1929, Born on this day, Hal Blaine, American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and the 5th Dimension. Blaine has played on 50 No.1 hits, over 150 top ten hits and has recorded, by his own admission, on over 35,000 pieces of music over four decades of work.
1935, Born on this day, Alex Harvey, vocals, guitar, with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah, and the 1975 album 'Next'. Harvey died on February 4th 1982.
1941, Born on this day, Barrett Strong, US songwriter who was the first artist to record a hit for Motown records. Wrote many Motown hits with Norman Whitfield including, 'Money', 'War', 'Ball Of Confusion', and 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone'.
1942, Born on this day, Corey Wells, vocals, with American group Three Dog Night who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single 'Mama Told Me Not To Come'.
1943, Born on this day, Chuck Winfield, trumpet, Blood Sweat & Tears, who had the 1969 USNo.2 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'.
1944, Born on this day, Al Kooper, The Royal Teens, who in 1958 had the US No.3 single 'Shorts Shorts'. As a member of Blood Sweat & Tears, had the 1969 US No.12 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'). Kooper played organ on Bob Dylan track 'Like A Rolling Stone.'
1944, Born on this day, J.R. Cobb, from Atlanta Rhythm Section who had the 1979 UK No.48 single 'Spooky'.
1948, Born on this day, David Denny, guitarist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.
1948, Born on this day, Nigel Tufnell, guitarist with the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who made the 1984 film 'This Is Spinal Tap'.
1960, Born on this day, Paul Jones, bassist with Catatonia who had the 1998 UK No.3 single 'Mulder And Scully'.
1964, Born on this day, Duff McKagan, bassist with Guns N' Roses who had the 1998 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single 'Sweet Child O' Mine'. Also a member of Velvet Revolver who had the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album 'Contraband'.
1968, Born on this day, Chris Barron, singer with American group The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single 'Two Princes'.
1969, Born on this day, Bobby Brown, singer, who was a member of boy group New Edition who had the 1983 UK No.1 & US No.46 single 'Candy Girl'. as a solo artist had the 1988 UK No.6 & 1989 US No.1 single 'My Prerogative'. Brown married Whitney Houston 18th July 1992
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