Today's

births - June 18

Birth Year Name Full name Bio
1913
Sammy Cahn
Samuel Cohen LA-based musician, songwriter and Tin Pan Alley-style lyricist for romantic films and Broadway shows, wrote or co-wrote dozens of popul...
1938
Sugarcane Harris
Don Francis Bowman Harris Guitarist, pianist and half the 50s rock 'n' roll duo Don & Dewey, switched to electric violin and did session wor...
1942
Paul McCartney
The most successful rock composer of all time, with John Lennon co-...
1942
Richard Perry
Richard Van Perry Self-described “song doctor,” highly-successful and respected record producer with fifteen gold discs, four of them platinum, and a...
1942
Carl Radle
Bass guitarist for Derek & The Dominos, Eric Clapton
1944
Sandy Posey
Sandra Lou Posey Session vocalist for Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge (...
1944
Rick Griffin
Richard Alden Griffin Cartoonist, graphic artist and pioneering designer of psychedelic posters and album covers, including work for the
1952
Ricky Gazda
Trumpets for New Jersey rock 'n roll bar band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes ("Talk To Me," 1978) and later a...
1953
Jerome Smith
Rhythm guitar for R&B/soul-disco-funk kings KC & The Sunshine Band, "That's The Way (I Like It)" (#1, 1975) an...
1961
Alison Moyet
Bluesy-voiced Brit pop-rock singer in synth-pop duo Yazoo, "Nobody's Diary" (Dance/Club #1, 1983), solo, "Invisible" (...
1963
Dizzy Reed
Darren Arthur Reed Keyboards for hard rock Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine" (#1, 1...
1969
Sice
Simon Rowbottom Guitarist and vocals for 90s Brit guitar-pop The Boo Radleys, "Barney (…And Me)" (Alt Rock #30, 1994)...
1971
Nathan Morris
Baritone for R&B/urban soul a cappella Boyz II Men, "End Of The Road" (#1, 1992)...
1973
Gary Stringer
Vocals for hard-edged Brit pop Reef, "Place Your Hands" (Mainstream Rock #29, 1997) from the UK #1 album Glow...
1973
Ray LaMontagne
Folk, folk-rock and folk-blues singer, songwriter and guitarist with five studio LPs, including Gossip In The Grain (#3, 2008)...
1975
Sikk The Shocker
Vyshonne King Miller Vocals for gangsta rap trio The Real Untouchables (TRU), "I Always Feel Like" (#71, Rap #11, 1997), solo, "It Ain't My...
1976
Blake Shelton
Country-pop crossover singer, songwriter and TV show star, "Austin" #18, Country #1, 2001) and 19 other Country #1 hits plus 13 other P...
1952
Lasse Wellander
Lars-Ove Wellander Swedish pop-rock guitarist best known for his 50-year career with the backing band for superstar vocal quartet ABBA (...
1941
Chas Newby
Charles Newby English bass guitarist whose decision to return to university and not go to Germany in 1961 as a member of
1933
Tommy Hunt
Thomas James Hunt Soul singer recruited to R&B/doo wop The Flamingos in 1956 and sang on their big hot “I Only Have Eyes For You” (#...