1925, Born on this day, Marvin Rainwater, singer, 1957 US No.18 single 'Gonna Find Me A Bluebird', 1958 UK No.1 single 'Whole Lotta Woman.' He died on October 18, 1994.
1926, Born on this day, Lee Allen, saxophonist, worked with Fats Domino, Little Richard Shirley & Lee.
1936, Born on this day, Tom Springfield, from the British pop-folk vocal trio The Springfields who had the 1962 US No. 20 single 'Silver Threads And Golden Needles', and the 1963 UK No.5 single 'Island Of Dreams'. The Springfields included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother Tom Springfield.
1937, Born on this day, David Palmer the keyboard player for Jethro Tull between 1969 and 1980. He played on all the Tull classics including 'Thick As A Brick' and 'Aqualung.' Palmer changed his name to Dee Palmer after a successful sex change operation during the nineties.
1940, Born on this day, American singer Paul Williams, who with The Temptations had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and the re-issued 'My Girl' which was a UK No.2 hit in 1992 Died on 17th August after shooting himself.
1942, Born on this day, Leapy Lee, UK singer, (Lee Graham), 1968 UK No.2 single 'Little Arrows'.
1945, Born on this day, Peter Cruickshank, bass, The Groundhogs, (1971 UK No.5 album 'Split').
1949, Born on this day, American keyboardist Roy Bittan, "The Professor", with Bruce Springsteen E Street Band which he joined on August 23, 1974. He has also worked with David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger.
1950, Born on this day, Duncan Mackay, keyboards, with English group Cockney Rebel who scored the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Make Me Smile, Come Up And See Me'.
1952, Born on this day, Johnny Colla, guitar, sax, from Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single 'The Power Of Love'. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.
1954, Born on this day, Pete Briquette, bass, vocals, The Boomtown Rats, (1979 UK No.1 single 'I Don't Like Mondays', plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles).
1955, Born on this day, Jerry Hall, US model, actress. Married Rolling Stone Mick Jagger in 1990.
1956, Born on this day, Jeffrey Cooper singer from American group Midnight Star who had the 1986 UK No.8 single 'Midas Touch' and a string of hits in the 1980s.
1957, Born on this day, Mike Anger from British new wave group The Blow Monkeys who had the 1986 hit 'Digging Your Scene' and the 1987 UK No.5 single 'It Doesn't Have To Be This Way'.
1961, Born on this day, Annie Ruddock, vocals, Amazulu, (1986 UK No.5 single 'Too Good To Be Forgotten').
1964, Born on this day, Roy Boulter, drummer of Liverpool-based group The Farm who had the 1990 UK No.4 single 'All Together Now'.
1966, Born on this day, Dave Parsons, bassist with English group Transvision Vamp who had the 1989 UK No.3 single 'Baby I Don't Care'. He later worked with Bush who had the 1997 UK No.7 single 'Swallowed'.
1970, Born on this day, Monie Love, UK female rapper, (1990 UK No. 12 single 'It's A Shame', plus eight other UK Top 40 singles).
1974, Born on this day, Rocky Gray, drummer, Ewith American rock band Evanescence who had the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single Bring Me To Life, and the 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album Fallen. Also a member of Living Sacrifice and Soul Embraced.
1983, Born on this day, Daron Malakian, guitarist with Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down who had the 2001 US No.1 album Toxicity and the 2005 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Mezmerize.
1985, Born on this day, Ashley Michelle Tisdale, actress and singer from High School Musical, as part of the cast had the 2006 US No.1 High School Musical album and 2007, US No.1 High School Musical 2 album. Over 17 million viewers in the United States watched the TV premier of High School Musical; making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history. Released her debut album Headstrong in 2007.
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