Some Birthday happenings for January 12th: 1904 ● Mississippi Fred McDowell → Original Delta blues bottle-neck guitarist, singer and songwriter, influenced Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and others. 1905 ● Woodward Maurice Tex Ritter → Country Music Hall of Fame singing cowboy. 1928 ● Ruth Brown (Ruth Alston Weston) → R&B/soul singer. 1930 ● Glenn Yarbrough → Vocals and guitar for The Limeliters. 1932 ● Des OConnor → Easy listening/pop singer, comedian and TV host. 1939 ● William Lee Golden → Vocalist for The Oak Ridge Boys. 1941 ● Long John Baldry → Blues singer for Steampacket, Bluesology, Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated and solo. 1945 ● Abe Abrim Tilmon → Vocals for R&B/soul harmony group The Detroit Emeralds. 1945 ● Maggie Bell → The British Janis Joplin, Blues-soul-rock singer for The Power, Stone The Crows and solo. 1946 ● Cynthia Robinson → Vocals for Sly & The Family Stone. 1946 ● George Duke → Jazz fusion, R&B keyboardist, songwriter, composer, bandleader and session musician with over 30 solo albums. Worked with Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa and others. Died 8/5/2013 from chronic leukemia. 1951 ● Chris Bell → Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for Big Star. Died in a car accident 12/27/1978. 1952 ● Ricky Van Shelton → Country-pop singer and guitarist. 1954 ● Felipe Rose → Vocals (and the Native American character) for The Village People. 1959 ● Blixa Bargeld (Hans Christian Emmerich) → Guitarist, composer and founder of industrial rock Einstürzende Neubauten. Was also a member of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. 1959 ● Per Gessle → Singer, songwriter and guitarist for Roxette. 1963 ● Guy Chambers → Keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, member of The Waterboys, World Party, co-founder of The Lemon Trees. 1966 ● Rob Zombie (Robert Cummings) → Vocals for White Zombie and solo. Also a film director. 1968 ● Raekwon (Corey Woods, aka The Chef) → Rapper for The Wu-Tang Clan. 1970 ● Zach de la Rocha → Rapper for Rage Against The Machine. 1973 ● Matthew Wong → Founding member and bassist for Reel Big Fish. Retired from the band in 2007 to spend time with his young family. 1974 ● Mel C. (Melanie Chisholm) → Vocals in The Spice Girls. 1978 ● Kristopher Roe → Songwriter, lead guitarist, vocalist for The Ataris. 1991 ● Victoria Louise Pixie Lott → R&B Vocalist.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:26:22 +0000
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