The Seekers
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Paul Barrere
John Verity
Aaron Tippin
Sarah Buxton
Fontella Bass
Laura Branigan
Pete Fountain
Johnny Lee
Musical Birthday Notes – July 3rd
- David Lynch – R&B/doo-wop singer – The Platters – group hits include – Only You – The Great Pretender – (7/3/1929 – 1/2/1981)
- Pete Fountain – New Orleans jazz-Dixieland clarinetist – 2007 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – 2008 inducted at the Delta Music Museum Music Festival in Ferriday, Louisiana where an exhibit was dedicated to Fountain and he received a star on the museum “Walk of Fame” sidewalk – (7/3/1930 – 8/6/2016)
- Fontella Bass – R&B-soul singer – best known for number one 1965 R&B hit – Rescue Me – (7/3/1940 – 12/26/2012)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith – multi-award winning jazz-soul jazz-funk Hammond B3 organist – associated acts include George Benson – Lou Donaldson – (7/3/1942 – 9/28/2021)
- Judith Durham (Judith Mavis Cock) – multi-award winning Australian singer/songwriter/piano/tambourine – best known as lead vocalist with – The Seekers – group hits include – A World Of Our Own – Georgy Girl – (7/3/1943 – 8/5/2022)
- Johnny Lee (John Lee Ham) – country singer/guitar – hits include – Lookin’ For Love – One In A Million – Pickin’ Up Strangers – The Yellow Rose (with Lane Brody) – Hey Bartender – associated acts include – Mickey Gilley – 1946
- Top Topham – English blues guitarist/visual artist – first lead guitarist for – The Yardbirds – just prior to the groups mainstream popularity – was replaced by Eric Clapton – (7/3/1947 – 1/23/2023)
- Paul Barrere – guitarist/slide guitar/singer – Little Feat – Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett Duo – (7/3/1948 – 10/26/2019)
- John Verity – English guitarist/singer/producer – best known with – Argent – The John Verity Band – solo artist – 1949
- Mike Corby – British guitarist/keyboards/songwriter/composer – founding member of – The Babys – 1951
- Laura Branigan – pop singer/songwriter/piano/actor– best known for – Gloria – Solitaire – Self Control – (7/3/1957 – 8/26/2004)
- Aaron Tippin – country singer/songwriter/acoustic guitar/producer – hits include – You’ve Got To Stand For Something – There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With The Radio – That’s As Close As I’ll Get To Loving You – Kiss This – 1958
- Stephen Pearcy – singer/songwriter/record label owner/actor – best known as the founder of – Ratt – 1959
- Vince Clarke – English synth-pop musician/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include – Erasure – Depeche Mode – Yazoo – The Assembly – VCMG – 1960
- Kevin Hearn – Canadian singer/keyboards/guitar/accordion/mandolin – Barenaked Ladies – Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle – Rheostatics -1969
- Trent Tomlinson – country singer/songwriter – hits include – Drunker Than Me – 1975
- Sarah Buxton – country singer/songwriter/harmonica – associated acts include – Buxton-Hughes – Skyline Motel – best known for writing hits for others including – Keith Urban – Florida Georgia Line – The Band Perry – 1980