Born Today In Music

1991 – Scott Hoying
Scott Hoying, founding member of Pentatonix, an a cappella vocal group that earns a country Grammy nomination in 2016 for a collaboration with Dolly Parton on a new version of “Jolene”.

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1985 – Jonathan Jacob Walker
Jonathan Jacob Walker, bassist, with American rock band Panic! at the Disco who scored the 2008 Australian No.1 and US & UK No.2 album Pretty.Odd.

1976 – Maile Misajon
Maile Misajon, singer from Eden’s Crush, the American girl group who were created on the American television series Popstars who scored the 2001 Canadian No.1 and US No. 8 single ‘Get Over Yourself’.

1979 – Chuck Comeau
Chuck Comeau, drummer for Simple Plan, is born Charles-André Comeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1970 – Vin Rock
Vin Rock, of Naughty by Nature, is born Vincent Brown in East Orange, New Jersey.

1969 – Adam Devlin
Adam Devlin, The Bluetones, (1996 UK No.2 single ‘Slight Return’).

1969 – Keith Flint
Keith Flint, vocals, 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’. Flint died at his Essex home in England on 4 March 2019 age 49.

1968 – John Penney
John Penney, vocals, Neds Atomic Dustbin, (1991 UK No.16 single ‘Happy’).

1968 – Anastacia
Anastacia, US singer, (2000 UK No. 6 single ‘I’m Outta Love’, her 2000 album ‘Not That Kind’ spent 65 weeks on the UK album chart) .

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1962 – Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann, Australian filmmaker, 1999 UK No.1 single ‘Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen’).

1959 – William Owen Gregory
William Owen Gregory, keyboards and synthesizer, Goldfrapp, (2008 UK No.2 album ‘Seventh Tree’).

1953 – Steve Williams
Steve Williams, drummer from Welsh hard rock Budgie. They were one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts. Their 1971 debut album was with Black Sabbath producer Rodger Bain.

1950 – Fee Waybill
Fee Waybill, vocals, with American band The Tubes known for their 1977 hit single ‘White Punks On Dope’ and the 1983 US No.10 single ‘She’s A Beauty’.

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1947 – Abraham Laboriel
Bass player Abraham Laboriel is born in Mexico City, Mexico. Noted for his work with such pop artists as Lionel Richie, George Benson and Al Jarreau, he also appears on a pair of Clint Black hits

1940 – Roger Nichols
Roger Nichols, American composer and songwriter, multi-instrumentalist. He co-wrote many songs including ‘We’ve Only Just Begun’ (The Carpenters), which was originally written for a Crocker Bank commercial and ‘Out in the Country’ (Three Dog Night).

1939 – Lamonte McLemore
Lamonte McLemore, The 5th Dimension, (1969 US No.1 & UK No.11 single ‘Aquarius’).

1933 – Jeanine Deckers
Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, (1963 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Dominique’). Deckers died on 29th March 1985 of an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend.

1926 – Bill Black
Bill Black, bass player, Elvis Presley from 1954-1957, Bill Black Combo, (1959 US No.17 single ‘Smokie Part 2’). Black died on 21st October 1965.

1923 – Hank Williams
Hank Williams (born Hiram King Williams). The American singer-songwriter and musician is regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time. Williams recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that would place in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked No.1. During his last years Williams’s consumption of alcohol, morphine and painkillers severely compromised his professional life. Williams died aged 29 on January 1, 1953.

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