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Music History Events: Births

October 22, 1942 Pop singer and Mouseketeer Annette Funicello is born in Utica, New York.

October 22, 1942 Rock singer Bobby Fuller, known for his hit "I Fought The Law" with his group The Bobby Fuller Four, is born in Baytown, Texas, but raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 21, 1942 Rock and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop is born in Glendale, California, but grows up on a farm in Elliott, Iowa.

October 17, 1942 Gary Puckett (frontman for Union Gap) is born in Hibbing, Minnesota, but would be raised in Yakima, Washington (not far from the city Union Gap).

October 16, 1942 Dave Lovelady (drummer/singer for The Fourmost) is born in Litherland, Liverpool, England. Known for the 1964 UK hit "A Little Loving."

October 15, 1942 Pop singer Chris Andrews is born in Romford, Essex, England. Aside from his own 1965 hit, "Yesterday Man," he penned a string of hits for Adam Faith ("The First Time," "We Are In Love") and Sandie Shaw (including "Girl Don't Come").

October 15, 1942 Don Stevenson (drummer for Moby Grape) is born in Seattle, Washington.

October 14, 1942 Billy Harrison (guitarist/vocalist for Them) is born in Belfast, Ireland.

October 12, 1942 Melvin Franklin (bass singer for The Temptations) is born David Melvin English in Montgomery, Alabama.

October 5, 1942 R&B/soul singer Richard Street (of The Temptations) is born in Detroit, Michigan.

October 1, 1942 Herb Fame of Peaches & Herb is born Herbert Feemster in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.

September 30, 1942 R&B singer Frankie Lymon is born Franklin Joseph Lymon in Harlem, New York.

September 30, 1942 Gus Dudgeon, frequent producer for Elton John, is born Angus Boyd Dudgeon in Woking, Surrey, England.

September 29, 1942 Virtuoso violinist/composer Jean-Luc Ponty is born in Avranches, France.

September 24, 1942 Jiggs Allbut (The Angels)

September 24, 1942 Gerry Marsden, frontman and namesake of Gerry and the Pacemakers, is born in Liverpool, England.

September 10, 1942 Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is born in Buncrana, Donegal, Ireland.

September 9, 1942 Soul singer Luther Simmons (of The Main Ingredient) is born. Known for the 1972 hit, "Everybody Plays the Fool."

September 8, 1942 Brian Cole (bass guitarist for The Association) is born in Tacoma, Washington.

September 6, 1942 Trombonist/tuba player Dave Bargeron (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Athol, Massachusetts.

September 4, 1942 Glady's Knight's brother Merald "Bubba" Knight, who joins her backing group The Pips, is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

September 3, 1942 Al Jardine of The Beach Boys is born in Lima, Ohio.

August 29, 1942 Sterling Morrison (guitarist for The Velvet Underground) is born Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. in East Meadow, New York.

August 28, 1942 Ken Andrew (original drummer for Middle of the Road) is born in Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland.

August 26, 1942 Drummer Chris Curtis (of The Searchers) is born Christopher Crummey in Oldham, Lancashire, England. After a move to Liverpool at age 4, he meets bandmate Mike Pender in primary school.

August 26, 1942 Singer Vic Dana is born in Buffalo, New York. Known for '60s hits like "Little Altar Boy," "I Will," and a popular cover of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady."

August 26, 1942 Maureen "Moe" Tucker (drummer for The Velvet Underground) is born in Levittown, New York.

August 25, 1942 Walter Williams (of The O'Jays) is born in Canton, Ohio. He would go on to be a spokesman for multiple sclerosis, an illness he was diagnosed with in 1983.

August 24, 1942 Marshall Donald Thompson (of The Chi-Lites) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

August 24, 1942 Carl Mann, known for rockabilly versions of Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and The Platters' "Twilight Time," is born in Huntingdon, Tennessee.