February 14th: Born on this day

February 14th: Born on this day     Tim Buckley

1945, Born on this day, Vic Briggs, guitarist with The Animals, who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'.

1946, Born on this day, Doug Simril, guitar, piano, with the Steve Miller Band, who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'. Also worked with Boz Scaggs.

1947, Born on this day, Tim Buckley, singer, songwriter who recorded the 1972 album 'Greetings From LA'. His singer, songwriter son Jeff Buckley drowned while swimming in 1997. Tim himself died on June 29th 1975 of a heroin and morphine overdose.

1950, Born on this day, Roger Fisher, from Heart who had the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'.

1951, Born on this day, Kenny Hyslop, from Slik who had the 1976 UK No.1 single 'Forever And Ever'. Also a member of Skids who had the 1979 UK No.10 single 'Into The Valley' and Simple Minds, who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', and the 1989 UK No.1 single 'Belfast Child'.

1972, Born on this day, Rob Thomas, singer, songwriter with Matchbox 20 who had the 1998 UK No.38 single 'Push', and the 2000 US No.1 single 'Bent'. Thomas sang on 1999 US No.1 single by Santana 'Smooth' and also had the 2005 US No.1 solo album 'Something To Be.'  listen to ‘This Day in Music 14th Feb ’ on audioBoom