Dan Hill
Dianne van Giersbergen
Riders In The Sky
Deniece Williams
Lillian Briggs
Memphis Minnie
The Front Bottoms
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jamie O’Neal
Tanner Massey
Curtis Mayfield
Suzi Quatro
Ian Hunter
The Byrds
Musical Birthday Notes – June 3rd
- Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/bass/banjo/drums – songs include – Bumble Bee – Nothing In Rambling – Me and My Chauffeur Blues – (6/3/1897 – 8/6/1973)
- Jimmy Rogers – blues singer – part of the Muddy Waters band in the 50’s – solo artist – (6/3/1924 – 12/19/1997)
- David Cole – songwriter/producer – best known as half of the dance-music duo – C+C Music Factory – hits include – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – Just A Touch Of Love – (6/3/1932 – 1/24/1995)
- Lillian Briggs – award winning pioneer rock & roll singer/musician – “The Queen of Rock & Roll” – first woman to achieve star status in the early days of rock – sold over one million copies of her 1955 single – I Want You To Be My Baby – (6/3/1932 – 4/11/1998)
- Eddie “Chank” Willis – soul – guitarist/sitar – best known with the Motown in-house studio band – The Funk Brothers – (6/3/1936 – 8/20/2018)
- Ian Hunter – English rock singer/songwriter – Mott The Hoople – songs include – All The Young Dudes – All The Way From Memphis – solo artist – 1939
- Curtis Mayfield – multi-award winning funk/soul singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer – best known for – Super Fly – Freddie’s Dead – (6/3/1942 – 12/26/1999)
- Michael Clarke – drummer – The Byrds – 1991 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – Firefall – The Flying Burrito Brothers – (6/3/1946 – 12/19/1993)
- Dave Alexander – bassist/songwriter – best known as original bassist of – The Stooges – (6/3/1947 – 2/10/1975)
- Mickey Finn – guitarist – best known with – T.Rex – 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/3/1947 – 1/11/2003)
- Frederick “Fred” LaBour – western swing singer/double bass – best known as “Too Slim” of the award winning group – Riders In The Sky – 1948
- Deniece Williams – R&B/soul – singer/songwriter/producer – hits include – Lets Hear It For The Boy – Too Much Too Little To Late (with Johnny Mathis) – 1950
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa – English rock drummer/sculptor – associated acts include – Curved Air – Kiki Dee – (6/3/1950 – 5/20/2021)
- Suzi Quatro – award winning singer/songwriter/bassist/actress – songs include – Stumblin’ In – Can The Can – Devil Gate Drive – 1950
- Billy Powell – piano/synthesizer/Hammond organ – Lynyrd Skynyrd – hits include – Sweet Home Alabama – Freebird – Whats Your Name – You Got That Right – 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/3/1952 – 1/28/2009)
- Dan Hill – Canadian pop singer/songwriter/piano/guitar – hits include – Sometimes When We Touch – Can’t We Try (with Vonda Shepard) – Never Thought (That I Could Love) – 1954
- Danny Wilde – vocals/harmonica/guitar/bass – founding member of – The Rembrandts – group hits include – I’ll Be There For You – Just The Way It Is, Baby – 1956
- Kerry King – guitarist – associated acts include – Slayer – Megadeth – 1964
- Mike Gordon – bassist/vocals/multi-instrumentalist – best known with improv jam group – Phish – 1965
- Jamie O’Neal – Australian country singer/songwriter – hits include – There Is No Arizona – When I Think About Angels – 1968
- Saffron (Samantha Marie Sprackling) – singer/songwriter/actress – best known as lead vocalist for electronica group – Republica – 1968
- Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez – pop/dance – musicians – twin brothers that are part of the group – No Mercy – 1971
- Kelly Jones – Welsh singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – best known as lead vocalist of the band – Stereophonics – 1974
- Corey “Slick’em” Mathis – R&B rap hip-hop group – Pretty Ricky – 1985
- Dianne van Giersbergen – Dutch metal singer – associated acts include – Ex Libris – Xandria – 1985
- Brian Sella – indie-punk-pop-rock singer/guitarist – best known as part of – The Front Bottoms – 1988
- Tanner Massey – pop singer – participant on Season 24 of The Voice – songs include – I Promise – Break Me – Liar – 2004