Born On October 1st In Music

Born on this day in music, October 1

1985
Dizzee Rascal (Dylan Kwabena Mills), British rapper, songwriter and record producer. 2009 UK No.1 single ‘Holiday’.

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 1974
Keith Duffy of Boyzone is born in Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland. Their breakthrough hit was their second single and cover version of the classic Osmonds hit, ‘Love Me for a Reason’, which peaked at No.2 on the UK Singles Chart. Duffy joined the UK soap Coronation Street in 2002 playing the role of Peter Barlow’s old Navy mate Ciaran McCarthy.

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1968
Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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1959
Youssou N’dour, Senegalese singer, percussionist, (1994 UK No.3 single ‘7 Seconds’), worked with Peter Gabriel, Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Sting.

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1958
Martin Cooper, from English electronic music band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. OMD released their debut single, ‘Electricity’, in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song ‘Enola Gay’.

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1957
Andy Walton from English pop and glam rock band Kenny who had several hit singles in the UK in the mid-1970s, including ‘The Bump’ and ‘Fancy Pants’, is born in Enfield, Middlesex, England.

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1955
Howard Hewett, Shalamar, (1980 US No. 8 single ‘The Second Time Around’, 1982 UK No.5 single ‘A Night To Remember’).

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1948
Brownsville Station frontman Michael “Cub” Koda is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes the group’s 1973 hit “Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room,” which is later covered by Motley Crue.

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1947
Rob Davis, guitarist songwriter from English glam rock band Mud who had the 1974 UK No.1 single ‘Tiger Feet’ which was the UK’s best-selling single of 1974 plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. In 2000, he achieved commercial songwriting success, most notably with the songs ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’ for Spiller and co- wrote the 2001 UK No.1 hit ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ for Kylie Minogue.

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1947
Martin Turner, guitarist with British rock band Wishbone Ash who scored the 1972 UK No.3 album Argus and eight other Top 40 albums. Wishbone Ash are noted for their extensive use of the harmony twin lead guitar., is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

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1947
Mariska Veres, singer, Shocking Blue, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Venus’) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.. Died on December 2nd 2006 aged 59.

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1947
Mud lead guitarist Rob Davis is born in Carshalton, Surrey, England.

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1945
Donny Hathaway, US soul singer (1972 UK No.29 single with Roberta Flack ‘Where Is The Love’, 1978 US No.2 single ‘The Closer I Get’). Committed suicide falling from a 15th floor hotel window on 13th January 1979.

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1944
Barbara Parritt of The Toys is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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1943
American musician Jerry Martini, saxophonist for Sly and the Family Stone who had the 1968 US No.1 singles ‘Everyday People’, the 1971 US No.1 ‘Family Affair’ and the 1971 US No.1 album There’s a Riot Goin’ On, is born in Denver, Colorado.

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1942
Herb Fame, Peaches and Herb, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘Reunited’)is born Herbert Feemster in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.

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1935
Julie Andrews is born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. She made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964) and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role. She starred in The Sound of Music (1965), playing Maria von Trapp and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The 1965 UK & US No.1 album The Sound of Music spent 382 weeks on the UK chart and was the best-selling album in the UK in 1965, 1966 and 1968 and the second best-selling of the decade, spending a total of 70 weeks at No. 1.

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1935
Singer/guitarist Ray Sanders is born in St. John, Kentucky. He lands on the country charts more than 10 times in the 1960s and ’70s as an artist and plays on the Ray Price hits “The Same Old Me” and “Under Your Spell Again”

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1932
Albert Collins, electric blues guitarist and singer, is born in Leona, Texas. Movie fans can catch his cameo appearance in the 1987 comedy Adventures in Babysitting, where he performs “Babysitting Blues” with the cast. He died November 24, 1993.

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1930
Singer/actor Richard Harris, who has an unlikely hit with “MacArthur Park,” is born in Limerick, Ireland. Died of cancer on 25th Oct 2002

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1910
Bonnie Parker is born in Rowena, Texas. Teamed with Clyde Darrow, she becomes part of a notorious bank-robbing duo in the 1930s, inspiring Merle Haggard’s 1968 country hit “The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde”. She died May 23, 1934.

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