Cimorelli
Pat Metheny
Culture Club
Tanita Tikaram
Kid Creole
Danny Shirley
Buck Owens
Joe Jones
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Mark Knopfler
Porter Wagoner
Men At Work
Musical Birthday Notes – August 12th
- Sid Bernstein – music producer/promoter – best known for bringing – The Beatles – The Rolling Stones – The Kinks – Herman’s Hermits – Moody Blues – to America in the 60’s – (8/12/1918 – 8/21/2013)
- Joe Jones – New Orleans R&B singer/songwriter/arranger – best known for 1960 hit – You Talk Too Much – and for discovering – The Dixie Cups – (8/12/1926 – 11/27/2005)
- Porter Wagoner – “Mr. Grand Ole Opry” – country/gospel singer/songwriter/musician – 2002 Country Music Hall of Fame – (8/12/1927 – 10/28/2007)
- Buck Owens – country singer/songwriter/TV host – Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – Hee Haw – 1996 Country Music Hall of Fame – 1996 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – (8/12/1929 – 3/25/2006)
- Craig Douglas – English pop singer – known as the “Singing Milkman” – songs include – Only Sixteen – 1941
- Ron Mael – keyboard/synth/songwriter/composer/producer – associated acts include – Sparks – 1945
- Mark Knopfler – singer/songwriter/guitarist/resonator guitarist – Dire Straits – group hits include – Money For Nothing – Walk Of Life – Sultans Of Swing – 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 1949
- Kid Creole (aka August Darnell) – singer/musician – Kid Creole and the Coconuts – songs include – Annie I’m Not Your Daddy – Stool Pigeon – 1950
- Jerry Speiser – Australian drummer – best known as a founding member of – Men At Work – group hits include – Who Can It Be Now – Down Under – 1953
- Pat Metheny – multi-award winning jazz-fusion guitarist/songwriter/composer – only person to win Grammys in 10 different categories – associated acts include – Pat Metheny Group – Unity – 1954
- Danny Shirley – country singer/songwriter/guitarist – Confederate Railroad – group hits include – Jesus And Mama – Queen Of Memphis – Trashy Women – Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind – 1956
- Jurgen Dehmel – German bassist/songwriter – associated acts include – Nena – group hits include – 99 Red Balloons – 1958
- Roy Hay – English guitarist/keyboardist – Culture Club – group hits include – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – 1961
- Sir Mix-A-Lot (Anthony Ray) – rapper/songwriter/producer – hits include – Baby Got Back – 1963
- Paul Tucker – songwriter/piano/producer – best known as part of the British duo – Lighthouse Family – 1965
- Tanita Tikaram – British pop-folk singer/songwriter/musician – songs include – Twist In My Sobriety – Good Tradition – 1969
- Matt Thiessen – Canadian-American singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – co-founder of Christian rock band – Relient K – 1980
- Christina Cimorelli – pop singer/arranger – best known as part of all sister vocal group – Cimorelli – 1990
- Lauren Cimorelli – pop singer – best known as part of all sister vocal group – Cimorelli – 1998