Hot Chocolate – I Believe In Love

Tony Wilson, bassist, songwriter, Hot Chocolate

Average White Band – Put It Where You Want It

Hamish Stuart, guitarist, singer, Average White Band. Composer and record producer.

Sweet – Ballroom Blitz

Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)

B.W. Stevenson – My Maria

B.W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)

Funkadelic – I Got A Thing 1970

Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)

K.C. and the Sunshine Band – Shake Your Booty

“K.C.” Harry Wayne Casey, American keyboardist for KC & the Sunshine Band

Biography by Greg Prato
[Bio & Info © allmusic.com]

The Bee Gees may have been the undisputed disco kings of the late ’70s, but KC & the Sunshine Band weren’t far behind. From the mid- to late ’70s, the multi-member and racially integrated group led by bandleaders Harry Wayne “KC” Casey and Richard Finch racked up some of the era’s biggest and instantly recognizable dance hits. Casey and Finch first met in 1972 while both were employed by TK Records in Miami, FL, where among other chores, Casey served as a personal secretary and booking agent for artist Timmy Thomas. KC & the Sunshine Band officially formed in 1973, but a debut single, “Blow Your Whistle,” sunk from sight upon release. But it was another Casey/Finch… Read More…

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Travellin Man

1948, Born on this day, Cassie Gaines, backing singer with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gaines was killed in a plane crash on 20th October 1977 with two other members of the band.

Van McCoy – The Hustle

1940 – Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)

Biography by Jason Ankeny
[Bio & Info © allmusic.com]

Although best known to the listening public at large for his lone headlining hit, the disco blockbuster “The Hustle,” Van McCoy in fact enjoyed a long and remarkably prolific career behind the scenes as a songwriter and producer, piling up a series of soul hits prior to his premature death at the age of just 39. Born Van Allen Clinton McCoy on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., as a child he sang with the Metropolitan Baptist Church choir, and by the age of 12 he was writing his own songs in addition to performing in local amateur shows alongside older brother, Norman Jr.

The McCoy siblings eventually partnered with high-school friends Freddy Smith and Paul Comedy in the doo wop combo the Starlighters… Read More…

Bread – If

David Gates, American singer for Bread, turns 67.

Bread – Lost Without Your Love

Mike Botts (December 8, 1944 – December 05, 2005), American drummer for Bread, would have turned 63 this year.

C.W. McCall – Convoy

C. W. McCall, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 79.

Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight

Taffy Danoff, (nee Taffy Nivert) American folk singer of Starland Vocal Band fame, turns 63.

Brownsville Station – Smokin in the Boys Room + Barefootin"

1948 – Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)

Grand Funk Railroad – Closer to Home

1948 – Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk

Pilot – Magic

1951 – Stuart Tosh, drummer, songwriter and vocalist, Pilot