Spiral Starecase
The Guess Who
Rick Derringer
Samantha Sang
Johnny Hates Jazz
Mark O’Connor
L7
Terri Clark
Sammi Smith
The Dave Clark Five
Vern Gosdin
Musical Birthday Notes – August 5th
- Vern Gosdin – “The Voice” – country singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight) – Set’em Up Joe – Chiseled In Stone – (8/5/1934 – 4/28/2009)
- Bobby Braddock – country songwriter/piano/saxophone/producer – Country Music Hall of Fame – Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – 1940
- Pat Upton – singer/guitarist – Spiral Starecase – Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band – hits include – More Today Than Yesterday – (8/5/1940 – 7/27/2016)
- Rick Huxley – English bassist/backing vocals/rhythm guitar – The Dave Clark Five – group hits include – Glad All Over – Bits and Pieces – 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (8/5/1940 – 2/11/2013)
- Airto Moreira – drummer/percussionist – best known with jazz-fusion group – Weather Report – associated acts include – George Benson – Miles Davis – 1941
- Sammi Smith – country singer/songwriter – best known for 1971 hit – Help Me Make It Through The Night – (8/5/1943 – 2/12/2005)
- Greg Leskiw – Canadian guitarist – best known with – The Guess Who – group hits include – Rain Dance – Hand Me Down World – Share The Land – 1947
- Rick Derringer (Ricky Dean Zehringer) – award winning guitarist/singer/songwriter – associated acts include – Johnny and Edgar Winter – The McCoys – Steely Dan – solo artist – hits include – Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo – Hang On Sloopy – 8/5/1947
- Willie Weeks – accomplished studio and touring bassist – associated acts include – Eric Clapton – David Bowie – George Harrison – Joe Walsh – 1947
- Samantha Sang (Cheryl Lau Sang) – Australian pop singer – best known for 1978 hit – Emotion – 1951
- Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda – guitar/bass/vocals/drums – associated acts include – Twisted Sister – Scarecrow – 1955
- Pat Smear (Georg Albert Ruthenberg) – guitarist/singer/songwriter – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with – Foo Fighters – associated acts include – Nirvana – The Germs – Paul McCartney – 1959
- Pete Burns – English singer/songwriter/TV personality – Dead Or Alive – group best known for 1984 hit – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) – (8/5/1959 – 10/23/2016)
- Stuart Neale – keyboard/piano/backing vocals – British pop-new wave band Kajagoogoo – group best known for 1983 hit – Too Shy – 1960
- Mark O’Connor – award winning fiddler/composer/multi-instrumentalist – singles include – Restless – The Devil Comes Back To Georgia – 1961
- Mike Nocito – bass/guitar/producer/engineer – British band – Johnny Hates Jazz – group best known for the 1987 hit – Shattered Dreams – 1963
- Adam Yauch – (aka – MCA) rapper/songwriter/musician – best known with –The Beastie Boys – You’ve Gotta Fight – (8/5/1964 – 5/4/2012)
- Jeff Coffin – multi-award winning saxophonist/composer – associated acts include – Bela Fleck and The Flecktones – Dave Matthews Band – Jeff Coffin & The Mu’tet – 1965
- Jennifer Finch – bass/guitar/vocals – best known with rock group – L7 – associated acts include – OtherStarPeople – The Shocker – 1966
- Terri Clark – Canadian country singer/songwriter/guitar – hits include – If I Were You – Girls Lie Too – I Just Wanna Be Mad – Emotional Girl – You’re Easy On The Eyes – 1968
- Dan Hipgrave – guitarist – best known with indie-rock band – Toploader – 1975
- Pressure Busspipe (Delyno Brown) – St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands reggae singer – albums include – Pressure Is On – Red Rose – Rebel With A Cause – 1981
- Dawn Richard – pop/hip-hop singer/songwriter/producer – Danity Kane – Diddy-Dirty Money – 1983
- Brian Bandas – singer/guitarist – formerly of country group – Love and Theft – 1984
- Brittany Brooks – drummer – associated acts include – Scarlet Fever – 4D – No Salt – Miss President – 1985