Birthday Greetings - February 13 1919, Born on this day, Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer and TV presenter, who had a 1955 US No.1 & 1956 UK No.1 single with ‘Sixteen Tons’. It was Capitol Records’ first No.1 of the rock era. Ford died on October 17th 1991 1944, Born on this day, Peter Tork, vocals, keyboards and bass with American group The Monkees who had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single Im A Believer plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles. 1945, Born on this day, Roy Dyke, Ashton Gardner & Dyke, who had the 1971 UK No.3 single The Resurrection Shuffle. 1950, Born on this day, Peter Gabriel, singer, songwriter with Genesis, who had the 1974 UK No.21 single I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe. Gabriel left Genesis in 1975 to launch his solo career and had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.4 single Sledgehammer from the 1986 UK No.1 & US No.2 album So. 1950, Born on this day, Roger Christian, vocals, with The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single Harvest For The World. 1951, Born on this day, Rod Dees, singer with Showaddywaddy, who had the 1976 UK No.1 single Under The Moon Of Love plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. 1952, Born on this day, Ed Gagliardi, bassist with Foreigner who had the 1985 UK & US No.1 single I Want To Know What Love Is. 1956, Born on this day, Peter Hook, bass, vocals, with Joy Division, who had the 1980 UK No.13 single Love Will Tear Us Apart. Formed New Order, who had the 1983 UK No.9 single Blue Monday. And with Revenge and Monaco, had the 1997 UK No.11 single What Do You Want From Me. 1957, Born on this day,Tony Butler is an English musician and rock bassist, best known for his work with the Scottish rock band Big Country. He has also worked with On the Air, The Pretenders, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, among others. 1958, Born on this day, Mark Fox, percussion, with English group Haircut 100 who had the 1982 UK No.3 single Love Plus One. 1961, Born on this day, Henry Rollins, singer and actor who was a member of Black Flag and fronted the Rollins Band who had the 1994 UK No.27 single Liar/Disconnected. 1966, Born on this day, Freedom Williams, singer with C & C Music Factory, who had the 1991 UK No.4 single Things That Make You Go Hmmm..., and the 1991 US No.1 single Gonna Make You Sweat. 1966, Born on this day, Jeff Waters is a Canadian guitarist and founder of the metal band Annihilator. He was born in and resides in Ottawa, Canada. 1971, Born on this day, Sonia, (Sonia Evans), who had the UK No.1 single in 1989 with Youll Never Stop Me Loving You. 1972, Born on this day, Robert Harrell, bassist, with 3 Doors Down, who had the 2003 US No.4 single When Im Gone, 2005 US No.1 album Seventeen Days. 1974, Born on this day, Robbie Williams, vocalist with Take That, who had the 1995 UK No.1 single with Back For Good and seven other UK No.1 singles. He left to pursue a solo career and since then has had a 1998 UK No.1 single with Millennium and six other UK No.1 singles. His 1997 UK No.1 album Life Thru A Lens spent 123 weeks on the UK chart. Re joined Take That in 2010. 1976, Born on this day, Leslie Feist, Canadian singer-songwriter, who worked with Peaches and Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist had the 2007 UK No.4 single ‘1 2 3 4’ which was was used in the iPod nano advertisements. ‘Mushaboom’ from her Let It Die album was featured in advertisements for Lacoste perfume, (McDonalds had offered $1m for the rights to use the song in their commercials which Feist refused). HSBC Direct used ‘Gatekeeper’ and ‘My Moon My Man’ was used by Verizon Wireless and LG. 1988, Born on this day, Aston Merrygold, singer with JLS, who were the runners-up of the fifth series of The X Factor in the UK.
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