Music History Events: Births
November 17, 1967 Ben Wilson (keyboardist for Blues Traveler) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
October 31, 1967 Vanilla Ice is born Robert Matthew Van Winkle in Dallas, Texas.
October 26, 1967 Keith Urban is born in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, but moves with his family to Queensland, Australia when he's 2. He conquers America in the '00s with a string of hits that includes "Somebody Like You" and "You'll Think Of Me." In 2012 he's inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
October 17, 1967 Rene Dif (of Aqua) is born in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
October 10, 1967 Mike Malinin (drummer for The Goo Goo Dolls) is born in Washington, DC.
October 7, 1967 R&B singer Toni Braxton is born in Severn, Maryland.
October 2, 1967 Drummer Bud Gaugh is born Floyd I. Gaugh IV in Long Beach, California. With lead singer Brad Nowell and bass player Eric Wilson, he forms Sublime in 1988. After Nowell's death in 1996, he and Wilson keep making music together but can't use the Sublime name until Nowell's son Jakob joins them in 2023.
September 28, 1967 Frank Zappa and wife Gail have their first child, daughter Moon Unit Zappa. Thus begins a tradition of oddball names for the Zappa children.
September 21, 1967 Faith Hill is born Audrey Faith Perry in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
September 21, 1967 Tyler Stewart (drummer for Barenaked Ladies) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
September 20, 1967 Identical twins Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (of Nelson) are born to teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon in Santa Monica, California.
September 18, 1967 Ricky Bell (of Bell Biv DeVoe) is born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
September 13, 1967 Jane's Addiction drummer Steve Perkins is born in Los Angeles.
September 11, 1967 Crooner Harry Connick, Jr. is born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana.
August 19, 1967 Ringo Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, welcome their second son, Jason.
August 10, 1967 Guitarist Todd Nichols (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born in Los Angeles, California.
July 29, 1967 Chris Gorman (drummer for Belly) is born in Buffalo, New York.
July 27, 1967 Juliana Hatfield is born in Wiscasset, Maine.
July 26, 1967 Timothy Barnwell - "Headliner" of Arrested Development - is born in New Jersey.
July 22, 1967 Pat Badger (bassist for Extreme) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 24, 1967 Jeff Cease, The Black Crowes guitarist on their debut album, is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
June 20, 1967 Murphy Karges (bassist for Sugar Ray) is born in Orange County, California.
June 9, 1967 Dean Felber (bass guitarist for Hootie & the Blowfish) is born in Bethesda, Maryland.
June 9, 1967 Dean Dinning (bass guitarist for Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born in Santa Barbara, California.
June 7, 1967 Guitarist Dave Navarro, who does time in Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers and several other bands, is born in Santa Monica, California.
June 1, 1967 Roger Sanchez is born in Queens, New York. The DJ/music producer will gain notoriety with his dance remixes, including his Grammy Award-winning spin on No Doubt's "Hella Good."
May 29, 1967 Noel Gallagher is born in Burnage, Manchester, England. He and his younger brother Liam form Oasis.
May 26, 1967 Kristen Pfaff (bassist for Hole) is born in Buffalo, New York.
May 24, 1967 Rapper Heavy D is born Dwight Errington Myers in Mandeville, Middlesex, Jamaica.
May 23, 1967 Phil Selway (drummer for Radiohead) is born in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
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