November 12th: Born on this day

November 12th: Born on this day         Neil Young

1936, Born on this day, Mort Shuman, US songwriter. Wrote many early 60's hits with Doc Pomus including 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'Teenager In Love', 'Save The Last Dance For Me.'



1940, Born on this day, Screaming Lord Sutch, singer, politician and leader of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party. He was the first long-haired pop star - boasting hair over 18 inches long. His early records included Jack The Ripper and I'm A Hog For You Baby, he died on June 16th 1999. The self-styled lord - real name David Sutch - was Britain's longest-serving political leader, standing in nearly 40 elections.
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1943, Born on this day, Brian Hyland, US singer, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Itsy Bitsy Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini').


1943, Born on this day, John Maus, vocals, The Walker Brothers, (1966 UK No.1 & US No. 13 single 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore').


1944, Born on this day, Booker T. Jones. Booker T and the MG's, (1962 US No. 3 single 'Green Onions', 1969 UK No.4 single 'Time Is Tight').


1945, Born on this day, Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist who as a member of Buffalo Springfield had the 1967 US #17 single 'For What It's Worth'. Joined Crosby Stills Nash and Young who had the 1970 US #1 and UK #5 album 'DejVu'. As a solo artist Young scored the 1972 US #1 and UK #10 single Heart Of Gold, and his 1972 UK #7 album Harvest spent 66 weeks on the UK chart. More on Neil Young
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1947, Born on this day, Donald Roeser, (Buck Dharma), guitar, vocals, Blue Oyster Cult, (1976 US No.12 & 1978 UK No.16 single 'Don't Fear The Reaper').


1948, Born on this day, Errol Brown, singer, Hot Chocolate, (1975 US No.3 single 'You Sexy Thing', 1977 UK No.1 single 'So You Win Again' plus over 25 other Top 40 hits).


1949, Born on this day, Arthur Tavares, Tavares, (1976 UK No.4 & US No.15 single 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel').


1952, Born on this day, Laurence Juber, British guitarist, most famous for playing lead guitar with Paul McCartney in Wings.


1953, Born on this day, Calum Macdonald, Runrig, (1995 UK No.18 single 'An Ubhal As Airde, The Highest Apple').


1955, Born on this day, Les McKeown, The Bay City Rollers, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles').
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1964, Born on this day, David Ellefson, Megadeth, (1990 UK No.13 single 'No More Mr Nice Guy').


1968, Born on this day, Jo Dunne, bass, We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, (1989 UK No.11 single 'International Rescue').


1984, Born on this day, Omarion, US R&B singer, (Omari Ishmael Grandberry), former B2K singer, 2005 US No.1 album 'O' and 2006 US No.1 album ‘21.’