| 1931, Born on this day, Scotty Moore, guitarist, whose first group was Doug Poindexter & the Starlite Wranglers. He played on the first Sun Studios session with Elvis Presley and went on to a lengthy career with Presley, playing on many of his most famous recordings including 'Baby Let's Play House', 'Heartbreak Hotel', Mystery Train', 'That's All Right', 'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock'. Moore died on 28th June 2016 aged 84. |
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| 1941, Born on this day, Les Maguire, Gerry And The Pacemakers, (1963 UK No.1 single 'You'll Never Walk Alone' 1965 US No.6 single, 'Ferry Across The Mersey'). |
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| 1941, Born on this day, Mike Pinder, The Moody Blues, (1965 UK No.1 single 'Go Now' and 1968 UK No.19 & 1972 US No.2 single 'Nights In White Satin'). |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Mike Heron, The Incredible String Band, UK folk group, (1967 album 'The 5000 Spirits or The Layers Of The Onion). |
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1943, Born on this day, Pete Quaife, bass, The Kinks (1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles).
| 1944, Born on this day, Mike Jones, guitar, Foreigner, (1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is') |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Larry Byrom, guitar, Steppenwolf, (1969 UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'). |
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| 1952, Born on this day, David Knopfler, Dire Straits, left in early 1980, (1979 UK No.8 single 'Sultans Of Swing'). |
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| 1961, Born on this day, Youth, Killing Joke, (1985 UK No.16 single 'Love Like Blood'), producer, worked with U2. |
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| 1972, Born on this day, Matt Slocum, guitarist, keyboards, Sixpence None The Richer, (1999 UK No.4 single, 'Kiss Me', 1999 US No.8 single 'There She Goes'). |
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| 1984, Born on this day, Spectacular Blue Smith, singer, Pretty Ricky, (2007 US No.1 album Late Night Special). |
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| 1988, Born on this day, Hayley Williams, singer, Paramore, 2009 UK No.1 album Brand New Eyes and their 2013 self-titled fourth studio album hit No.1 on the US chart. |
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