May 3rd

Musical Birthday Notes – May 3rd

  • Bing Crosbysinger/actor – best known for – White Christmas – (5/3/1903 – 10/14/1977)
  • Peter “Pete” Seeger – celebrated folk singer/songwriter/musician/activist – best known for – Goodnight Irene – If I Had A Hammer – Turn Turn Turn – Where Have All The Flowers Gone – (5/3/1919 – 1/27/2014)
  • Dave Dudleycountry singer – best known for his truck driving anthems – Six Days On The Road – Truck Drivin’ Son-Of-A-Gun – (5/3/1928 – 12/22/2003)
  • James Brown – “The Godfather of Soul” – singer/songwriter/producer/dancer/bandleader – best known songs include – Please, Please, Please – Try Me – Papas Got A Brand New Bag – Hot Pants – Living In America – I Got You (I Feel Good) – multiple honors including – 1983 Georgia Music Hall of Fame – 1986 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1992 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award – 2000 Songwriters Hall of Fame – 2013 R&B Music Hall of Fame – (5/3/1933 – 12/25/2006)
  • Frankie Valli – pop singer – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – hits include – Sherry – Big Girls Don’t Cry – Who Loves You – December 1963 (Oh What A Night) – 1990 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1999 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – 1934
  • Jerrold Samuelssinger/songwriter/producer – 1966 novelty hit – They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! – under the pseudonym Napoleon XIV – (5/3/1938 – 3/10/2023)
  • Freddie Rouletteblues lap steel guitarist/singer – associated acts include – Earl Hooker – Charlie Musselwhite – Harvey Mandel – (5/3/1939 12/24/2022)
  • Junior MurvinJamaica guitarist/session musician – best known for association with – Bob Marley – 1947
  • Mary Hopkin – Welsh folk singer/ songwriter/musician – best known for her 1968 hit – Those Were The Days – 1950
  • Christopher Cross – award winning pop singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Sailing – Ride Like The Wind – 1951
  • Bruce Hall – singer/songwriter/bass/guitar/piano/producer – REO Speedwagon – group hits include – Take It On The Run – Keep On Loving You – Can’t Fight This Feeling – 1953
  • Gary “Plantman” Young – drummer – best known with – Pavement – associated acts include – Gary Young’s Hospital – (5/3/1953 – 8/17/2023)
  • Van McLain – guitar/vocals – best known with – Shooting Star – group songs include – Hang On For Your Life – Do You Feel Alright – Straight Ahead – (5/3/1953 – 3/2/2018)
  • Scott “Cactus” Moser – drummer – best known with country group – Highway 101 – group hits include – Cry, Cry, Cry – Somewhere Tonight – Who’s Lonely Now – 1957
  • David Ball – keyboards/synths/guitar/bass/percussion/vocals – associated acts include – Soft CellThe Grid – 1959
  • Shane Minorcountry singer/songwriter – songs include – Slave To The Habit – Ordinary Love – best known for writing songs – including number one hits for – Diamond RioSteve HolyKenny Chesney – 1968
  • John Driskell Hopkins – multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter – best known as a founding member of country group – The Zac Brown Bandsolo artist – associated acts include – Balsam Range – Brighter Shade – 1971
  • Josey Scott – singer/musician – best known as the lead vocalist for – Saliva – 1972
  • Marko DeSantis – guitarist – punk rock band – Sugarcult – group albums include – Start Static – Palm Trees and Power Lines – Lights Out – 1972
  • Brad Martincountry singer/songwriter – best known for 2002 hit – Before I Knew Better – associated acts include the duo – Martin Ramey – (5/3/1973 – 3/11/2022)
  • Rea Garvey – award winning Irish singer/songwriter/guitarist – associated acts include rock band – Reamonnsolo artist – 1973
  • Gwen Sebastiancountry singer/songwriter/piano – songs include – Met Him In A Motel Room – The Fox – Small Town Soul – Cadillac – 1974
  • Eric Church – “The Chief” – country singer/songwriter/guitar/piano/banjo – hits include – Drink In My Hand – Springsteen – Give Me Back My Hometown – Talladega – Record Year – Some Of It – 1977
  • Paul Banks – English singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – best known as frontman of indie-rock band – Interpolsolo artist – 1978
  • Farrah Franklin – R&B singer/songwriter/producer/actor/dancer – best known for her time with – Destiny’s Child – 1981
  • Zoë Badwiaward winning Australian dance-pop singer/songwriter/model actress – songs include – Release Me – Freefallin’ – 1986
  • Noah Feldshuh – guitar/bass/keyboards/backing vocals – best known with alt-pop-rock band – X Ambassadors – 1988
  • Mary Lambertsinger/songwriter/spoken word artist/activist/poet/piano/guitar/cello – hits include – She Keeps Me Warm – Secrets – 1989
  • Jamie Finch – English guitarist/synthesizer – co-founder of rock duo – Anavae – which includes singer – Rebecca Need-Menear – group albums include – Into The Aether – Dimensions – Are You Dreaming? – 1991