Daniel Jones - String Quartet No 4 Malcolm Williamson Azure Fiesta Film and Incidental music Tony Banks - The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt. Roy Budd - The Wild Geese. Ron Goodwin - Force 10 from Navarone directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. Ed Welch - The Thirty Nine Steps, starring Robert Powell. Births 1 January - Tarik O'Regan, composer 3 January - Luke Manning, co-founder of Mostar Records 13 January - Shelley Nash, singer (Girls@Play) 15 January - Sandi Lee Hughes, singer (allSTARS*) 19 January - Wayne Williams, singer (Another Level) 13 February - Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist 14 February - Ryan Griffiths (The Vines) 22 February - Jenny Frost, singer (Atomic Kitten) 6 April - Myleene Klass, singer (Hear'Say), radio and TV presenter 7 April - Duncan James, singer (Blue) 9 April - Rachel Stevens, singer (S Club 7) 16 April - Terry Daly, Irish singer (Mytown) 28 April - Lauren Laverne, singer, radio DJ and TV presenter 4 May - Matthew Rose, bass 22 May - Jordan, model and would-be singer 29 May - Adam Rickitt, singer 6 June - Sophie Solomon, violinist 16 June - Elisa Cariera, American-born singer (Solid HarmoniE) 4 July - Stephen McNally, English singer-songwriter (BBMak) 15 September - David Sneddon, singer-songwriter 27 September - Jamie Benson, singer (Hepburn) 7 October - Alesha Dixon, singer (Mis-Teeq) 9 October Nicky Byrne, Irish singer (Westlife) Beverley Fullen, drummer (Hepburn) 27 October - Sabrina Washington, singer (Mis-Teeq) 1 November - Bobak Kianovsh, singer (Another Level) 7 November - Mark Read, singer (A1) 27 November - Mike Skinner, rapper, musician and record producer 12 December - Paul Walker, Irish singer (Mytown) 18 December - Lindsay Armaou, Greek-born Irish-based singer (B*Witched) Deaths 11 January - William John Edwards, Cerdd Dant singer (b. 1898) 15 January - Jack Jackson, trumpeter, bandleader and radio disc jockey (b. 1906) 24 February - Mrs Mills, pianist (b. 1918) 9 March - L. Radley Flynn, singer and actor (b. 1902) 12 March - Tolchard Evans, songwriter, composer, pianist and bandleader (b. 1901) 3 April - Ray Noble, composer and bandleader (b. 1903) 21 April - Sandy Denny, singer (Fairport Convention) (b. 1947) (cerebral haemorrhage) 14 August - Victor Silvester, dance band leader (b. 1900) 7 September Keith Moon, drummer for The Who (b. 1946) (Clomethiazole overdose) Charles Williams, composer (b. 1893) 15 September - Robert