David Blue
Sean Watkins
Pee Wee King
Dennis DeYoung
Juice Newton
Boyce and Hart
John Travolta
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Irma Thomas
Musical Birthday Notes – February 18th
- Pee Wee King – country singer/songwriter/accordion/fiddle – best known for co-writing – Tennessee Waltz – 1970 Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame – 1974 Country Music Hall Of Fame – (2/18/1914 – 3/7/2000)
- Yoko Ono – avant-garde artist/musician/film-maker/activist – widow of John Lennon – 1933
- Clyde “Skip” Battin – bassist/singer/songwriter – associated acts include – The Byrds – The Flying Burrito Brothers – New Riders of the Purple Sage – (2/18/1934 – 7/6/2003)
- Bobby Hart (Robert Luke Harshman) – best known with recording and songwriting partner Tommy Boyce as – Boyce & Hart – duo hits include – I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight – associated acts include – The Monkees – The Tommy Band – 1939
- David Blue – folk singer/songwriter/guitar/actor – best known for writing the song – Outlaw Man – for the Eagles – (2/18/1941 – 12/2/1982)
- Herman Santiago – singer/songwriter – rock & roll pioneer – best known with – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – wrote the group’s major hit – Why Do Fools Fall In Love – 1993 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2000 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – 1941
- Irma Thomas – award winning R&B-soul singer/songwriter/musician – known as – “Soul Queen of New Orleans” – 1941
- Dennis DeYoung – singer/songwriter/keyboards/accordion – Styx – group hits include – Babe – Show Me The Way – The Best Of Times – Come Sail Away – solo artist – 1947
- Keith Knudsen – drummer/singer/songwriter – The Doobie Brothers – 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – Southern Pacific – Emmylou Harris – (2/18/1948 – 2/8/2005)
- Judy Kay “Juice” Newton – country/pop crossover singer/songwriter/guitar – hits include – Queen of Hearts – Break It To Me Gently – Loves Been A Little Bit Hard On Me – Angel Of The Morning – 1952
- Veronica “Randy” Crawford – jazz-R&B singer – songs include – One Day I’ll Fly Away – 1952
- Derek Pellicci – drummer – best known as a founding member of – The Little River Band – 2004 ARIA Hall of Fame – group hits include – Help Is On It’s Way – Lonesome Loser – Lady – Cool Change – 1953
- Robbie Bachman – Canadian drummer/songwriter – Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) – Brave Belt – songwriting credits include 1975 BTO hit – Roll On Down The Highway – (2/18/1953 – 1/12/2023)
- John Travolta – singer/dancer/actor – musically best known for 1978 hit – You’re The One That I Want – with Olivia Newton John – 1954
- Gary C. “Gar” Samuelson – drummer – Megadeth – (2/18/1958 – 7/22/1999)
- Jasper Stainthorpe – bassist – best known with – Then Jerico – 1958
- Paul Hanley – drummer – associated acts include – The Fall – The Lovers – 1964
- Sean Watkins – guitarist/vocals/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – best known with progressive bluegrass group – Nickel Creek – associated acts include – Fiction Family – Works Progress Administration – Watkins Family Hour – 1977
- Regina Spektor – anti-folk singer/songwriter/piano/guitar/producer – 1980