Today's
births - June 18
Birth Year | Name | Full name | Bio | |
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1913 |
Sammy Cahn
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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
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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
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The most successful rock composer of all time, with John Lennon co-... | ||
1942 |
Richard Perry
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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
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Bass guitarist for Derek & The Dominos, Eric Clapton | ||
1944 |
Sandy Posey
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Sandra Lou Posey | Session vocalist for Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge (... | |
1944 |
Rick Griffin
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Richard Alden Griffin | Cartoonist, graphic artist and pioneering designer of psychedelic posters and album covers, including work for the | |
1952 |
Ricky Gazda
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Trumpets for New Jersey rock 'n roll bar band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes ("Talk To Me," 1978) and later a... | ||
1953 |
Jerome Smith
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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
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Bluesy-voiced Brit pop-rock singer in synth-pop duo Yazoo, "Nobody's Diary" (Dance/Club #1, 1983), solo, "Invisible" (... | ||
1963 |
Dizzy Reed
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Darren Arthur Reed | Keyboards for hard rock Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine" (#1, 1... | |
1969 |
Sice
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Simon Rowbottom | Guitarist and vocals for 90s Brit guitar-pop The Boo Radleys, "Barney (…And Me)" (Alt Rock #30, 1994)... | |
1971 |
Nathan Morris
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Baritone for R&B/urban soul a cappella Boyz II Men, "End Of The Road" (#1, 1992)... | ||
1973 |
Gary Stringer
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Vocals for hard-edged Brit pop Reef, "Place Your Hands" (Mainstream Rock #29, 1997) from the UK #1 album Glow... | ||
1973 |
Ray LaMontagne
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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” (#... |