1953, AMERICAN JAZZ SINGER KAY STARR (KATHERINE STARKS) WAS AT NO.1 ON THE UK SINGLES CHART WITH ‘COMES A LONG A LOVE’. STARR WAS BORN ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION IN OKLAHOMA; HER FATHER WAS A FULL-BLOODED AMERICAN INDIAN AND HER MOTHER IRISH.
1967
THE DAILY MAIL RAN THE STORY ABOUT A LOCAL COUNCIL SURVEY FINDING 4,000 HOLES IN THE ROAD IN LANCASHIRE INSPIRING JOHN LENNON’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BEATLES SONG ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE’.
1989, AT JUST 38 YEARS OLD, STEVIE WONDER BECAME THE YOUNGEST LIVING PERSON TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL IN NEW YORK
BORN TODAY
1941 – BOBBY GOLDSBORO, US SINGER,
1941 -DAVID RUFFIN, VOCALS, THE TEMPTATIONS,
1958 – TOM BAILEY, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, THE THOMPSON TWINS
1983 – SAMANTHA MUMBA, SINGER, ACTRESS
