December 19th 1941, Born on this day, Maurice White, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger and bandleader with Earth Wind and Fire, who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘Shining Star’, and the 1981 UK No.3 single ‘Let’s Groove’. White died on February 4, 2016
December 20th 1957, Born on this day, Billy Bragg, UK singer, songwriter, wrote ‘New England’ 1985 hit for Kirsty MacColl, (1988 UK No.1 charity single with Wet Wet Wet, ‘She’s Leaving Home’).