MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

Born on this day in 1953 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian musician with Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single 'Down Under'). Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff…

Born on this day in 1943 - Bobby Harrison, drummer with Procol Harum, who had the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' (one of the few singles to have…

Born on this day in 1954 - American keyboardist, singer, composer, recording producer David Paich who with Toto had the 1983 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Africa'. Paich played on various Michael Jackson songs…

Born on this day in 1944 - English rock guitarist Jeff Beck. He replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. As a solo artist, he released the 1967 single 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining', before forming The Jeff…

Born on this day in 1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months (January 1960 - June 1961). Sutcliffe was living in Hamburg, Germany at the time of his death, he…

Born on this day in 1948 - American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer Todd Rundgren. Member of Nazz and Utopia. Had the solo 1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The…

Born on this day in 1944 - English musician Ray Davies, singer, songwriter with The Kinks, who had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single…

Born on this day in 1942 - Paul McCartney - The most successful rock composer of all time. McCartney first met John Lennon on July 6th 1957, who was impressed that Paul could tune a…

Born on this day in 1947 - British singer and songwriter Paul Young, from Sad Cafe, who had the 1979 UK No.3 single 'Every Day Hurts'. With Mike and the Mechanics he scored the 1985…

On this day in 1967 - Pink Floyd released their second single 'See Emily Play' which was written by original frontman Syd Barrett. The slide guitar work on the song was done by Barrett using…