Cody Johnson
Marcie Blane
Leo Sayer
Jade Williams
The Animals
Fats Waller
Bill Champlin
Marmozets
Goyte
Tony Sheridan
The Isley Brothers
Musical Birthday Notes – May 21st
- Fats Waller – jazz singer/pianist/composer – best known for standards – Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Honeysuckle Rose – (5/21/1904 – 12/15/1943)
- Terry Lightfoot – New Orleans jazz clarinetist/bandleader – (5/21/1935 – 3/15/2013)
- Tony Sheridan – English rock singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known as an early collaborator with – The Beatles – (5/21/1940 – 2/16/2013)
- Ronald Isley – singer/songwriter/producer – The Isley Brothers – hits include – Twist and Shout – This Old Heart Of Mine – That Lady – It’s Your Thing – 1941
- Hilton Valentine – English blues-rock skiffle musician/songwriter – original guitarist for – The Animals – 1994 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – group hits include – The House Of The Rising Sun – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – It’s My Life – (5/21/1943 – 1/29/2021)
- Marcie Blane – pop singer – best known for the 1962 hit – Bobby’s Girl – 1944
- Bill Champlin – singer/guitarist/keyboards/songwriter – Chicago – group hits featuring Champlin include – Hard Habit To Break – Look Away – I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love – Sons of Champlin – solo artist – 1947
- Leo Sayer – English pop singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) – When I Need You – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – I Love You More Than I Can Say – 1948
- Marc Ribot – guitarist/composer – associated acts include – Tom Waits – Elvis Costello – 1954
- John Galvin – southern rock keyboardist – best known with – Molly Hatchet – group songs include – Flirtin’ With Disaster – Gator Country – 1955
- Stan Lynch – musician/songwriter/producer –original drummer for – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1955
- Tim Lever – keyboards/saxophone/guitar – best known with – Dead or Alive – group hits include – You Spin Me Round – 1961
- Kevin Shields – singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/composer – best known with – My Bloody Valentine – 1963
- Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace) – rapper – (5/21/1972 – 3/9/1997)
- Lee Gaze – guitarist – best known with Welsh rock group – No Devotion – 1975
- Deron Miller – metal singer/guitar/bass/synth/drums – associated acts include – CKY – 1976
- Gotye – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – hits include – Somebody That I Used To Know – 1980
- Mutya Buena – pop-soul-R&B singer/songwriter – best known with all female group – Sugababes – solo artist – 1985
- Cody Johnson (aka – CoJo) – country singer/songwriter/guitar/drums – albums include – Gotta Be Me – Ain’t Nothin’ To It – Human: The Double Album – 1987
- Jade Williams – professionally known as – Whinnie Williams – Sunday Girl – English indie-alt pop singer/songwriter – 1988
- Becca Macintyre – English rock singer – lead vocalist for band – Marmozets – 1992