February 2nd: Born on this day

February 2nd: Born on this day           Graham Nash

1940, Born on this day, Alan Caddy, guitarist with The Tornadoes, who had a 1962 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Telstar’. This was the first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. Caddy died on August 16th 2000.

1942, Born on this day, Graham Nash, guitarist, singer with The Hollies who he left in 1968. Became a member of Crosby Stills Nash & Young who had the 1969 UK No.17 single 'Marrakesh Express' and 1970 US No.1 album 'Deja Vu'.

1943, Born on this day, Peter Macbeth from The Foundations who had the 1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You', and the 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'.

1945, Born on this day, Ronnie Goodson, from John Fred and His Playboy Band, who had the 1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Judy In Disguise'.

1946, Born on this day, Howard Bellamy from the Bellamy Brothers who had the 1976 US No.1 single 'Let Your Love Flow', and the 1979 UK No.3 single 'If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me'.

1947, Born on this day, Derek Sulman, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound who had the 1967 UK No.9 single 'Kites' and then became a member of Gentle Giant.

1948, Born on this day, Alan Mckay, guitar, Earth Wind and Fire, (1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', 1981 UK No.3 single 'Let's Groove').

1949, Born on this day, Ross Valory, bassist with the Steve Miller Band, who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.

1963, Born on this day, Eva Cassidy, US singer. She is the only artist to score three posthumous UK No.1 albums: 2001’s 'Songbird'; 2002’s 'Imagine' and 2003’s 'American Tune'. In 2001 she also had a UK No.42 single with ‘Over The Rainbow’ and the 2007 UK No.1 single 'What a Wonderful World' with Katie Melua. Eva died of skin cancer on November 2nd 1996, aged 33.

1964, Born on this day, Charlie Heather, drummer with The Levellers who had the 1995 UK No.12 single 'Just The One'.

1966, Born on this day in Montclair, New Jersey, was Robert DeLeo, bassist with Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show and Army of Anyone. His elder brother, guitarist Dean DeLeo, was also a member of the band.

1966, Born on this day, Steve Firth, bassist with Embrace who had the 2006 UK No. 2 single ‘Natures Law’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album ‘This New Day’.

1969, Born on this day, John Spence, singer, and original member of No Doubt in the late 1980's. Committed suicide on December 21st 1987 by shooting himself.

1971, Born on this day, Ben Mize, drummer with Counting Crows who had the 1994 UK No.28 single 'Mr Jones', and the 1996 US No.1 album, 'Recovering The Satellites'.

1977, Born on this day, Shakira, (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), singer who had the 2002 UK No.2 single 'Whenever Wherever' and the 2006 world-wide No.1 single 'Hips Don't Lie'. She is the highest selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold over forty million albums.  listen to ‘This Day in Music 2nd Feb’ on audioBoom