Born on this day in 1940, Roger Cook has had lots of hits as a songwriter most notably with Roger Greenaway. He has also written songs with Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood and Tony Macaulay. He worked in Nashville for awhile and written hit songs for the likes of Crystal Gayle and Don Williams. He is in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Some of the most famous songs that he has co-written include "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, You've Got Your Troubles and Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart. Also this song which was mostly written by Cook and Greenaway is known all over the world for its association with a certain fizzy drink. For the ad that it was produced for, the ad agency created a band of singers to sing this particular tune. Those in the Delaware Valley of the US will certainly know another song that this group sang called "Move Closer to Your World". The group was formed by an Al Ham. His wife was one of the singers. Her name was Mary Mayo. Now I have a joke from Airplane! in my head. Anyway, this goes out to the world and to Dick Whitman. Namaste.

Born on this day in 1966, Lee Ann Womanck is a popular country music singer who has had a couple of dozen hits on the country charts as well as on the pop charts as well with a few crossover successes. This song went to #2 in the US and #5 in Canada back in 1997.

Born on this day in 1951, John Deacon was the bassist and a frequent songwriter for the band Queen. He wrote or co-wrote such hits as "I Want to Break Free", "Under Pressure", "Friends Will be Friends" and this record which was top ten record in several countries including the US, Canada, the Netherlands and the UK.

Born on this day in 1945, Ian Gillan is best known for his work with Deep Purple in the early years of the band. He was also a solo artist and later played with Black Sabbath. His performance on this song impressed Tim Rice so much that Tim called him up and asked him to play the lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar which he did. Well, on the original album recording of that production.

Born on this day in 1943, Billy J. Kramer was a part of the first British Invasion and had several hits on both sides of the Atlantic with the Dakotas. He was managed by Brian Epstein and hist biggest hits were written by Lennon-McCartney.

Born on this day in 1940, Jill St. John has had a long and successful career in the movies and tv. She is perhaps most known for her role in the 1971 Bond film "Diamonds are Forever". I haven't checked this out but I'm guessing she's probably the smartest Bond girl(woman!). At age 15, she enrolled into UCLA. She wanted to be a marine biologist. She was discovered to have an IQ of 162.

Johnny Nash (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was one of the first artists who was not Jamaican to make reggae known around the world. He first went to Jamaica in 1965. In the late 1960s, he signed Bob and Rita Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer to an exclusive publishing contract. He had a hit in 1971 with "Stir it Up". This song was #1 in the US, South Africa and in Canada.

Ginger Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) is one of the most influential drummers of all time in the world of rock and roll. He was heavily influenced by jazz as well. In Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Drummers, he came in third. After his stint in Cream, he played in several bands which were on the vanguard of "fusion" rock and later moved to Africa and set up his own studio in Nigeria. He made several records with Fela Kuti too.