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Music History Events: Births

April 29, 1934 Blues guitarist and singer Otis Rush is born in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

April 24, 1934 Country singer Red Foley and his second wife, Eva Alaine Overstake, welcome baby daughter Shirley Lee Foley. Shirley will marry pop singer Pat Boone in 1953.

April 19, 1934 Comedic songwriter Dickie Goodman is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for spoofs like 1962's "Batman & His Grandmother" and a string of hits ribbing the popular TV series The Untouchables: "The Touchables," "The Touchables In Brooklyn," and "Santa And The Touchables."

April 17, 1934 Record producer and songwriter Don Kirshner (The Monkees, The Archies, Kansas) is born in The Bronx, New York City.

April 15, 1934 Pop-folk vocalist Tim Feild (of The Springfields) is born in Hascombe, Surrey, England.

April 13, 1934 R&B vocalist Horace Key (of The Tams) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

April 5, 1934 Jazz tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

April 1, 1934 Country singer-songwriter Jim Ed Brown (The Browns) is born in Sparkman, Arkansas. Aside from forming The Browns with his two sisters, he'll find fame as a solo artist and frequent duet partner of Helen Cornelius ("I Don't Want To Have To Marry You").

March 31, 1934 Actress/singer Shirley Jones is born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. After staring in various musicals, she plays Shirley, the matriarch of The Partridge Family on their TV show from 1970-1974. She and David Cassidy, who plays Keith Partridge, are the only cast members to actually sing on their songs.

March 31, 1934 John D. Loudermilk is born in Durham, North Carolina. He records as "Johnny Dee," but has his biggest success as a songwriter, composing "Tobacco Road" and "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)," a #1 hit for the Raiders in 1971.

March 31, 1934 Richard Chamberlain is born in Beverly Hills, California. He finds fame as the star of TV's Dr. Kildare and also has string of '60s hits in the UK.

March 26, 1934 Actor/singer Alan Arkin (of The Tarriers) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

March 25, 1934 Johnny Burnette (of Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio) in Memphis, Tennessee.

March 14, 1934 Jazz organist Shirley Scott is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

March 4, 1934 Singer/actress Barbara McNair is born in Chicago, Illinois. She releases her debut single, "Till There Was You," in 1958 and goes on to tour with Nat King Cole.

February 18, 1934 Rock guitarist Clyde "Skip" Battin (of Skip and Flip) is born in Gallipolis, Ohio.

February 16, 1934 Herbie and Harold Kalin (of the pop duo Kalin Twins) are born in Port Jervis, New York.

February 14, 1934 Keyboard player Merl Saunders is born in San Mateo, California.

February 8, 1934 Novelty singer Larry Verne is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

February 7, 1934 Saxophonist King Curtis is born Curtis Montgomery in Fort Worth, Texas. He plays the distinctive solo on The Coasters' hit "Yakety Yak."

February 7, 1934 Earl King is born Earl Silas Johnson IV in New Orleans, Louisiana. Composer of the blues standard "Come On" (aka "Let The Good Times Roll"), among others.

February 1, 1934 Bob Shane (of The Kingston Trio) is born Robert Castle Schoen in Hilo, Hawaii.

January 26, 1934 R&B pianist Huey "Piano" Smith is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

January 24, 1934 R&B/gospel singer Ann Cole is born Cynthia Coleman in Newark, New Jersey.

January 16, 1934 Bob Bogle (lead guitarist, bassist for The Ventures) is born in Oklahoma.

January 6, 1934 Country musician Bobby Lord is born in Sanford, Florida, but is raised in Tampa. His biggest hit on the country chart is "Without Your Love" (1956) at #10.

December 17, 1933 Country singer Nat Stuckey is born in Cass County, Texas.

December 1, 1933 R&B singer Lou Rawls is born in Chicago, Illinois.

November 29, 1933 John Mayall (founder of The Bluesbreakers) is born in Macclesfield, England.

November 26, 1933 Singer and actor Robert Goulet is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Known for '60s hits like "My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)" and "Come Back To Me, My Love."