The Dave Clark Five
Rachel Proctor
Wild Cherry
The Guess Who
Devo
John Conlee
Gemma Hayes
Joe Jackson
Sandi Thom
Ben Gibbard
Eric Carmen
Musical Birthday Notes – August 11th
- Sam Collins – blues singer/guitarist – best known for – The Jailhouse Blues – (8/11/1887 – 10/20/1949)
- Mike Hugg – British songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/singer – Manfred Mann – hits include – Blinded By The Light – Do Wah Diddy Diddy – 1942
- Jim Kale – bassist/backing vocals – The Guess Who – co-writer of the groups most successful hit – American Woman – 1987 Canadian Music Hall of Fame – associated acts include – Scrubbaloe Caine – 1943
- Denis Payton – saxophone/harmonica/guitar – The Dave Clark Five – hits include – Glad All Over – Catch Us If You Can – Bits and Pieces – (8/11/1943 – 12/17/2006)
- Kenneth “Kenny” Gamble – songwriter/producer – with songwriting partner Leon Huff as Gamble & Huff – the team wrote and produced 175 Gold & Platinum albums – 2005 Dance Music Hall of Fame – 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer – associated acts include – Dusty Springfield – The O’Jays – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – 1943
- John Conlee – country singer/musician – hits include – Rose Colored Glasses – Common Man – Backside Of Thirty – Lady Lay Down – I’m Only In It For The Love – 1946
- Michael Fonfara – multi-award winning Canadian keyboardist – associated acts include – The Electric Flag – Rhinoceros – Rough Trade – Lou Reed – (8/11/1946 – 1/8/2021)
- Bill Hurd – singer/keyboards – English pop band- The Rubettes – group hits include – Sugar Baby Love – 1947
- Eric Carmen – singer/songwriter/guitar/keyboards – The Raspberries – solo artist – hits include – Go All The Way – I Wanna Be With You – Lets Pretend – All By Myself – (8/11/1949 – 3/10/2024)
- Erik Brann (Rick Davis) – rock guitarist/vocals – Iron Butterfly – group best known for – Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida – (8/11/1950 – 7/25/2003)
- Bob Morthersbaugh – (aka Bob 1) – new wave singer/songwriter/composer/guitar/keyboards – Devo – best known for 1980 hit – Whip It – 1952
- Joe Jackson – English singer/songwriter/piano/keyboards/saxophone – hits include – Is She Really Going Out With Him? – Steppin’ Out – 1954
- Bryan Bassett – guitar/slide guitar – associated acts include – Wild Cherry – Molly Hatchet – Foghat – 1954
- Richie Ramone (Richard Reinhardt) – drummer/songwriter – best known with – Ramones – 1957
- Paul Gendler – English guitarist – best known with – Modern Romance – group songs include – Best Years Of Our Lives – Can You Move – 1960
- Bragi Olafsson – Icelandic bassist/writer – best known with avant-garde pop group – The Sugarcubes – 1962
- Charlie Sexton – rock/folk/blues – guitarist/singer/songwriter – best known for – Beats So Lonely -Tennessee Plates – 1968
- Andy Bell – Welsh singer/songwriter/guitar – associated acts include – Oasis – Beady Eye – Hurricane #1 – Ride – 1970
- Rachel Proctor – country singer/songwriter – best known for 2004 hit – Me and Emily – 1974
- Ben Gibbard – indie rock singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known with – Death Cab for Cutie – The Postal Service – 1976
- Gemma Hayes – Irish alternative-indie rock singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer – 1977
- Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly – rapper/hip-hop – best known as part of the duo – Kriss Kross – hits include – Jump – Warm It Up – (8/11/1978 – 5/1/2013)
- Sandi Thom – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – songs include – I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) – November Rain – 1981
- David Hudson – pop singer – brother of Katy Perry – 1988