February 4th: Born on this day

February 4th: Born on this day       Alice Cooper
1929, Born on this day, Paul Burlison American pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison worked with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. He died on Sept 27th 2003. 
1941, Born on this day, John Steel, drummer with The Animals who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'. 
1943, Born on this day, Barry Beckett keyboardist, session musician in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section at the Muscle Shoals studio in Sheffield, Alabama. He worked with many artists including Paul Simon and Traffic. 
1943, Born on this day, Jimmy Johnson, American guitarist best known as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. He played on many hits and countless sessions including, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Clarence Carter, Arthur Conley, Wilson Pickett, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart. He also engineered The Rolling Stones' album, Sticky Fingers. 
1944, Born on this day, Florence Larue, from The 5th Dimension who had the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'Aquarius'. 
1947, Born on this day, Margie and Mary Ann Ganser, vocalists for The Shangri-Las, who had a 1964 US No.1 & UK No.11 single with ‘Leader Of The Pack’. Margie died of breast cancer on July 28th 1996. 
1948, Born on this day, Alice Cooper, (Vincent Furnier), singer, who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'School's Out'. Copper is now also a radio presenter. 
1950, Born on this day, James Dunn, singer with The Stylistics who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'You Make Me Feel Brand New', the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Can't Give You Anything But My Love' and 15 other UK Top 40 singles. 
1951, Born on this day, Phil Ehart, Kansas, who had the 1978 US No.3 single 'Dust In The Wind'. 
1952, Born on this day, Jerry Shirley, drummer with Humble Pie who had the 1969 UK No.4 single 'Natural Born Bugie'. 
1960, Born on this day, Tim Booth, vocals, with English group James who had the 1991 UK No.2 single 'Sit Down'. Booth has also released solo projects. 
1962, Born on this day, Clint Black, country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four No.1 singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. He has amassed more than 30 singles on the US country charts (of which 13 have reached No.1). 
1963, Born on this day, Wasserman, guitar, The Offspring, who had the 1999 UK No.1 & US No. 59 single 'Pretty Fly, (For A White Guy)', and the 1999 US No.6 & UK No.10 album 'Americana'). 
1968, Born on this day, Steve Queralt, from British indie group Ride who had the 1992 UK No.9 single 'Leave Them All Behind'. 
1975, Born on this day, Natalie Imbruglia, actress, singer, who had the 1997 UK No.2 single 'Torn', from the 1997 UK No.5 album 'Left Of The Middle'. Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. 
1982, Born on this day, Kimberly Wyatt, American singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress and choreographer. She is best known as a former member of the Pussycat Dolls who she joined in 2003. In 2010, she announced her departure from the group, continuing with her new band Her Majesty & The Wolves. 

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