| 1931, Born on this day, US country singer George Jones, who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s. Nicknamed Possum, his signature song was He Stopped Loving Her Today, a track about love and death. He was married to Tammy Wynette between 1969 and 1975 and the pair recorded several songs together in the 1970s. Jones died on 26th April 2013 aged 81. |
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| 1940, Born on this day, Tony Bellamy, Redbone, (1971 UK No.2 & US No.21 single 'The Witch Queen Of New Orleans'). |
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| 1943, Born on this day, Maria Muldaur, US Singer, songwriter, (1974 US No.6 & UK No.21 single 'Midnight At The Oasis'). |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Barry White, soul singer & producer. (1974 UK No.1 single 'You're The First The Last My Everything', 1974 US No.1 single 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe'). Died from Kidney failure on 4th July 2003 aged 58. |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Colin Young, The Foundations, (1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You'. 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'). |
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| 1952, Born on this day, Gerry Beckley, America (1972 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Horse With No Name'). |
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| 1952, Born on this day, Neil Peart, drummer, Rush, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Spirit Of Radio' 1982 US No. 21 single 'New World Man'). Peart was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to be so honored, as a group. |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Barry Andrews, keyboards, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Senses Working Overtime'). |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Brian Robertson, guitar, Thin Lizzy, (1973 UK No.6 single 'Whisky In The Jar'), Member of Motorhead. |
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| 1957, Born on this day, Pat Dinizio, The Smithereens, (1988 US No.41 album 'Smithereens 11). |
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| 1966, Born on this day, Ben Folds, US singer, songwriter, keyboard player, Ben Folds Five, (1997 UK No.26 single 'Battle Of Who Could Care Less'). |
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| 1967, Born on this day, Jon Stewart, guitar, Sleeper, (1996 UK No.10 single 'Sale Of The Century'). |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Kenny Thomas, singer, (1991 UK No.4 single 'Thinking About Your Love'). |
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| 1974, Born on this day, Jennifer Nettles, American Grammy-winning country music artist, lead vocalist with the duo Sugarland. 2009 US No.1 album ‘Live on the Inside’. |
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| 1981, Born on this day, Jennifer Hudson, Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. One of the finalists on the third season of American Idol, she went on to star as Effie White in the 2006 motion picture musical Dreamgirls. |
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