Born Today In Music

1993 – Metro Boomin
American record producer, record executive, and DJ Leland Tyler Wayne, professionally known as Metro Boomin (also known as Young Metro or simply Metro). He has amassed over a dozen top 20 US hits.

1992 – Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor, Jonas Brothers, 2009 US No.1 album ‘Lines, Vines and Trying Times’.

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1992 – ake Roche
Jake Roche, British singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Rixton, who scored the 2014 UK No.1 single ‘Me and My Broken Heart’.

1984 – Katie Melua
Katie Melua, UK singer, songwriter, (2004 UK No.1 album ‘Call Off The Search’, 2004 UK Top 10 single ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, 2007 UK No.1 single ‘What a Wonderful World’ with Eva Cassidy).

1979 – Flo Rida
Flo Rida (Tramar Lacel Dillard), American rapper. Worked with 2 Live Crew. 2008 US No.1 single ‘Low’, featuring T-Pain.

1977 – Musiq Soulchild
Musiq Soulchild, (Talib Johnson), American R&B artist, (2007 US No.1 album ‘Luvanmusiq’).

1976 – Tina Barrett
Tina Barrett from English pop group S Club 7 who had the 1999 UK No.1 single ‘Bring It All Back’. Their 2000 UK No.1 album 7 spent over a year on the UK chart. The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7.

1975 – Shannon Noll
Shannon Noll, Australian singer, runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol (2003). 2004 Australian No.1 single ‘What About Me?’

1969 – Justine Frischmann
Justine Frischmann, guitar, vocals, Elastica, (1995 UK No.13 single ‘Waking Up’). Also a member of early Suede.

1964 – Dave Sabo
Dave Sabo, guitarist from American heavy metal band Skid Row. The group achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row (1989) and Slave to the Grind (1991) the latter of which reached No.1 on the Billboard chart. He was the original lead guitar player for Bon Jovi, playing several local shows with them before Richie Sambora replaced him in 1983.

1963 – Richard Marx
Richard Marx, singer, songwriter, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Right Here Waiting’, 1992 UK No.3 single ‘Hazard’).

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1962 – Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones, singer, guitarist, from British indie band Babybird, who had the 996 UK No.3 single ‘You’re Gorgeous’, and the 1996 UK No. 9 album Ugly Beautiful.

1961 – Bilinda Butcher
Bilinda Butcher, My Bloody Valentine, (1991 UK No.29 single ‘To Here Knows When’).

1959 – Victory Tischler-Blue
Victory Tischler-Blue bassist on the all-female American rock band the Runaways third studio album, Waitin’ for the Night. She toured with the band from fall of 1977 to late 1978.

1954 – Frank Reed
Frank Reed is born in Omaha, Nebraska. Reed was best known as the first replacement lead singer for the American vocal group The Chi-Lites. He replaced original lead singer and songwriter Eugene Record in 1988 after The Chi-Lites heyday. Died February 26, 2014.

1953 – Alan Barton
Alan Barton from Black Lace who had the 1984 UK No.2 single ‘Agadoo’. The track earned them the dubious accolade of being voted as the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers for Q Magazine. Barton replaced Chris Norman in Smokie in 1986, recording six albums with them. He died on 23 March 1995 aged 41 from injuries incurred when Smokie’s tour bus crashed during a hailstorm in Cologne, Germany.

1953 – Michael Rhodes
American bass player Michael Rhodes best known for his session work and touring in support of other artists including Steve Winwood, Larry Carlton, the Dixie Chicks, Reba McEntire, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, J.J. Cale, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, and Kenny Chesney. He was also an active sideman in recordings and touring of Joe Bonamassa. He died of pancreatic cancer on 4 March 2023 age 69.

1952 – Ron Blair
Ron Blair, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single ‘American Girl’, 1989 UK No.28 single ‘I Won’t Back Down’, 1991 UK No.3 album ‘Into The Great Wide Open’).

1952 – Tom Leadon
American musician Tom Leadon. He was one of the founding members of Tom Petty’s original band, Mudcrutch, and remained its guitarist following its revival in 2007. Leadon also played bass in Linda Ronstadt’s band. He was the brother of Bernie Leadon, the former banjoist and guitarist of the Eagles. Tom Leadon died on 22 March 2023 age 70.

1950 – David Bellamy
David Bellamy, Bellamy Brothers, (1976 US No.1 single ‘Let Your Love Flow’, 1979 UK No.3 single ‘If I Said I Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me’).

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1948 – Kenny Jones
Kenny Jones, drummer, The Small Faces (1967 UK No.3 single ‘Itchycoo Park’ & 1968 UK No.1 album ‘Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake’). The Faces (1972 UK No.6 single ‘Stay With Me’). The Who (after Keith Moon, 1981 UK No.9 single ‘You Better You Bet’).

1948 – Ron Blair
Ron Blair (original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in San Diego, California. He was originally the band’s bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he returned to the group after a 20-year hiatus, replacing his own replacement, the late Howie Epstein.

1944 – Betty Kelly
American singer Betty Kelly from Martha And The Vandellas, (1964 US No.2 & 1969 UK No.4 single ‘Dancing In The Street’). She was also a member of Motown singing group The Velvelettes.

1942 – Bernie Calvert
Bernie Calvert, bassist with British pop/rock group The Hollies ( from 1966 until 1981), who have scored over 30 top 40 hits, including ‘Just One Look’, ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, and later ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe’.

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1941 – Joe Butler
Joe Butler, The Lovin Spoonful, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Summer In The City’).

1925 – B.B. King
B.B. King, US blues guitarist. He gained the nickname “Beale Street Blues Boy”, which was later shortened to “Blues Boy” and finally to B.B. King. He was a major influence on Eric Clapton and Rolling Stone magazine placed him behind only Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. King died in his sleep on May 14, 2015 from a series of small strokes caused by type 2 diabetes.

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