Born on this day in 1952 – Dave Stewart, guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was a member of Longdancer and then The Tourists, (1979 UK No.4 single ‘I Only Want To Be With You’), Eurythmics, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Sweet Dreams’, 1985 UK No.1 single ‘There Must Be An Angel’), solo, (1990 UK No.6 single ‘Lily Was Here’). Stewart has written songs with and produced many artists including Mick Jagger, Tom Petty and the Feargal Sharkey, UK No.1 hit ‘A Good Heart’. In 1992, along with Marcella Detroit, Stewart co-wrote Shakespears Sister hit single ‘Stay’ with his then-wife, Siobhan Fahey (with Stewart credited under the pseudonym “Jean Guiot”). Stewart won Best Producer at the 1986 BRIT Awards in London.

