February 17th

Ed Sheeran
Buck Trent
Jon Randall
Tommy Edwards
Taylor Hawkins
Gene Pitney
Green Day
Bryan White
Blackfoot

Musical Birthday Notes – February 17th

  • Orville “Hoppy” Jones – traditional pop-R&B bass singer/cello-bass – The Ink Spots – 1989 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1999 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – (2/17/1905 – 10/18/1944)
  • Tommy Edwards – R&B-jazz-pop singer/songwriter – best known for the 1958 hit – It’s All In The Game – (2/17/1922 – 10/22/1969)
  • Johnny Bush – “The Country Caruso” – singer/songwriter/fiddle/guitar/drums – best known for the hit – Whiskey River – that also became a hit for Willie Nelson – (2/17/1935 – 10/16/2020)
  • Buck Trent – multi-award winning country music multi-instrumentalist – inventor of the electric banjo – 1938
  • Gene Pitney – singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Only Love Can Break A Heart – (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance – as a writer penned – Hello Mary Lou/Ricky Nelson – He’s A Rebel/ The Crystals – Red Rubber Ball/Bobby Vee – 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (2/17/1940 – 4/5/2006)
  • Broderick Smith – English-born Australian singer/multi-instrumentalist/actor – associated acts include – Adderley Smith Blues Band – Sundown – Carson – The Dingoes – Broderick Smith’s Big Combo – (2/17/1948 – 4/30/2023)
  • Rickey Medlocke – guitar/vocals/multi-instrumentalist – best known with southern rock groups – Blackfoot – Lynyrd Skynyrd – 2008 Native American Music Hall of Fame – 1950
  • Jeffrey Foskett – singer/songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/producer/arranger – best known for work with – The Beach Boys – (2/17/1956 – 12/11/2023)
  • Chante Moore – R&B singer – Old School Lovin’ – Alright – 1967
  • Jon Randall – multi-award winning country songwriter/singer/guitar/mandolin/producer – associated acts include – The Nash Ramblers – 1969
  • Tim Mahoney – guitarist –alternative rock band – 311 – 1970
  • Billie Joe Armstrong – singer/songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/actor – Green Day – 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – group hits include – When I Come Around – American Idiot – Holiday – 1972
  • Taylor Hawkins – drummer/singer/songwriter/piano/guitar – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with – Foo Fighters – associated acts include – Sylvia – Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders – (2/17/1972 – 3/25/2022)
  • Bryan White – country singer/songwriter/guitar/drums – hits include – Someone Else’s Star – Look At Me Now – Rebecca Lynn – Sittin’ On Go – 1974
  • Arin Ilejay – rock drummer – best known with – Avenged Sevenfold – additional associated acts include – Islander – 1988
  • Ed Sheeran – multi-award winning English pop-acoustic-folk singer/songwriter/guitar/actor – hits include – Shape Of You – Perfect – Thinking Out Loud – Sing – 1991