Frankie Ford
Ratt
Tiffany Evans
The Fortunes
Louis Armstrong
A Flock of Seagulls
Jessica Sanchez
Ian Broudie
The New Seekers
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Musical Birthday Notes – August 4th
- Louis Armstrong – nicknames – Satchmo – Satch – Pops – multi-award winning jazz/swing/Dixieland trumpet/cornet/singer – songs include – What A Wonderful World – St Louis Blues – When The Saints Go Marching In – (8/4/1901 – 7/6/1971)
- Elsbeary “Beary” Hobbs – R&B-soul-pop singer – doo-wop vocalists – The Drifters – group hits include – There Goes My Baby – Under The Boardwalk – (8/4/1936 – 5/31/1996)
- Frankie Ford – pop/rock singer – New Orleans native known for 1959 hit – Sea Cruise – Rockabilly Hall of Fame – (8/4/1939 – 9/28/2015)
- Timi Yuro – pop-soul-R&B singer/songwriter – hits include – Hurt – Smile – What’s A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) – (8/4/1940 – 3/30/2004)
- Larry Knechtel – keyboards/bassist/multi-instrumentalist – best known as a member of the famed L.A. session musician group – The Wrecking Crew – and as a member of – Bread – (8/4/1940 – 8/20/2009)
- David Carr – keyboards – The Fortunes – group hits include – Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again – You’ve Got Your Troubles – associated acts include – The Ventures – (8/4/1943 – 7/12/2011)
- Klaus Schulze – German musician/producer – Tangerine Dream – solo artist – (8/4/1947 – 4/26/2022)
- Paul Layton – English singer/songwriter/bassist/actor – The New Seekers – group hits include – What Have They Done To My Song, Ma – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing – 1947
- Roy Flowers – Jamaican drummer – best known with British soul band – Sweet Sensation – group songs include 1974 hit – Sad Sweet Dreamer – 1951
- Maire Ni Bhraonian (Moya Brennan) – Irish folk singer/songwriter/harpist/piano/producer – associated acts include – Clannad – Moya Brennan Band – 1952
- Ian Broudie – English singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – The Lightning Seeds – group hits include – Pure – The Life Of Riley – solo artist – 1958
- Robbin Crosby – guitarist/songwriter – Ratt – group songs include – Round And Round – Lay It Down – Wanted Man – (8/4/1959 – 6/6/2002)
- Paul Reynolds – English guitarist/songwriter/backing vocals – best known with – A Flock Of Seagulls – group hits include – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) – The More You Live, The More You Love – I Ran (So Far Away) – 1962
- Andy Henderson – drummer – best known with British indie alt-rock group – Echobelly – 1966
- Rob Cieka – drummer – best known with English alt-rock band – The Boo Radleys – group songs include – Barney (…and Me) – Lazarus – 1968
- Max Cavalera – singer/songwriter/guitarist/frontman – Soulfly – Sepultura – 1969
- Chris Crippin – Canadian drummer/backing vocals – associated acts include – Hedley – Bif Naked – MrCrippin – 1974
- Grady Cross – guitarist – best known with alternative country group – Cross Canadian Ragweed – 1975
- Aaron Pauley – metal singer – associated acts include – Of Mice And Men – Jamie’s Elsewhere – 1988
- John O’Callaghan – Irish singer/songwriter/DJ – associated acts include – Neal Scarborough – Thomas Bronzwaer – Greg Downey – 1988
- Tiffany Evans – R&B-soul singer/songwriter/actress – songs include – Promise Ring – I’m Grown – I’ll Be There – 1992
- Jessica Sanchez – pop-soul singer/songwriter/actress/model – runner up on season 11 American Idol – songs include – Tonight – Stronger Together – 1995