1904, Born on this day, Fats Waller, US blues singer, died 15th December 1943.
1940, Born on this day, Tony Sheridan, singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was best known as an early collaborator of The Beatles. Sheridan died on 16th February 2013.
1941, Born on this day, Ronald Isley, The Isley Brothers, (1968 UK No.3 single 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 1969 US No.2 single 'It's Your Thing').
1943, Born on this day, Hilton Valentine, guitar, The Animals, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun').
1943, Born on this day, John Dalton, The Kinks, (1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles).
1943, Born on this day, Vincent Crane, keyboards, The Crazy world of Arthur Brown, (1968 UK No.1 and US No.12 single 'Fire'), Atomic Rooster, (1971 UK No.4 single 'The Devil's Answer'). He died on 14th February 1989.
1948, Born on this day, Leo Sayer, (1977 UK & US No.1 single 'When I Need You', the Chrysalis record label's first No.1, plus 13 other UK Top 40 singles).
1954, Born on this day, Marc Ribot, guitarist and composer. Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits.
1955, Born on this day, Stan Lynch, drums, 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').
1963, Born on this day, Kevin Shields, My Bloody Valentine, (1991 UK No.29 single 'To Here Knows When').
1963, Born on this day, Tim Lever, Dead Or Alive, (1985 UK No.1 single 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record').
1964, Born on this day, Martin Blunt, bass, The Charlatans, (1990 UK No.9 single 'The Only One I Know', 1996 UK No.3 single 'One To Another', plus 3 UK No.1 albums).
1972, Born on this day, The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Christopher G. Wallace). Gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles on 9th March 1997 aged 24. (1995 UK No.34 single 'One More Chance', 1997 US No.1 single 'Hypnotize').
1975, Born on this day, Lee Gaze, guitarist, Lostprophets, (2004 UK No.8 single ‘Last Train Home’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Liberation Transmission’).
1978, Born on this day, Adam Wade Gontier, lead singer and guitarist of Three Days Grace.
1985, Born on this day, Mutya Buena, singer, Sugababes, (2002 UK No.1 single, 'Round Round', 2002 UK No.2 album 'Angels With Dirty Faces'). Quit the group in Dec 2005.
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