Born on October 6th in Music

Born on the 6th of October In Music

1982
William Butler, synthesizer, bass, guitar, percussion the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, who had the 2005 album Funeral, and 2017 US No.1 album Everything Now.

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1975
American rock music drummer Patrick Keeler who is best known for playing in The Greenhornes, The Raconteurs, and The Afghan Whigs.

1971
American heavy metal musician Donnie Steele best known as one of two original guitarists in Slipknot. Steele co-founded Slipknot in 1995, performing on the band’s debut demo Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. He left the band in 1996.

1966
Tommy Stinson, bassist with The Replacements one of the definitive American alternative rock groups. He joined Guns N’ Roses. in 1998. He also formed Bash & Pop.

1964
Matthew Sweet, singer guitarist, (solo single ‘Girlfriend’). The Thorns.

1961
Tim Burgess, Drums, T’Pau, who had the 1987 UK No.1 single ‘China In Your Hand’ and the 1987 US & UK No.4 single ‘Heart And Soul’, (which was initially a flop in the UK). T’Pau took their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek.

1960
Richard Jobson, The Skids, (1979 UK No.10 single ‘Into The Valley’), Armoury Show, TV presenter.

1958
Tim Mooney, drums, American Music Club, (1993 album ‘Mercury’).

1954
American singer-songwriter David Hidalgo from Los Lobos (Spanish for “the Wolves”), who had the UK & US No.1 single with their cover version of ‘La Bamba’, which was a 1958 hit for Ritchie Valens and one of early rock and roll’s best-known songs.

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1951
Gavin Sutherland, The Sutherland Brothers, (1976 UK No.5 single ‘Arms Of Mary’. Wrote the million seller ‘Sailing’ a No.1 for Rod Stewart in 1975).

1951
Kevin Cronin, 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.

1949
Bobby Farrell, from German vocal group Boney M, who had the 1978 UK No.1 & US No.30 single ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and with more than 150 million records sold, they are one of the best-selling artists of all time. He died of natural causes on 30th Dec 2010 at the age of 61.

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Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon

Boney M. - Rivers Of Babylon (ZDF Disco 12.06.1978) (VOD)04:19

1949
Thomas McClary, guitarist from American funk/soul band, The Commodores, who had the 1978 UK & US No.1 single ‘Three Times A Lady’ as well as the hits ‘Easy’ and ‘Nightshift’.

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Commodores - Nightshift

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1948
Jamaican singer Millie Small, (Millie), who scored the 1964 US & UK No.2 single ‘My Boy Lollipop’. It remains one of the biggest-selling ska songs of all time, with more than seven million sales. She died on 2020 aged 72 after suffering a stroke.

1945
Robin Shaw, from English pop group The Flowerpot Men who had the 1967 UK No.4 single ‘Let’s Go To San Francisco’.

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1917
Bob Neal, ex DJ, agent and one time Elvis Presley manager, died on 9th May 1983

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