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Music History Events: Births

November 6, 1943 Pop singer Mike Clifford, known for the 1962 hit "Close To Cathy," is born in Los Angeles, California.

November 5, 1943 Pablo Gomez (drummer for Los Bravos) is born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

November 3, 1943 Folk musician Bert Jansch, founder of Pentangle, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

October 25, 1943 Pop singer and Mouseketeer Dick Dodd (of The Standells) is born Joseph Richard Dodd Jr. in Hermosa Beach, California.

October 25, 1943 Roy Lynes (keyboardist for Status Quo) is born in Redhill, Surrey, England.

October 23, 1943 Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie-Cups is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

October 21, 1943 Ron Elliott (lead guitarist for The Beau Brummels) is born in Healdsburg, California.

October 18, 1943 Russ Giguere (vocalist/percussionist/guitarist for The Association) is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but would be raised in San Diego, California.

October 16, 1943 C.F. "Fred" Turner (bassist/vocalist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born Charles Frederick Turner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

October 11, 1943 Country singer Gene Watson is born in Palestine, Texas.

October 10, 1943 Denis D'Ell (lead singer/harmonica player for The Honeycombs) is born Denis James Dalziel in Whitechapel, East London.

October 5, 1943 Steve Miller is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is raised in Texas.

October 1, 1943 Jerry Martini, sax player for Sly and the Family Stone, is born in Denver, Colorado.

September 30, 1943 R&B singer Marilyn McCoo (of The 5th Dimension) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

September 28, 1943 Nick St. Nicholas (of Steppenwolf) is born Klaus Karl Kassbaum is born in Plön, Germany. Nick's family will flee to Toronto, Canada, after his father's involvement in Operation Valkyrie, the failed mission to overthrow Adolf Hitler, makes his dad an assassination target.

September 25, 1943 Gary Jules Alexander (of The Association) is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

September 23, 1943 John Banks (drummer for The Merseybeats) is born in Liverpool, England.

September 23, 1943 Steve Boone (bassist for The Lovin' Spoonful) is born at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

September 23, 1943 Julio Iglesias is born in Madrid, Spain.

September 22, 1943 Toni Basil is born Antonia Christina Basilotta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

September 19, 1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot is born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland. The name Cass comes from her father, who calls her "the mad Cassandra." She becomes Mama Cass when she joins The Mamas & The Papas in 1965. After landing a string of hits with the group, she launches a solo career in 1968 and becomes a regular on TV talk and variety shows as both a guest and host. She has her own nightclub act when she dies from a heart attack in 1974 at 32.

September 13, 1943 Ray Elliot (keyboardist/saxophonist/flautist for Them) is born in Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.

September 12, 1943 Singer Maria Muldaur, known for her 1973 hit "Midnight At The Oasis," is born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato in Greenwich Village, New York City.

September 11, 1943 Mickey Hart (one of the drummers for Grateful Dead) is born Michael Steven Hartman in Brooklyn but would be raised in Long Island, New York.

September 6, 1943 Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey, England. A founding member of the group, he takes creative control starting with their 1979 masterpiece The Wall, alienating his bandmates along the way. He leaves in 1985 and is gobsmacked when they soldier on without him, led by David Gilmour.

September 2, 1943 Soul/R&B singer Joe Simon is born in Simmesport, Louisiana. Known for the Grammy Award-winning song "The Chokin' Kind" (1969).

September 2, 1943 R&B singer Rosalind Ashford (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

August 29, 1943 Jazz/rock musician Dick Halligan (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Troy, New York.

August 28, 1943 Ann "Honey" Lantree (drummer and singer for The Honeycombs) is born in Hayes, Middlesex, England.

August 28, 1943 Actor/singer David Soul is born David Richard Solberg Jr in Chicago, Illinois. Soul played "Hutch" to Paul Michael Glaser's "Starsky" in the '70s crime series, Starsky & Hutch.