Molly Bee
Men At Work
Edith Frost
The Wilkinsons
The Toys
Foreigner
The xx
Johnny Preston
Patrick Swayze
The Orioles
Creepers
Split Enz
Cody Jinks
The Move
The Primitives
Musical Birthday Notes – August 18th
- Sonny Til (Earlington Carl Tilghman) – doo-wop singer – lead vocalist of – The Orioles – 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts – The Ink Spots – The Regals – (8/18/1928 – 12/9/1981)
- Ronnie Carroll – Irish singer/entertainer/political candidate – songs include – Walk Hand In Hand – Ring-A-Ding Girl – Say Wonderful Things – (8/18/1934 – 4/13/2015)
- Molly Bee – country singer/TV personality – best known for the 1952 hit – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – (8/18/1939 – 2/7/2009)
- Johnny Preston – traditional pop-Rockabilly singer – Rockabilly Hall of Fame – hits include – Running Bear – Cradle Of Love – (8/18/1939 – 3/4/2011)
- Carl Wayne – English rock singer/musician/actor – The Move – group songs include – Blackberry Way – I Can Hear The Grass Grow – Flowers In The Rain – (8/18/1943 – 8/31/2004)
- Barbara Harris – R&B-pop singer – The Toys – group best known for the 1965 hit – A Lover’s Concerto – 1945
- Sarah Dash – R&B/soul – singer/songwriter/session musician/actress – Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles – (8/18/1945 – 9/20/2021)
- Nigel Griggs – English bassist/songwriter/producer – best known with – Split Enz – associated acts include – The Cortinas – Octopus – 1949
- Dennis Elliott – British musician/sculptor – best known as the original drummer for – Foreigner – group hits include – Double Vision – Feels Like The First Time – Hot Blooded – Cold As Ice – Urgent – I Want To Know What Love Is – associated acts include – Ian Hunter – Tony Ashton and Jon Lord – Ian Lloyd – Mick Jones – 1950
- Patrick Swayze – pop singer/songwriter/dancer/actor – hits include – She’s Like The Wind – (8/18/1952 – 9/14/2009)
- Jimmy Ayoub – Canadian drummer – best known as original member of rock band – Mahogany Rush – led by Frank Marino – (8/18/1953 – 12/10/2023)
- Steve Wilkinson – Canadian country singer/musician – father of Amanda and Tyler – together they made up the award winning trio – The Wilkinsons – hits include – 26 Cents – Fly (The Angel Song) – Jimmy’s Got A Girlfriend – 1955
- Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz – drummer – best known with – Weird Al Yankovic – 1956
- Ron Strykert – Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter – best known as a co-founder of the award winning band – Men At Work – 1994 ARIA Hall of Fame – group hits include – Who Can It Be Now? – Down Under – Overkill – It’s A Mistake – 1957
- Edith Frost – singer/songwriter – describes her music as “pensive countrified psychedelia” – 1964
- Andy Deris – German metal singer/songwriter – associated acts include – Helloween – Pink Cream 69 – Andy Deris and The Bad Bankers – 1964
- Dan Peters – drummer/vocals – associated acts include – Bundle Of Hiss – Mudhoney – Nirvana – Love Battery – 1967
- Tracy Tracy (Tracy Cattell) – Australian singer/tambourine – alt-pop band – The Primitives – best known for 1988 hit – Crash – 1967
- Blas Elias – drummer – associated acts include – Slaughter – Blue Man Group – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – 1967
- Brian Tichy – drummer/songwriter/producer – associated acts include – Ozzy Osbourne – Whitesnake – Billy Idol – Foreigner – 1968
- Everlast (Erik Francis Schrody) – singer/songwriter/rapper/guitar – associated acts include – House Of Pain – La Coka Nostra – won a Grammy with Carlos Santana for his vocal performance on – Put Your Lights On – 1969
- Regine Chassagne – Canadian indie-art rock singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – Arcade Fire – 1976
- Ed Toth – drummer – associated acts include – The Doobie Brothers – Vertical Horizon – 1978
- Cody Jinks – outlaw country singer/songwriter – albums include – I’m Not The Devil – Lifers – After The Fire – The Wanting – 1980
- Jon Schneck – guitar – best known with alt-Christian rock band – Relient K – 1981
- Ian Miles – guitar/keyboards/backing vocals – English goth punk band – Creeper – group songs include – Black Mass – Misery – 1988
- Romy Madley Croft – guitar/vocals – English indie-pop band – The xx – group hits include – On Hold – Angels – 1989
- Tristan Marmont – guitar/vocals – English punk rock band – COUNTERFEIT – group songs include – Come And Get Some – Letter To The Lost – 1992