Music History Events: Births
January 7, 1959 Go-Go's guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine is born in Austin, Texas.
August 22, 1958 Vernon Reid is born in London. He is raised in Brooklyn and forms the band Living Colour - he is the guitarist and a primary songwriter.
July 3, 1958 Country singer Aaron Tippin is born in Pensacola, Florida, but will be raised in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.
June 12, 1958 Meredith Brooks, best known for her 1997 hit "Bitch," is born in Oregon.
May 20, 1958 Jane Wiedlin (rhythm guitarist of The Go-Go's) is born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
February 16, 1958 Ice-T (Tracy Marrow) is born in Newark, New Jersey. He takes his stage name in honor of a notorious poet/pimp named Iceberg Slim.
December 9, 1957 Donny Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. At age 5, he starts performing with his brothers in their group The Osmonds; by 13, he's the star of the group with his own solo career.
September 22, 1957 Nick Cave is born in Warracknabeal, Australia, to teacher Colin Cave and librarian Dawn Cave. With his band The Bad Seeds, he releases music of artistic daring starting in 1983 and spanning decades, earning a cadre of appreciative fans while staying safely out of the mainstream.
August 22, 1957 Country singer-songwriter Holly Dunn is born in San Antonio, Texas.
July 11, 1957 Bauhaus lead singer Peter Murphy is born near Northampton, England.
January 25, 1957 Edmund Sylvers of The Sylvers is born in Memphis.
November 13, 1956 Guitarist Aldo Nova is born Aldo Caporuscio in Montreal.
September 29, 1956 Bob Carlisle of "Butterfly Kisses" fame is born in Santa Ana, California.
August 29, 1956 Underground rocker GG Allin is born in Lancaster, New Hampshire. He famously declares that he will end his life by committing suicide on stage, but ends up dying of a heroin overdose in 1993.
August 25, 1956 Matt Aitken of the songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman is born in Coventry, England. Among their hits: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.
June 26, 1956 Chris Isaak is born in Stockton, California.
April 27, 1956 Bryan Harvey (frontman for House Of Freaks, Energy Crisis) is born in Richmond, Virginia.
March 2, 1956 Anvil frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
February 1, 1956 Exene Cervenka of the band X is born Christine Cervenka in Mokena, Illinois, outside of Chicago.
September 18, 1955 Keith Morris (frontman for Black Flag and Circle Jerks) is born in Hermosa Beach, California.
August 22, 1955 Saxophonist and songwriter Alan Wilkinson is born in Ilford, England.
May 24, 1955 Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian, welcome their daughter, Rosanne Cash. She grows up to be a country singer like her dad.
May 10, 1955 Danny Kustow, guitarist in the Tom Robinson Band, is born in London.
March 30, 1955 Singer/songwriter Randy VanWarmer ("Just When I Needed You Most") is born in Indian Hills, Colorado.
February 9, 1955 Sham 69 frontman Jimmy Pursey is born in Hersham, Surrey, England.
February 7, 1955 Saxophone player Jimmy Z is born Jimmy Zavala in North Highlands, California.
January 28, 1955 Twelve-year-old Aretha Franklin gives birth to her first child, a son named Clarence.
January 4, 1955 Talk Talk leader Mark Hollis is born in London.
October 3, 1954 Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan is born in Dallas, Texas.
June 8, 1954 Greg Ginn (guitarist for Black Flag) is born in Tucson, Arizona.
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