Music History Events: Births
August 2, 1950 Ted Turner (guitarist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Sheldon, Birmingham, England.
June 20, 1950 Guitarist Alan Shacklock is born in London.
April 9, 1950 Keyboardist Peter Wood (Roger Waters' backing group, The Bleeding Heart Band) is born in Middlesex, England.
March 23, 1950 Phil Lanzon (keyboardist for Uriah Heep) is born in England.
February 24, 1950 Blues rocker George Thorogood is born in Wilmington, Delaware.
February 20, 1950 Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, is born in Queens, New York City. He meets bandmate and songwriting partner Donald Fagen while attending Bard College.
February 17, 1950 Rickey Medlocke, Lynyrd Skynyrd member and frontman of the band Blackfoot, is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He is inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
October 9, 1949 Rod Temperton is born in Lincolnshire, England. He writes a number of hit songs, including Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" and "Thriller."
September 14, 1949 MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith is born in West Virgina, raised in Detroit. In 1980, he marries fellow punk pioneer Patti Smith.
July 14, 1949 Music executive Tommy Mottola is born in The Bronx, New York City. Before landing a 15-year gig as head of Sony Music, Mottola starts out as a talent manager helping acts like Hall & Oates and Carly Simon secure record deals. He's also known for marrying - and divorcing - Mariah Carey.
July 1, 1949 John Farnham is born in Dagenham, England, but moves to Australia with his family when he is 10. He becomes one of the most popular singers in that country, thanks to his rousing hit "You're The Voice."
May 17, 1949 Andrew Latimer (frontman for the prog rock band Camel) is born in Guildford, Surrey, England.
December 25, 1948 Merry Clayton (named for Christmas) is born in New Orleans. A backup singer by trade, she is most famous for her incendiary vocal alongside Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." She would later appear on the Coldplay song "Up & Up."
December 6, 1948 Lyricist Linda Creed is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her compositions include "Betcha by Golly, Wow!" and "The Greatest Love of All."
September 9, 1948 Pamela Des Barres, perhaps the most famous groupie of all time, is born. She boasts liaisons with Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Moon, and even joins a band made up of groupies, The GTO's, in 1969. In 2013 she starts her own fashion label: "Groupie Couture."
May 19, 1948 Music journalist and Crawdaddy magazine founder Paul Williams is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
April 15, 1948 UFO frontman Phil Mogg is born in Wood Green, London.
December 23, 1947 Graham Bonnet is born in Skegness, England. He'll go on to front the rock bands Alcatrazz and Rainbow.
October 14, 1947 Al Atkins - the first frontman for Judas Priest - is born at West Bromwich, England.
September 21, 1947 Producer Rupert Hine is born in London. His clients include Rush, Tina Turner and Stevie Nicks.
September 19, 1947 Percussionist Ray Cooper is born Raymond Cooper in Watford, England.
August 9, 1947 Singer-songwriter Amanda McBroom is born.
August 7, 1947 Jazz historian, occasional songwriter and the future first wife of Larry Coryell, Julie Nathanson, is born in Manhattan, New York.
July 15, 1947 Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson, founder of the 13th Floor Elevators and pioneer of psychedelic music, is born.
June 17, 1947 Paul Young, singer with Sad Café and Mike + the Mechanics, is born in Manchester, England. Not to be confused with the Paul Young who sang "Everytime You Go Away."
April 30, 1947 Col. Bruce Hampton, leader of the Hampton Grease Band and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, is born Gustav Valentine Berglund III in Knoxville, Tennessee.
April 2, 1947 Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
March 25, 1947 Brinsley Schwarz is born in Suffolk, England. His self-titled band would include Nick Lowe.
March 8, 1947 Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is born in Manhattan, New York City.
February 1, 1947 Israeli singer Mike Brant is born Moshé Michaël Brand in Famagusta, Cyprus.
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