore and The Firm) is born Christopher Rees in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.
1941
American singer Otis Williams, who with The Temptations had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Just My Imagination’ and re-issued ‘My Girl’ which was a UK No.2 hit in 1992, born in Texarkana, Texas.
1939
Norman West, American singer (The Soul Children – “Hearsay,”; “Give ’em Love”), born in Lake Providence, Louisiana.
1939
Eddie Holland (Holland/Dozier/Holland), producer, songwriter, wrote Motown hits for Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board. A prolific writer who authors “Heat Wave,” “Baby Love” and “Jimmy Mack.”
1939
American singer-songwriter Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, Starship. Slick provided vocals on a number of iconic songs, including ‘Somebody to Love’, ‘White Rabbit’, ‘We Built This City’ and ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’
1908
Patsy Montana [Ruby Rose Blevins] is born in Hope/Beaudry, Arkansas. She records the first million-selling country single by a female, “I Wanna Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart,” and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. (Died May 3, 1996)
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