1928, Born on this day, American singer Mary Ford who with half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford had the 1953 US No.1 single 'Vaya Con Dios' and 16 top-ten hits. Ford died from cancer on 30th September 1977.
1932, Born on this day, Joe Zawinul, pianist, Miles Davis band and American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s Weather Report who had the 1976 single 'Birdland' and the 1977 album Heavy Weather. He died on September 11th 2007.
1933, Born on this day, J.J. Barrie, US singer, One Hit Wonder with 1976 UK No.1 single 'No Charge'.
1940, Born on this day, Richard Starkey, ( Ringo Starr, ) drums, vocals, Rory Storm, The Beatles. He sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums, (The Beatles scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles). Solo (1974 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You're Sixteen' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits). Ringo Starr and his all Star Band, (featuring; Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Peter Frampton, Greg Lake).
1944, Born on this day, Warren Entner, who with Grass Roots had the 1968 US No.5 single 'Midnight Confessions', plus 13 other US Top 40 singles.
1945, Born on this day, English musician Jim Rodford. He was a founding member of Argent who had the 1972 UK No.5 single 'Hold Your Head Up'. He was the bass guitarist for The Kinks from 1978 until they disbanded in 1996 and in 2004, he joined the reunited Zombies and was also a member of The Swinging Blue Jeans. Rodford died after a fall on 20 January 2018, aged 76.
1947, Born on this day, English rock and blues drummer Rob Townsend who with Family, had the 1971 UK No.4 single 'In My Own Time'), and later became a member of The Blues Band.
1948, Born on this day, American rock guitarist Larry Reinhardt who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames "El Rhino" and "Ryno". Reinhardt died aged 63 of cirrhosis of the liver.
1950, Born on this day, David Hodo, from American disco group The Village People. They had the hit singles 'Macho Man', 'In the Navy', 'Go West and the 1978 US No.2 hit 'YMCA'. The group were originally conceived by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo to target disco's gay audience.
1952, Born on this day, Jamaican-born British musician Lynval Golding, guitarist with The Specials who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Ghost Town'.
1962, Born on this day, singer Clive Jackson who with Doctor And The Medics had the 1986 UK No.1 single with their version of the Norman Greenbaum 1969 hit 'Spirit In The Sky'.
1962, Born on this day, Mark White, bassist with American rock band The Spin Doctors who had the 1993 UK No.3 & US No.7 single 'Two Princess' and the hit 'Little Miss Can't Be Wrong'.
1981, Born on this day, Synyster Gates (Brian Elwin Haner, Jr.), American guitarist, songwriter of Avenged Sevenfold, who had the 2010 US No.1 album Nightmare and the 2013 US No.1 album Hail to the King.
1988, Born on this day, Ilan Rubin, drummer, from Welsh rock band Lostprophets, who scored the 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission.
1994, Born on this day, Ashton Irwin, drummer with 5 Seconds Of Summer who had a No.1 UK hit with 'She Looks So Perfect', their debut album was a US No.1 and UK No.2. 5 Seconds of Summer were also the first Australian act to achieve a US No.1 album with their debut album.
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