Born on this day in music, October 5th

1988
American musician Kevin Olusola a member of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Together with Pentatonix, Olusola has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums. They scored the 2017 US No.1 album ‘A Pentatonix Christmas’.

1985
Nicola Roberts, from English-Irish pop girl group Girls Aloud, which was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. They scored the 2002 UK No.1 single ‘Sound Of The Underground’ and over 20 UK Top 20 singles. They hold the record for “Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group.

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1980
Paul Thomas (bassist for Good Charlotte) is born in Waldorf, Maryland.

1978
James Valentine, guitarist, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.

1977
Kele Le Roc, (1998 UK No.8 single ‘Little Bit Of Lovin’).

1974
R&B/soul singer Heather Headley is born in Trinidad.

1966
Dave Dederer, Presidents Of The U.S.A. (1996 UK No.8 single ‘Peaches’).

1961
David Bryson, guitarist from American rock band Counting Crows, who had the 1994 UK hit single ‘Mr Jones’, and the 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites. They received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song ‘Accidentally in Love’, which was included in the film Shrek 2.

1960
Paul Heard, M People, (1993 UK No.2 single ‘Moving On Up’, plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).

1957
Lee Thompson, sax, vocals from English ska band Madness. They have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, hits include ‘One Step Beyond’, ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘Our House’ and ‘It Must Be Love’.

1955
Leo Barnes from Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers who scored the 1988 UK No.11 single ‘Don’t Go’. Their first album, People, released in 1988 became the most successful debut album in Irish history. It reached the No.1 slot in Ireland within a week and eventually reached No.2 in the UK Albums Chart.

1952
Harold Faltemeyer, (1985 UK No.2 7 US No.3 single ‘Axel F’).

1951
Bob Geldof, Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. The Boomtown Rats, (1979 UK No.1 single ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles). Geldof was the driving force behind the Band Aid – Live Aid relief project after seeing a BBC news report on the famine in Ethiopia. He called Midge Ure from Ultravox, and together they co-wrote the song, Do They Know It’s Christmas?

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1950
British guitarist Eddie Clarke, who was a member of heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead. Of Motörhead’s classic lineup, which consisted of Lemmy, himself and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, he was the last surviving member. Clarke died on 10 January 2018 in hospital, where he was being treated for pneumonia. He was 67 years old.

1949
Country pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas.

1948
Russell Craig Mael, Sparks, (1974 UK No.2 single ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’).

1948
Lucius Ross, rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic from 1968 to 1971 and played on their first three albums.

1947
Brian Johnson, singer with Geordie, who had the 1973 UK No.6 single ‘Because Of You’. Joined AC/DC in 1980, after the death of Bon Scott. Had the 1980 UK No.1 and US No.4 album Back In Black, which has now sold an estimated 49m copies worldwide. Johnson’s first group was called Gobi Desert Canoe Club. Bon Scott had first seen Johnson singing onstage, which included Johnson screaming at the top of his voice, rolling around on the stage, and finally being carried off. Scott didn’t know that Johnson was then taken to hospital, where he was diagnosed with appendicitis.

AC/DC – Back in Black

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AC/DC - Back In Black

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1945
Brian Connolly, singer with English group Sweet, who had the 1973 UK No.1 single ‘Blockbuster’, plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Sweet scored four top-ten hits in the US: ‘Little Willy’, ‘Ballroom Blitz’, ‘Fox On The Run’, and ‘Love Is Like Oxygen’. Connolly died of kidney and liver failure on 9th February 1997.

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Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

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1943
American singer, guitarist, songwriter Steve Miller who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single ‘The Joker’.

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1942
American Richard Street, who with The Temptations had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Just My Imagination’ and the re-issued ‘My Girl’ which was a UK No.2 hit in 1992. Street died on 27th February 2013 after a short illness.

1941
Arlene Smith, singer, from African-American girl group The Chantels, who had the 1958 top 20 hit ‘Maybe’ and the 1961 hit ‘Look In My Eyes’.

1939
Abraham Reichstadt, singer, (UK No.1 single in 1968 with ‘Cinderella Rockefella’ as Esther & Abi Ofarim).

1938
Carlo Mastrangelo, Dion and the Belmonts, (1961 US No.1 & UK No.11 single ‘Runaround Sue’).

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1907
Pop cover singer Mrs. Miller is born Elva Ruby Connes in Joplin, Missouri. Known for her version of Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” one of many off-key song renditions Miller was both celebrated and criticized for.

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