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September 15th: Max Harris 1918-2004 Jaki Graham 1956 David Sneddon 1978 Stylo G 1985

25th June: Eddie Floyd 1937 Labi Siffre 1945 who is a twin with Carly Simon 1945 George Michael 1963-2016 and the Eurovision hero this year Sam Ryder 1989

24th May: Bob Dylan 1941 Prince Buster 1938-2016 Cerrone 1952 Heavy D 1967-2011 TQ 1976 Maria Lawson 1979

18th February: John Travolta 1954 Randy Crawford 1952 Dr Dre 1965 Lonyo 1974 Ramz 1997

Thank you!

I have only researched solo artists so far - groups and albums to come one day... 10th December: Kyu Sakamoto 1941-1985 Peter Sarstedt 1941-2017 - that makes them twins! Paul Hardcastle 1957 Puff Johnson 1972-2013 Ray Foxx 1985

19th November: Tommy Dorsey 1905-1956 Ofra Haza 1957-2000 Crystal Waters 1961 Tony Rich 1971 and, yes, Tyga 1989 There are 5 dates with no birthdays (although the 108 missing ones may well change that): 21st March 29th July 11th November 16th November 26th December

Yes! 203 January 9.4% / 9.3% 156 February 7.2% / 7.8% 199 March 9.2% / 9.1% 169 April 7.9% / 8.0% 210 May 9.8% / 9.6% 178 June 8.3% / 8.4% 161 July 7.5% / 7.3% 187 August 8.7% / 8.5% 179 September 8.3% / 8.4% 173 October 8.0% / 7.9% 172 November 8.0% / 8.1% 165 December 7.7% / 7.5% The average is 179 instances / 8.3%, so September represents that. The first percentage is the actual split; the second is adjusted to reflect the different number of days in each month, clearly benefitting February. I'd be interested in your findings, thanks.

2/... (Sharon) Haywoode ???? Catherine Stock 1956-2002 Carey Johnson 1951? Karel Fialka 1947 Starturn on 45 (Steve O'Donnell) ????-1997 Tyree 1965? Mixmaster (Daniele Davoli) January 1964 Chad Jackson 1967 D-Shake (Aad de Mooy) 1968 Maureen (Walsh) ???? Dimples D (Crystal Smith) 1962 LaTour 1967 Isotonik (Chris Paul) 1968 Felix (Francis Wright) ???? Shara Nelson 1965 Sarah Washington ???? Lena Fiagbe 1972 DJ Duke (Ken Larsen) 1967 Motiv 8 (Steve Rodway) 1960 M-Beat (Marlon Hart) 1975 Berri (Rebecca Sleight) 1974 Ethics (Patrick Prins) ???? Mike Flowers Pops (Mike Roberts) 1960 Kadoc (José Montilla aka David Penn) 1972 Horace Brown 1971 Pianoman (James Sammon) 1970 H2O (Oliver Stumm) 1965?

My apologies, of you are right

The Missing Birthdays of solo Top 20 Singles artists 1952-date. I'll post them in 4 lots of 27 for convenience. They are roughly in order of appearance although a half dozen are out of place because I realised I didn't really have the right birthdays - many websites post 1st January as an arrival date just put something in there! Ronnie Harris 1928? (? = probable year of birth but I need the day and month as well please...) Jodie Sands 1919? - 1996? David MacBeth 1934? Horace Faith ???? - 2015 Barbara Kay (Piglets vocals) ???? Tony Kenny 1951 Michael Ward 1960 Sunny (Heather Wheatman) 1951? Peter Shelley 1942 Linda Carr 1944? Gary Benson 1946 John Asher ???? Billy Howard 1941 Paul Davidson ???? David Parton 1948 Brendon (Dunning) ???? Bill Lovelady 1945 Nick Straker 1952? Alton Edwards 1954 David Joseph 1954 Gary Byrd 1954 Lydia Murdock ???? Keith Rodgers (Break Machine) 1962 Terri Wells (King) ???? Eddy Conrad 1959 Audrey Hall 1948 Claire Usher 1977

Here are 4 more: Bill Hayes 1925 Keith Marshall 1956 Laurie Anderson 1947 Marky Mark 1971

4th August - same birthday as my daughter and her mother! Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 Ken Macintosh 1919-2005 Marques Houston 1981

2nd May: Bing Crosby 1903-1977 Joe Henderson 1920-1980 Lesley Gore 1946-2015 Engelbert Humperdinck 1936 Judge Dread 1945-1998 Shannon 1958 and, yes, Lily Allen 1985. The order is when they entered the chart for the first time, not when they were born.

23rd August: Vicky Leandros 1949; Edwyn Collins 1959; Tieks 1976. Sorry none in 1986 unless it's in the missing list which I'll post later...

Random facts: Scott Walker and Freddie Starr were both born on 9th January 1943 and both died in 2019, Freddie Starr survived another 48 days. Dev, Nick Brewer and Tom Zanetti were all born on 2nd July 1989. Billy J Kramer, Edwin Hawkins and Don Fardon were all born on 19th August 1943. Jeannie C Riley, Sharon Redd and Divine were all born on 19th October 1945. Chip(munk) Rita Ora and Nevada were all born on 26th November 1990. No date has more than three artists born on the same day. There are another 71 occasions where two artists share the same birthday - day, month and year. Perhaps the most extraordinary: there are only two birthdays on 29th February and they are the same year for Deetah and Ja Rule in 1976. The three most popular dates to be born are all in January, 14 on the 17th and the 19th; 13 on the 9th. May is comfortably the most popular month to be born if you want to have a Top 20 single, followed by January. February has the least number of birthdays but on a per diem basis, July is the least popular; (28.25 days versus 31 days). Of the 2,260 solo artists to reach the UK Top 20 Singles chart since 1952, I am missing 108 confirmed birthdays, which is 4.8%. Only 5 dates miss an artist with a birthday: 21st March, 29th July, 11th and 16th November and 26th December. Is it appropriate to post the list of 108 artists for whom I miss their birthdays, in the hope some of you might know them? Requests for particular dates and the corresponding artists who have their birthdays that day readily answered...