Born On This Day In Music, September 3rd

1986 – OMI
Jamaican-born singer, OMI, (Omar Samuel Pasley), his ska style 2014 single ‘Cheerleader’ was remixed by Felix Jaehn and topped the charts in several countries.

1984 – Robert Curry
Robert Curry, US singer with Day26, also known as a contestant on the TV show Making the Band 4.

1980 – Jay McCaslin
Canadian musician Jay ‘Cone’ McCaslin, bassist with Sum 41, who had the 2001 UK No 13 single ‘In Too Deep’. The band released their debut album, All Killer No Filler in 2001.

1979 – Tomo Milicevic
Tomo Milicevic, lead guitarist with 30 Seconds to Mars. Their 2018 album America peaked at No.2 on the US chart and No.4 in the UK.

1975 – DJ Redfoo
DJ Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy), one half of LMFAO who had the 2011 world wide hits ‘Party Rock Anthem’ and ‘Sexy And I Know It’. RedFoo is the son of music mogul Berry Gordy who formed Motown Records.

1973 – David Mead
David Mead, US singer, songwriter. (2001 UK airplay hit ‘Girl On The Roof’).

1973 – Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige, US singer, (1998 UK No.4 single, ‘Crush’.

1963 – Jonathan Segel
Jonathan Segel of Camper Van Beethoven is born in Marseilles, France, but would be raised in Davis, California, and Tucson, Arizona.

1962 – Lester Noel
Lester Noel, Beats International, (1990 UK No.1 single ‘Dub Be Good To Me’ featuring vocalist former actress in TV’s ‘Grange Hill’, Lindy Layton, produced by Norman Cook).

1960 – Perry Bamonte
Perry Bamonte (keyboardist/guitarist for The Cure) is born in London, England.

1957 – Suzanne Freitag
Suzanne Freitag, Propaganda, (1985 UK No.21 single ‘Duel’).

1955 – Steve Jones
Steve Jones, Sex Pistols guitarist, (1977 UK No.2 single ‘God Save The Queen’ and 1977 UK No.1 album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’.

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1952 – Leroy Smith
Leroy Smith, from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single ‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’.

1948 – Donald Brewer
Donald Brewer, best known as the drummer for Grand Funk Railroad who had the US No.1 single with their version of ‘The Loco-Motion’ which was produced by Todd Rundgren. They were the most successful US Heavy Metal band of the 70s selling over 20m albums.

1947 – Eric Bell
Eric Bell, guitarist, Thin Lizzy, (1973 UK No.6 single ‘Whisky In The Jar’).

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1945 – George Biondo
George Biondo, from Steppenwolf who had the 1969 US No.2 hit single ‘Born To Be Wild’. Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and scored 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles.

1945 – Mike Harrison
Mike Harrison (lead singer of Spooky Tooth) is born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Known for the 1969 song “Better By You, Better Than Me,” later covered by Judas Priest.

1944 – Gary Leeds
Gary Leeds, The Walker Brothers, (1966 UK No.1 & US No.13 single ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’).

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1943 – Mark Wirtz
French pop music record producer, composer, singer, musician Mark Wirtz. He is best known for the never-completed A Teenage Opera concept album, a project he devised while working under contract to EMI at Abbey Road Studios with Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. The first single from the planned album, ‘Excerpt from A Teenage Opera’ by Keith West, was a No.2 hit on the UK Singles Chart in September 1967. Wirtz died on 7 Aug 2020 from Pick’s disease age 76.

1942 – Al Jardine
American musician, singer and songwriter Al Jardine, who co-founded The Beach Boys. He is best known as the band’s rhythm guitarist, and for occasionally singing lead vocals, on singles such as ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ (1965), ‘Then I Kissed Her’ (1965) and ‘Come Go with Me’ (1978).

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1934 – Freddie King
Blues guitarist Freddie King. Eric Clapton covered his ‘Have You Ever Loved A Woman’ on the ‘Layla’ album. He died on 27th December 1976 of heart trouble and ulcers aged 42.

1933 – Tompall Glaser
Country singer Tompall Glaser (of The Glaser Brothers) is born Thomas Paul Glaser in Spalding, Nebraska. Died August 12, 2013.

1925 – Hank Thompson
Country singer/songwriter Hank Thompson is born in Waco, Texas. Inspired the Thomas Cobb novel Crazy Heart and the 2009 film of the same name, starring Jeff Bridges. Died on November 6, 2007.

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