Born Today In Music

1993
Niall Horan, from English-Irish pop boy band One Direction who formed after finishing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010. Scored the 2011 UK No.1 single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ and the 2013 No.1 ‘One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)’.

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1985
Brent Kutzle, bass guitar and cello with OneRepublic. Had the 2013 UK No.1 hit ‘Counting Stars’.

1983
James Bourne, singer, songwriter, from English pop rock band Busted. Formed in 2000, the band had four UK No.1 singles, and released two studio albums – Busted (2002) and A Present for Everyone (2003) – before disbanding in January 2005.

1977
Pop singer/songwriter Fiona Apple is born in New York City (1996 album ‘Tidal’). In 2003, she’s nominated along with Johnny Cash for a country Grammy award after collaborating with the Man in Black on “Bridge Over Troubled Water”In 2003, she’s nominated along with Johnny Cash for a country Grammy award after collaborating with the Man in Black on “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

1975
Joe Rooney, guitarist, with American country band Rascal Flatts who scored the 2004 US country No.2 single ‘I Melt’, and the 2006 US No.1 album ‘Me And My Gang’.

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1973
Aaron Benward is born in Auburn, Indiana. After a 1990s career as a Christian singer, he joins Scott Reeves to form Blue County, netting a 2004 hit with “Good Little Girls” plus a nomination for Top Vocal Duet from the Academy of Country Music.

1967
Stephen Perkins American musician and songwriter, drummer and percussionist from Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros.

1967
American heavy metal singe Tim “Ripper’ Owens. He first gained attention as the lead singer of Judas Priest, (replacing Rob Halford) and then Iced Earth. He took the nickname “Ripper” from the Judas Priest song ‘The Ripper’ during his time in the tribute band British Steel.

1965
Zak Starkey, drummer, (son of Ringo). Formed his own band The Face and has worked with The Who, Oasis, Johnny Marr and the Spencer Davis Group.

1961
Dave Mustaine, guitarist, Megadeth and one time member of Metallica.

1959
Sheldon Reynolds, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Reynolds is a former member of bands Sun, The Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire.

1956
American singer–songwriter, actress and producer Joni Sledge, best known as a founding member of Sister Sledge, who were best known for their hits ‘We Are Family’ and ‘He’s The Greatest Dancer’. Sledge died from natural causes on March 10, 2017 at age 60.

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1954
Steven John Kilbey, lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist with Australian band The Church.

1954
Dan Hegarty, The Darts, (1978 UK No.2 single ‘Boy From New York City’).

1952
American musician, record producer and record executive Don Was, of the 1980s pop group group Was Not Was, who had the 1992 UK No.4 single ‘Shake Your Head’. Was has worked with many artists including Iggy Pop, The B-52s, Jackson Browne, The Rolling Stones, Kris Kristofferson and John Mayer.

1952
Randy Jones, from American disco group The Village People. They had the hit singles ‘Macho Man’, ‘In the Navy’, ‘Go West and the 1978 US No.2 hit ‘YMCA’. Its members were a symbolic group of fantasy stereotypes in attire often worn by gay men of Greenwich Village.

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1944
American singer Peter Cetera who with Chicago had the 1976 US & UK No.1 single ‘If You Leave Me Now’. Cetera left the band in July 1985 and scored the solo 1986 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Glory Of Love’ the theme song from the film The Karate Kid Part II.

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1943
Ray Elliot, keyboards, saxophone and flute with the Northern Irish band Them who had the 1965 UK hits ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’ and ‘Here Comes The Night’ with Van Morrison on lead vocals. Morrison quit the band in 1966 and went on to a successful career as a solo artist.

1941
David Clayton-Thomas, from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No.2 single ‘Spinning Wheel’, and the 1969 US No.12 single ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’. They had a US No.1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968.

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1939
Saxophonist/composer Dave Quincy (of Manfred Mann) is born in the UK.

1933
Lewie Steinberg, American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T & the M.G.’s. Steinberg received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. He died on 21 July 2016 aged 82.

1925
Jazz singer Mel Tormé, aka The Velvet Fog, is born in Chicago, Illinois. He would begin his professonal music career at age 4, singing “You’re Driving Me Crazy” with the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra. He died on June 5, 1999.

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