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1942, Born on this day, Ralph Ellis from British group The Swinging Blue Jeans who had the 1964 UK & US Hit single 'Hippy Hippy Shake'.
1943, Born on this day, Andrew Semple, guitarist and singer with The Fortunes who had the 1965 UK & US Hit single 'You've Got Your Troubles'.
1945, Born on this day, Michael Dolenz, singer and drummer with The Monkees who had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles. Dolenz is now a actor, television director, radio personality and theater director.
1947, Born on this day, Carole Bayer Sager, singer, songwriter. Wrote 'Groovy Kind Of Love', hit for The Mindbenders and Phil Collins. Sinatra, Pitney and Dolly Parton have all recorded her songs. Married Burt Bacharach in 1982.
1946, Born on this day, Randy Meisner, guitarist with US group Poco who later joined The Eagles who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'Hotel California'. He quit The Eagles in 1977.
1947, Born on this day, Mike Allsup, guitarist with US group Three Dog Night who had the 1970 UK No.3 & US No.1 single with their version of the Randy Newman song 'Mama Told Me Not To Come'.
1948, Born on this day, Little Peggy March, (Margaret Battivio.) US singer who had the 1963 US No.1 single 'I Will Follow Him'.
1948, Born on this day, Mel Galley, guitarist with Whitesnake who had the 1987 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'Here I Go Again'. Died of cancer on 1st July 2008.
1949, Born on this day, Dave Lambert from The Strawbs who had the 1973 UK Hit single 'Part Of The Union'.
1954, Born on this day, Cheryl Baker, singer with UK group Bucks Fizz who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Making Your Mind Up', plus 12 other UK Top 40 singles'. Baker now works as a TV presenter.
1957, Born on this day, Clive Burr, drummer with UK Rock group Iron Maiden who had the 1982 UK No.1 album 'The Number Of The Beast' and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'.
1958, Born on this day, Gary Numan, singer with Tubeway Army who had the 1979 UK No.1 single 'Are Friends Electric'. As a solo artist had the 1979 UK No.1 & 1980 US Hit single 'Cars' plus 18 other UK Top 40 singles.
1964, Born on this day, Peter Gill, drummer with Liverpool group Frankie Goes To Hollywood who had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No. 10 single 'Relax' and six other UK Top 40 singles.
1976, Born on this day, Gareth Coombes singer, songwriter with UK group Supergrass who had the 1995 UK Hit single 'Alright'. Their 1995 UK No.1 album 'I Should Coco' spent 35 weeks on the UK chart.
1979, Born on this day, Tom Chaplin singer, songwriter with UK group Keane who had the 2004 UK No.1 album 'Hopes And Fears'.
Ушли из жизни:
1973: Ronald "Pigpen" McKernan
1993: Billy Eckstein
2003: Adam Faith