February 11th: Born on this day

February 11th: Born on this day        Sheryl Crow

1935, Born on this day, Gene Vincent, (born Eugene Craddock), US rock ‘n’ roll singer with His Blue Caps who had a 1956 US No.7 & UK No.16 single with ‘Be Bop A Lula’. Vincent died on October 12th 1971.

1939, Born on this day, Gerry Goffin, American songwriter of over 20 US hits with Carol King, including The Shirelles 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow', The Drifters 'Up On The Roof', The Chiffons, 'One Fine Day', Herman's Hermits, 'I'm Into Something Good'. Goffin died on 19th June 2014 at the age of 75 in Los Angeles.

1940, Born on this day, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, who had the 1962 US No.1 & 1973 UK No.3 single 'The Monster Mash'. The song was a spoof on the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed Potato. Pickett died of leukaemia at the age of 69 on April 25th 2007.

1941, Born on this day, Sergio Mendes, Brazilian singer, who had the 1983 US No.4 & UK No.45 single 'Never Got Let You Go'.

1946, Born on this day, Ray Lake, singer with The Real Thing, who had the 1976 UK No.1 single 'You To Me Are Everything'.

1950, Born on this day, Rochelle Fleming, singer, with First Choice who had the 1973 UK No.9 single 'Smarty Pants.

1953, Born on this day, Alan Rubin, The Blues Brothers, who had the 1990 UK No.12 single 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love'.

1953, Born on this day, Neil Henderson, from Scottish group Middle Of The Road, who had the 1971 UK No.1 single 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep'.

1962, Born on this day, Sheryl Crow, US singer, songwriter, who had the 1994 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'All I Wanna Do', 1993 album 'Tuesday Night Music Club'. Crow worked as a backing singer on the Michael Jackson 'Bad' tour.

1969, Born on this day, Andrew Lovell, percussion, with English group M People, who had the 1993 UK No.2 single 'Moving On Up', plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles.

1974, Born on this day, D'Angelo, (Michael Archer), who had the 1996 UK No. 21 single 'Lady'.

1977, Born on this day, Mike Shinoda, guitar, vocals, with Linkin Park, who had the 2002 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'In The End', and the 2002 US No.2 & 2001 UK No.4 album 'Hybrid Theory'.

1979, Born on this day, Brandy, American singer, who had the 1998 US No.1 and UK No.2 single with Monica, 'The Boy Is Mine'.

1981, Born on this day, Kelly Rowland, singer with Destiny's Child who had the 2000 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Say My Name', and the 2001 US & UK No.1 single & album 'Survivor'. as a solo artist had the 2003 UK No.2 single 'Stole', and the 2002 US & UK No.1 single with Nelly 'Dilemma'. Rowland joined the judging panel on the eighth series of the British reality television competition The X Factor in 2011.

1984, Born on this day, Aubrey O'Day, singer, with Danity Kane, who were formed on the MTV reality show Making the Band 3. Had the 2006 US No.1 self-titled album.  listen to ‘This Day in Music 11th Feb ’ on audioBoom