Cimorelli
Kansas
Parker McCollum
Waylon Jennings
Gary Lightbody
Brownsville Station
Terri Gibbs
Imagine Dragons
Air Supply
Harry Nilsson
Lonestar
Noddy Holder
The Lennon Sisters
Vicki Genfan
Nadine Coyle
Macartney Reinhardt
Amber Coffman
Musical Birthday Notes – June 15th
- Leon Payne – country singer/songwriter – known as “The Blind Balladeer” – also wrote under the pen name of Pat Patterson – (6/15/1917 – 9/11/1969)
- Waylon Jennings – country singer/songwriter/musician/actor – bassist for Buddy Holly – 2001 Country Music Hall of Fame – 2007 ACM Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award – hits include – Luckenbach, Texas – Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line – Just To Satisfy You – (6/15/1937 – 2/13/2002)
- Harry Nilsson – multi-Grammy winning singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Everybody’s Talkin’ – Without You – Coconut – (6/15/1941 – 1/15/1994)
- Mervyn “Muff” Winwood – British bassist/songwriter/producer – The Spencer Davis Group – older brother of Steve Winwood – 1943
- Mike Rudd – New Zealand guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/composer – best known with Australian progressive rock groups – Spectrum – Ariel – Mike Rudd & The Heaters – 1945
- Janet Lennon – traditional pop singer – The Lennon Sisters – 1987 Hollywood Walk of Fame – 2007 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – 1946
- Noddy Holder – English glam-rock singer/songwriter/frontman/actor – best known with – Slade – 1946
- Mike Lutz – guitarist/vocals/bass/keyboards – best known with – Brownsville Station – group hits include 1973’s – Smokin’ In The Boys Room – 1949
- Russell Hitchcock – pop singer/drums – Air Supply – 2013 ARIA Hall of Fame – group hits include – Lost In Love – Every Woman In The World – All Out Of Love – Making Love Out Of Nothing At All – 1949
- Steve Walsh – rock singer/songwriter/keyboardist – Kansas – solo artist – hits include – Dust In The Wind – Point Of Know Return – Carry On Wayward Son – 1951
- Terri Gibbs – country singer/pianist – hits include – Somebody’s Knockin’ – 1954
- Brad Gillis – guitarist/vocals – best known with – Night Ranger – Ozzy Osbourne – Fiona – 1957
- Vicki Genfan – pop-folk singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include – Donna Summer – 1959
- Roger Springer – country singer/songwriter – hits include – The Right One Left – solo artist – Springer! – The Roger Springer Band – 1962
- Scott Rockenfield – drummer/keyboardist/composer – best known as a co-founder of – Queensryche – associated acts include – Paul Speer – Slave To The System – Headless – 1963
- Michael Britt – country guitarist – Lonestar – group hits include – Come Cryin’ To Me – Amazed – Smile – I’m Already There – 1966
- Dryden Mitchell – rock vocalist – Alien Ant Farm – 1976
- Gary Lightbody – Irish singer/songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist – Snow Patrol – founder of music supergroups – The Reindeer Section – Tired Pony – 1976
- William Dean “Billy” Martin – guitarist/keyboardist/vocals – alt-rock – Good Charlotte – 1981
- Amber Coffman – indie-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist – associated acts include – Sleeping People – Dirty Projectors – 1984
- Wayne Sermon – guitarist – Imagine Dragons – group hits include – Radioactive – Demons – Believer – Thunder – Natural – 1984
- Nadine Coyle – Irish pop-rock R&B singer/actress/model – associated acts include – Girls Aloud – 1985
- Hayden Kaiser – drums/guitar/vocals – best known with indie rock group – Never Shout Never – 1990
- Parker McCollum – award winning Americana-country singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica – songs include – Pretty Heart – To Be Loved By You – 1992
- Dani Cimorelli – pop singer/songwriter/guitar/arrangements – best known as part of the sister group – Cimorelli – 2000
- Macartney Reinhardt – pop-country singer/songwriter – songs include – Old Country Song – Where Nobody Knows – Twilight – 2006