1930, Born on this day, Johnny Preston, US singer, (1960 US & UK No.1 single 'Running Bear'. |
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1942, Born on this day, Sarah Dash, Labelle, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.17, single 'Lady Marmalade'). |
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1944, Born on this day, Carl Wayne, singer, The Move, (1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry way'). Wayne died of cancer on 31st Aug 2004. |
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1945, Born on this day, Nona Hendryx, Labelle, (1975 US No.1 & UK No.17, single 'Lady Marmalade'). |
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1945, Born on this day, Barbara Harris, singer, The Toys, 1965 US No. 2 & UK No.5 single 'A Lover's Concerto'). |
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1949, Born on this day, Nigel Griggs bass, Split Enz, (1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'). |
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1950, Born on this day, Dennis Elliott, drums, Foreigner, (1985 UK & US No.1 single 'I Want To Know What Love Is'). |
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1951, Born on this day, John Rees, Men At Work, (1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Down Under'). |
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1952, Born on this day, Patrick Swayze, actor, singer, (1988 US No.3 & UK No.17 single with Wendy Fraser, 'She's Like The Wind'). Swayze died from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009. |
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1956, Born on this day Tony Garnier American bassist, best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989. He is Dylan's longest-running sideman and was also a long-time sideman for David Johansen in his Buster Poindexter persona, and was also briefly a member of the Saturday Night Live house band. |
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1957, Born on this day, Ron Strykert, Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single 'Down Under'). |
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1967, Born on this day, Dan Peters, drums, Mudhoney, (1991 UK No.60 single 'Let It Slide'). |
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1967, Born on this day, Tracy Tracy, The Primitives, (1988 UK No.5 single 'Crash'). |
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1969, Born on this day, Erik Schrody, Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, House Of Pain, (1993 UK No.3 single 'Jump Around'). Member of Everlast, (1999 UK No. 34 single 'What It's Like'). |
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1971, Born on this day, Richard James, Aphex Twin (1993 UK No.32 single 'On'). |
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1977, Born on this day, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and singer, Régine Chassagne, founding member of Arcade Fire. (She is married to co-founder Win Butler). |
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1983, Born on this day, Mika, (Mica Penniman), UK singer, (2007 UK No.1 single 'Grace Kelly' and 2007 UK No.1 album 'Life in Cartoon Motion'). |
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