| 1936, Born on this day, Tommy Devito, from American rock and pop band The Four Seasons who had the 1960s hits 'Sherry', 'Big Girls Don't Cry', 'Walk Like a Man', and the 1976 UK & US No.1 single 'December 1963, (Oh What A Night'). They are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. |
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| 1939, Born on this day, American soul singer Al Wilson who had the 1974 US No.1 single 'Show And Tell' and the Northern soul anthem, 'The Snake'. Wilson died on April 21, 2008, of kidney failure, at the age of 68. |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Elaine McFarlane, from American 1960s sunshine pop band Spanky And Our Gang, who had the 1967 US No.9 single 'Sunday Will Never Be The Same Again'. She joined the re- formed Mama and the Papas in 1982. |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Robin Box, from British pop group White Plains who had the 1970 UK No.8 single 'Julie Do Ya Love Me' and four other hit singles. |
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| 1944, Born on this day, English keyboardist Peter Bardens a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. During his career, Bardens worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and Van Morrison, and recorded solo albums. Bardens died aged 57 on 22 January 2002. |
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| 1948, Born on this day, English singer-songwriter and musician, Nick Drake. He signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and released his debut album, Five Leaves Left, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums, Bryter Layter and Pink Moon. Drake committed suicide on November 25th 1974 aged 26 from an overdose of amitriptyline, a type of antidepressant. |
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| 1951, Born on this day, Ann Wilson, from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide. |
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| 1957, Born on this day, Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Fraser), rapper, from British electronica band Faithless who had the 1996 UK No.3 album Insomnia. |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Mark DeBarge singer from American family group DeBarge who had the 1983 US No.17 single 'All This Love', and the 1985 UK No.4 single 'Rhythm Of The Night'. |
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| 1960, Born on this day, Dennis Fuller, from German-based English dance-pop duo The London Boys who had the UK No.2 single 'London Nights'. He was killed in a car crash with London Boy partner Edem Ephraim on January 21st 1996. |
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| 1963, Born on this day, Paula Abdul, American singer, songwriter, voice actress, dancer, choreographer who had the 1990 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Opposites Attract' plus five other US No.1 singles. Her 1989 album Forever Your Girl spent ten weeks as US No.1. Became a judge on American Idol TV show. |
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| 1963, Born on this day, Simon Wright, drummer, AC/DC, joined in 1983. Joined Dio in 1989. |
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| 1970, Born on this day, Brian Welch, guitarist from American nu metal band Korn who scored the 1998 US No.1 album, Follow The Leader. Twelve of the band's official releases have peaked in the top ten of the Billboard Chart. |
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| 1976, Born on this day, Scott Avett, lead singer and founding member of the folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Had the 2013 US No.5 album 'Magpie And The Dandelion'. |
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| 1983, Born on this day, American rapper, Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name Macklemore. The Macklemore's and Lewis single 'Thrift Shop' reached No.1 on the US singles chart in 2013 and their second single, 'Can't Hold Us' also peaked at No.1, making Macklemore and Lewis the first duo in the chart's history to have their first two singles both reach the top of the US charts. |
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