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Happy birthday to Morrissey, born on 22 May 1959, English singer, songwriter from The Smiths, who scored the 1984 UK No.10 single 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles'. As a solo artist he scored the 1988 UK No.5 single 'Suedehead' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. […]
Happy birthday to Cher, born on 20th May 1946, American singer and actress, one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher who had the 1965 UK & US No.1 single 'I Got You Babe'. She became a television personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by […]
Happy birthday to Brian Eno, born on 15th May 1948, English musician, composer, record producer best known for his pioneering work in ambient music. With Roxy Music he had the 1972 UK No.4 single ‘Virginia Plain’. He has produced U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie, John Cale, Coldplay and Damon Albarn. Article source: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10161579655150167
Happy birthday to Steve Winwood born on 12th May 1948, English musician who with the Spencer Davis Group had the 1966 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Running', with Traffic the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Hole In My Shoe', Blind Faith, (with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech), 1969 UK & US No.1 album. Winwood […]
Happy birthday to Burt Bacharach born on 12th May 1928, American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer. With Hal David he wrote many classic songs including, 'Close To You', '24 Hours From Tulsa', 'Make It Easy On Yourself', 'Magic Moments', 'I Say A Little Prayer'. He won two Oscars for the film score to […]
Happy birthday to Steve Howe, born on 8 April 1947, guitarist, Yes, (1977 UK No.7 'Wonderous Stories', 1983 US No.1 & UK No. 28 single 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'). Asia, (1982 US No 4 & UK No. 46 single 'Heat Of The Moment'). Has also been a member of The Syndicats, Bodast, Tomorrow and […]
Happy birthday to Sir Elton John singer, born on 25th March 1947. He has the biggest selling single of all time with the 1997 'Candle In The Wind 97', plus has scored over 50 UK Top 40 hit singles and sold over 150m records worldwide. Some of the aliases Sir Elton has used checking into […]
Happy birthday to Damon Albarn, born on 23 March. Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. With Blur he scored the 1994 UK No.1 album Parklife, which spent over 2 years on the UK chart, and the 1995 UK No. 1 'Country House'. Albarn along with Jamie Hewlett formed 'virtual band' Gorillaz who had the 2001 UK […]
Happy birthday to English musician, singer and songwriter Roger Hodgson, born on 21st March 1950, known as the former co-frontman with Supertramp. He composed and sang the majority of their hits such as ‘Dreamer’, ‘Give a Little Bit’, ‘Breakfast in America’, ‘Take the Long Way Home’, ‘The Logical Song’ and ‘It’s Raining Again’. Article source: […]
Happy birthday to James Taylor, born on 12 Mar 1948 American singer, songwriter. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the hit single 'Fire and Rain' and had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You've Got A Friend', (written by Carole King). His first album was released on The Beatles Apple label. Taylor […]