September 10th

Kings of Leon
Three Dog Night
Slade
Roy Brown
Ashley Monroe
Joe Perry
Jose Feliciano
Paula Kelley
Carol Ann Decker

Musical Birthday Notes – September 10th

  • Roy James Brown – New Orleans soul/R&B singer/songwriter/musician – heavy influence on the early development of Rock & Roll – best known for 1947 hit – Good Rocking Tonight – (9/10/1920 or 1925 – 5/25/1981)
  • Roy Ayers – funk/soul/jazz composer/vibraphone/keyboards/songwriter – 1940
  • Danny Hutton – singer – Three Dog Night – group hits include – One – Mama Told Me Not To Come – Joy To The World – 2000 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – 1942
  • Artie Tripp – percussionist – Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – 1944
  • Jose Feliciano – Puerto Rican guitarist/singer/composer – hits include – Light My Fire – Feliz Navidad – 1945
  • Don Powell – English drummer – Slade – group songs include – Look Wot You Dun – Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me – 1946
  • Barrie “Barriemore” Barlow – English drummer – Jethro Tull – group songs include – Living In The Past – Bungle In The Jungle – Locomotive Breath – 1949
  • Anthony Joseph “Joe” Perry – multi-award winning guitarist/songwriter/vocals – Aerosmith – solo artist –  2001 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame – group hits include – Dream On – Walk This Way – Sweet Emotion – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Love In An Elevator – Livin’ On The Edge – 1950
  • Pete Tolson – rock guitarist – associated acts include – Pretty Things – (9/10/1951 – 4/16/2016)
  • Pat Mastelotto – drummer – associated acts include – Mr. Mister – King Crimson – XTC – The Rembrandts – 1955
  • Johnny Finger (John Peter Moylett) – pianist – founding member of – The Boomtown Rats – 1956
  • John Arthur “Johnny” Hickman – lead guitarist – co-founder of – Cracker – group hits include – Low – Euro-Trash Girl – 1956
  • David Titlow – part of the pop duo – Blue Mercedes – their dance hits include – I Want To Be Your Property – Love Is The Gun – 1957
  • Carol Ann Decker – British singer/songwriter/frontwoman for the group – T’Pau – best known for their 1987 hit – Heart & Soul – 1957
  • Siobhan Fahey – Irish singer/songwriter/producer/guitar/bass/keyboards – best known with – Bananarama – group hits include – Venus – Cruel Summer – 1958
  • David Charles Lowery – singer/songwriter/guitarist – Cracker – group hits include – Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) – Get Off This – 1960
  • Bill Stevenson – Canadian drummer/songwriter – best known with – The Descendents – group songs include – When I Get Old – I’m The One – 1963
  • Miles Zuniga – vocals/guitar – Fastball – group hits include – The Way – Out Of My Head – 1966
  • Robin Goodridge – drummer – best known with English rock band – Bush – group hits include – Comedown – Glycerine – Swallowed – The Chemicals Between Us – The Sound Of Winter – 1966
  • Paula Kelley – singer/songwriter/instrumentalist – associated acts include – Drop Nineteens – 1970
  • Mikey Way – bassist – My Chemical Romance –  group hits include – Sing – Famous Last Words – I’m Not Okay (I Promise) – Welcome To The Black Parade – 1980
  • Ashley Monroe – country singer/songwriter/guitar – songs include – I Don’t Want To (w/Ronnie Dunn) – Weed Instead Of Roses – Hands On You – associated acts include – Pistol Annies – 1986
  • Matthew Followill – guitar/backing vocals – Kings Of Leon – group hits include – Use Somebody – Notion – 1984
  • Josh Balz – keyboardist – metalcore band – Motionless In White – 1989