Better Than Ezra
Little River Band
Stanley Clarke
Yngwie Malmsteen
Sweet
Julianne Regan
Florence Ballard
Cole Swindell
Musical Birthday Notes – June 30th
- Larry Hall – singer – best known for 1959 hit – Sandy – (6/30/1940 – 9/24/1997)
- Florence Ballard – R&B-soul-pop singer – best known as a founding member of – The Supremes – 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/30/1943 – 2/22/1976)
- Glenn Shorrock – Australian pop-rock singer/songwriter/musician – The Little River Band – group hits include – Cool Change – Help Is On It’s Way – associated acts include – Birtles Shorrock Gobles – Axiom – The Twilights – 1944
- William “Billy” Brown – soul-R&B singer – Ray, Goodman, Brown – group hits include – Love On A Two Way Street – Sexy Mama – Look At Me (I’m In Love) – 1946
- Andy Scott – Welsh singer/guitarist/songwriter/keyboards – best known with glam-rock band – Sweet – group hits include – Ballroom Blitz – Fox On The Run – Love Is Like Oxygen – associated acts include – Ladders – Andy Scott’s Sweet – solo artist – 1951
- Stanley Clarke – multi-award winning jazz/fusion bassist – associated acts include – Return To Forever – Stanley Clarke Band – 1951
- Hal Lindes – guitarist/songwriter/film score composer – associated acts include – Darling – Dire Straits – 1953
- Bryn B. Burrows – British drummer/backing vocals – associated acts include – Fabulous Poodles – Underworld – Freur – Still Above Ground – 1954
- Adrian Wright – keyboardist/composer – The Human League – group hits include – Don’t You Want Me – (Keep Feeling) Fascination – Human – 1956
- Doug Sampson – British drummer – best known with – Iron Maiden – associated acts include – Smiler – Janski – Airforce – 1957
- Julianne Regan – English-Irish singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/keyboards – best known with English alternative gothic rock group – All About Eve – associated acts include – Mice – Jules et Jim – Hussey-Regan – 1962
- Yngwie Malmsteen – Swedish metal neo-classical guitarist/singer/songwriter/composer – associated acts include – Steeler – Alcatrazz – G3 – 1963
- Phil Anselmo – metal singer/songwriter/musician/producer – associated acts include – Pantera – Down – Superjoint Ritual – 1968
- Tom Drummond – bassist/backing vocals – Better Than Ezra – group hits include – Good – In The Blood – King Of New Orleans – 1969
- Cole Swindell – country-pop singer/songwriter – hits include – Ain’t Worth The Whiskey – Chillin’ It – Hope You Get Lonely Tonight – Break Up In The End – 1983
- Fantasia Barrino – multi-award winning R&B singer/songwriter/actress/author – winner of American Idol in 2004 – 2014 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame – 1984