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Music History Events: Births

April 27, 1933 Jazz guitarist Calvin Newborn is born in Whiteville, Tennessee.

April 24, 1933 '60s soul singer-songwriter Freddie Scott is born in Providence, Rhode Island.

April 15, 1933 Country musician and Hee Haw host Roy Clark is born in Meherrin, Virginia.

March 31, 1933 Anita Carter (of The Carter Sisters) is born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter.

March 14, 1933 Quincy Jones is born in Chicago, Illinois. After studying music composition in France, he becomes an acclaimed arranger and conductor before moving into production, most famously for Michael Jackson, whose Jones-produced Thriller remains the best-selling album of all-time.

March 13, 1933 Songwriter Mike Stoller is born in Long Island, New York. Along with his partner Jerry Leiber, he writes a slew of hits, including "Jailhouse Rock," "Yakety Yak" and "Stand By Me."

March 9, 1933 R&B Singer Lloyd Price is born in Kenner, Louisiana.

February 22, 1933 Ernie K-Doe, known for his 1961 hit "Mother-In-Law," is born Ernest Kador Jr. in New Orleans.

February 17, 1933 Rock 'n Roll singer Bobby Lewis, known for his hit "Tossin' And Turnin'," is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

February 10, 1933 Don Wilson (rhythm guitarist for The Ventures) is born in Tacoma, Washington.

January 29, 1933 R&B singer Ron Townson (of The 5th Dimension) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

January 24, 1933 Zeke Carey (of The Flamingos) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

January 11, 1933 Country singer Goldie Hill is born in Texas. She lands a contract with Decca Records and releases her #1 hit "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes" in 1953.

December 28, 1932 Rockabilly singer Dorsey Burnette (of Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

December 15, 1932 Jesse Belvin, known for the 1956 R&B hit "Goodnight My Love," is born in Texarkana, Texas.

December 14, 1932 Country singer Charlie Rich, known for the 1973 hits "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," is born in Colt, Arkansas.

December 14, 1932 Singer/actress Abbe Lane is born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, New York. Known as "the swingingest sexpot in show business," she would marry (and divorce) bandleader Xavier Cugat.

November 30, 1932 Bob Moore is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After serving as a member of the Nashville A-Team, an acclaimed group of session musicians, in the '50s and '60s, he plays bass for Moby Grape from 1969 to 1971.

November 29, 1932 Jazz guitarist Ed Bickert (of the Paul Desmond Quartet) is born in Hochfeld, Manitoba, Canada.

November 29, 1932 Singer/actor John Gary is born in Watertown, New York.

November 15, 1932 Clyde McPhatter (of The Dominoes, The Drifters) is born in Hayti, Durham, North Carolina.

November 15, 1932 Petula Clark is born Sally Olwen Clark in Epsom, Surrey, England. Petula is a nickname given to her by her father.

November 10, 1932 Pianist Paul Bley is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

November 6, 1932 Honky Tonk singer and musician Stonewall Jackson is born in Tabor City, North Carolina. Stonewall is his real name - he was named after Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

October 11, 1932 Country singer/songwriter Dottie West is born Dorothy Marie Marsh near McMinnville, Tennessee.

October 1, 1932 Albert Collins, electric blues guitarist and singer, is born in Leona, Texas. Movie fans can catch his cameo appearance in the 1987 comedy Adventures in Babysitting, where he performs "Babysitting Blues" with the cast.

September 25, 1932 Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is born in Toronto.

September 21, 1932 Don Preston (of Mothers of Invention) is born in Flint, Michigan.

September 8, 1932 Country singer Patsy Cline is born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia, to Hilda, a 16-year-old seamstress, and Sam, a 43-year-old blacksmith.

August 17, 1932 Jazz pianist/composer Duke Pearson is born in Atlanta, Georgia.