Born on this day, October 7th In Music

7 Oct 1996
Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi who achieved global mainstream success in 2019 with his international breakthrough single “Someone You Loved”.

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7 Oct 1978
Alesha Dixon, Mis- Teeq, (2001 UK No.2 single ‘All I Want’).

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7 Oct 1976
Taylor Hicks, US soul singer, songwriter, 2006 American Idol winner, (2006 US No.1 single ‘Do I Make You Proud’).

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7 Oct 1969
Leeroy Thornhill, dancer with English electronic dance music group The Prodigy who scored the 1996 UK No.1 & US No. 30 single ‘Firestarter’ and the 1997 UK & US No.1 album ‘The Fat Of The Land’.

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7 Oct 1968
Thom Yorke, vocals, guitar, keyboards, Radiohead. Their 1993 debut single ‘Creep’ was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their 1997 album OK Computer appeared in many 1997 critics’ lists and listener polls for best album of the year. In 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, The Eraser, and in 2009 formed Atoms for Peace.

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7 Oct 1967
American singer, songwriter, pianist, actress Toni Braxton who had the 1996 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Un Break My Heart’. In the late 1980s, Braxton began performing with her sisters in a music group known as The Braxtons. She has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards.

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7 Oct 1964
Sam Brown, UK singer, (1989 UK No.4 single ‘Stop’), Jools Holland Band.

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7 Oct 1959
David Taylor, from English pop band Edison Lighthouse who scored the 1970 UK No.1 single ‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’.

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7 Oct 1959
Simon Cowell record executive and producer, judge on TV shows Popstars, Pop Idol and American Idol. Notorious for his uncompromisingly harsh and controversial criticism of contestants.

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7 Oct 1953
Tico Torres, drums, Bon Jovi (1987 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, 1986 US No.1 album ‘Slippery When Wet’ has sold over 8 million copies world wide).

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7 Oct 1952
American bass guitarist Ricky Phillips who has worked with Nasty Habit, The Babys, Bad English, and with Coverdale-Page and Ted Nugent.

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7 Oct 1951
John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp, American singer and songwriter, who had the 1982 US No.1 and UK No.25 single Jack And Diane, and the 1982 US No.1 album American Fool. He holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit Number One on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, and has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one, as Best Male Rock Performer for Hurts So Good.

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7 Oct 1950
David Taylor (bass guitarist for Edison Lighthouse) is born.

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7 Oct 1949
David Hope, from American rock band Kansas, who scored the 1978 US No.3 single ‘Dust In The Wind’, and the 1978 hit single ‘Carry On Wayward Son’. which was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No.1 in 1997.

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7 Oct 1945
Kevin Godley, drums, vocals, 10cc, (1975 UK No.1 & US No.2 single ‘I’m Not In Love’, plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No.1’s). Godley And Creme (1981 UK No.3 single ‘Under Your Thumb’). Video producer.

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7 Oct 1941
Martin Murray, The Honeycombs, (1964 UK No.1 single ‘Have I The Right’).

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7 Oct 1941
Tony Silvester, singer with American soul and R&B group Main Ingredient, best known for their 1972 hit song ‘Everybody Plays the Fool’. Died after a six-year struggle with multiple myeloma on November 26, 2006, at the age of 65

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7 Oct 1939
Colin Cooper from British blues rock group Climax Blues Band, who had the 1977 US No.3 & 1976 UK No.10 single ‘Couldn’t Get It Right’. Cooper died of cancer, aged 69 on July 3, 2008.

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7 Oct 1937
Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of Quicksilver Messenger Service. He wrote the quintessential 1960s love-and-peace anthem ‘Get Together’ a hit for The Youngbloods. He died on November 16, 1994.

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7 Oct 1927
American singer Al Martino. He had the 1952 US & UK No.1 single ‘Here In My Heart’ which became the first No.1 in the NME singles chart. It remained in the top position for nine weeks in the UK, setting a record for the longest consecutive run at No.1 a record which, over 50 years on, has only been beaten by six other tracks. Martino also played Johnny Fontane in 1972 film The Godfather. He died on October 13, 2009 aged 82.

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7 Oct 1911
Jazz drummer “Papa” Jo Jones is born Jonathan David Samuel Jones in Chicago, Illinois. He was a member of Count Basie’s Orchestra from 1934-1948. Died on September 3, 1985

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7 Oct, 1900
Pop songwriter Ralph Rainger is born in New York City. Known for writing the Bob Hope theme song “Thanks For The Memory,” he also writes “Blue Hawaii,” recorded by Willie Nelson for the “Honeymoon In Vegas” soundtrack. Died on October 23, 1942)