November 28th: Born on this day

November 28th: Born on this day      Matt Cameron

1929, Born on this day, Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, former boxer, composer, (wrote Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petit').

1939, Born on this day, Gary Troxel, The Fleetwoods, (1959 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Come Softly To Me').

1940, Born on this day, Bruce Channel, US singer, (1962 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Hey! Baby').

1943, Born on this day, Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney.

1948, Born on this day, Beeb Birtles, Little River Band, Australian group, (1978 US No.3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles).

1949, Born on this day, Hugh McKenna, keyboards, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, (1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah, 1975 album 'Next').

1954, Born on this day, David Jaynes, Modern Romance, (1982 UK No.4 single 'Best Years Of Our Lives').

1958, Born on this day, David Van Day, vocals, Dollar, (1981 UK No.4 single 'Mirror Mirror').

1962, Born on this day, Matt Cameron, drummer with Soundgarden, who joined Pearl Jam in 1998. At the age of thirteen, he and some friends played in a cover band called Kiss, however, after a letter from the management of the rather better-known band Kiss, threatening the boys with legal action, they called it a day.

1968, Born on this day, Dawn Robinson, En Vogue, (1992 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'My Lovin').

1970, Born on this day, Matt Cheslin, bass player, Neds Atomic Dustbin, (1991 UK No.16 single 'Happy').

1979, Born on this day, Chamillionaire, (born Hakeem Seriki), US rapper, (2006 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Ridin’).

1983, Born on this day, American songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend. 2010 US & UK No.1 album, ‘Contra’ and the 2013 US No.1 album 'Modern Vampires of the City'.