February 3rd: Born on this day

February 3rd: Born on this day     Richie Kotzen

1928, Born on this day, Frankie Vaughan, UK singer. During the 50's he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including, UK No.2 'Green Door'. Made an OBE in 1965. Died 17th Sept 1999 aged 71.

1928, Born on this day, Val Doonican, Irish singer, and television presenter who had the 1964 UK No. 4 single 'Walk Tall', and 1967 UK No.1 album 'Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently'.

1935, Born on this day, Johnny 'guitar' Watson, American blues guitarist, singer, who had the 1976 UK No.35 single 'I Need It'. Watson died on 17th May 1996 while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed mid-guitar solo. His last words were "ain't that a bitch".

1940, Born on this day, Angelo D'Aleo, vocals, Dion And The Belmonts, who 1961 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'Runaround Sue'.

1943, Born on this day, Dennis Edwards, singer with The Temptations, who had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re- issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992.

1943, Born on this day, Eric Haydock, bassist with The Hollies, who have scored over 25 Top 40 singles since 1963, including the 1972 US No.2 single 'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress', and the 1988 UK No.1 single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', which was first released in 1969.

1946, Born on this day, Stan Webb, guitar, vocals, with British group Chicken Shack, who had the 1969 UK No.14 single 'I'd Rather Go Blind'.

1947, Born on this day, Dave Davies, guitarist with The Kinks, who scored the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles. Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 after being interviewed by the BBC in London where he had been promoting his then current album, 'Bug'.

1947, Born on this day, Melanie Safka, US singer, songwriter who had the 1971 US No.1 & 1972 UK No.4 single 'Brand New Key'.

1949, Born on this day, Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass guitarist with The New York Dolls, who had the 1973 album 'New York Dolls'. Kane died in Los Angeles on July 13th 2004, due to complications from leukaemia, aged 55.

1956, Born on this day, Lee Ranaldo, guitarist with American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, who had the 1993 UK No.26 single 'Sugar Kane'.

1957, Born on this day, Tony Butler, bassist with Big Country, who had the 1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 single. Butler has also worked with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend and The Pretenders.

1959, Born on this day, Lol Tolhurst, keyboards, with The Cure, who had the 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', the 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles.

1965, Born on this day, Nick Hawkins, guitarist with Big Audio Dynamite who had the 1986 UK No.11 single 'E=MC2'.

1970, Born on this day, Richie Kotzen, Mr. Big, who had the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'To Be With You'. Also worked with Poison.

1990, Born on this day, Sean Kingston, (Ka'Shon Anderson), Jamaican-American reggae, rap and pop musician who scored the 2007 US and UK No.1 single 'Beautiful Girls'. listen to ‘This Day in Music 3rd Feb ’ on audioBoom