Max Merritt

Maxwell James Merritt was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors, his best known hits are "Slippin' Away", which reached No. 2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached No. 13. Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, in December 1964. Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia. ^{Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2020)}

30 April 1941

Born on the same birth date (30 April 1941): Stavros Dimas

Born on the same birth day (30 April): Bea Wain • Bill Plympton • Charles Berling • François Louis, Prince of Conti • Gerda Lerner • Hans List • Juraj Jakubisko • Kirsten Dunst • Pradeep Sarkar • Reverend Gary Davis • Tony Harrison • Victor J. Glover • Władysław Witwicki

Born in the same month (April 1941): Allan Segal • Bobby Russell • Christopher Allsopp • Dr. Demento • Ed Stewart • Gorden Kaye • James Di Pasquale • Jean-Marc Reiser • John Williams (guitarist) • Lagle Parek • Lee Roy Jordan • Paavo Lipponen • Peter Fluck • Richard Holbrooke • Sonny Throckmorton