1885 Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter applied for a patent on their invention the gramophone. 1925 Doc Pomus (Jerome Felder) born

1936 Cathy Carr born (Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano) in The Bronx, New York. Known for the 1956 hit “Ivory Tower.”1945

1938 Billy Storm born in Dayton, Ohio US Singer. 1943 Roger Spear born in Hammersmith, London. is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet,

1939 Tony Hatch born in Pinner, Middlesex. UK record producer/songwriter. He & his former wife Jackie Trent, had a big

1915 Willie Dixon, blues singer, guitarist, ‘the poet laureate of the blues’. Credited with writing more than 500 songs by

1925 Marvin Rainwater born in Wichita, Kansas US Singer, 1957 US No.18 single ‘Gonna Find Me A Bluebird’, 1958 UK

1911 Mitch Miller (Mitchell Miller) born in Rochester, New York. Conductor, Arranger, (1955 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘The

1912 Prolific songwriter Mack David, known for his work on Disney films such as Cinderella and Alice In Wonderland, is

1928 Mary Ford (Coleen Summers) born in Wisconsin. US Singer, Mary & her former husband Les Paul had several hits