John Barry, the composer of many memorable film scores and themes including most of the Bond ones, was born on this day in York in 1933...
And the Singer of one of those Bond themes, The Man With The Golden Gun, Lulu celebrates her 69th birthday today having been born in Lennoxtown in 1948... She has a set of pipes on her for a wee lass!....
One of the great and influential Folk Guitarist Singer/Songwriters, Bert Jansch of Pentangle and many solo albums was born on this day in Glasgow in 1943... Here is Wiki says about his legacy... "Jansch's music, and particularly his acoustic guitar playing, have influenced a range of well-known musicians. His first album (Bert Jansch, 1965) was much admired, with Jimmy Page saying, "At one point, I was absolutely obsessed with Bert Jansch. When I first heard that LP, I couldn't believe it. It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing. No one in America could touch that."[102] The same debut album included Jansch's version of the Davy Graham instrumental "Angie." This was a favourite of Mike Oldfield, who practised acoustic guitar alone as a child, and was then heavily influenced by Jansch's style. The title of the instrumental inspired Oldfield to call his first band (with sister Sally) The Sallyangie.[103] Jansch's version of "Angie" inspired Paul Simon's recording of the piece, which was retitled "Anji" and appeared on the Simon & Garfunkel album Sounds of Silence.[104] From the same era, Neil Young is quoted as saying, "As much of a great guitar player as Jimi [Hendrix] was, Bert Jansch is the same thing for acoustic guitar...and my favourite."[63] Nick Drake and Donovan were both admirers of Jansch:[105] both recorded covers of his songs and Donovan went on to dedicate two of his own songs to Jansch; "Bert's Blues" appeared on his Sunshine Superman LP, and "House of Jansch" on his fourth album Mellow Yellow. Other tributes included Gordon Giltrap's album Janschology (2000) which has two tunes by Jansch, plus two others that show his influence."...
Happy 76th Birthday to Lead Singer of The Tremeloes, Brian Poole who was born in East London on this day in 1941. Here is his/their biggest hit...
And finally Happy Birthday to Stuart Goddard aka, Adam Ant who was born on this day in Marylebone 63 years ago. His teeny bopper image belies his Punk roots and Kings Of The Wild Frontier was a fine album and very innovative and fresh with its' Burundi beats...
I listened to this Adam Ant song a lot after my ex dumped me. Coincidentally, that video was uploaded to YouTube roughly the same time when I saw my ex for the last time.
Two of my music heroes were born on this day, firstly Happy 63rd Birthday to Squeeze Singer, Guitarist and Lyricist, Chris Difford who was born in Greenwich on this day in 1954... This song was his attempt to emulate a 60s style "Kitchen Sink Drama" in a 3 minute song...
This ia a toucvhing song about his late brother from his solo album The Last Temptatation Of Chris from 2008...
And the late, great The Pretenders original Lead Guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott was born on this day in Hereford in 1956. It was a tragedy to lose him so young and I would've loved to hear how the band might have developed if he had stayed alive.
This got my feet tapping , and I got told off by Mrs Jasper for playing drums on the steering wheel . Also the Video .
Happy 46th Birthday to Jonny Greenwood best known as Lead Guitarist/Keyboardist for Radiohead who was born on this day in Oxford in 1971. He has also composed film soundtracks and some classical pieces. This is probably his most famous guitar solo and he co-wrote the song...
Vocalist Art Garfunkel is 76 today having been born in Queens, New York in 1941. This is probably his finest moment (and he wrote the last verse)...
The late Country Rock legend, Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers was Born in Florida on this day in 1946.
