Music History Events: Births
September 19, 1964 Country singer Trisha Yearwood is born Patricia Lynn Yearwood in Monticello, Georgia.
August 17, 1964 Alt rock/country singer Maria McKee is born in Los Angeles, California.
August 10, 1964 Rapper/singer/songwriter Neneh Cherry is born in Stockholm, Sweden.
August 7, 1964 EMF songwriter/guitarist Ian Dench is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
August 5, 1964 Adam Yauch (aka MCA of the Beastie Boys) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
August 1, 1964 Adam Duritz (frontman for Counting Crows) is born in Berkeley, California.
July 23, 1964 Tim Kellett (of Simply Red) is born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England.
July 23, 1964 Nick Menza (drummer for Megadeth) is born in Munich, Germany. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Don Menza.
July 9, 1964 Courtney Love is born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California. After a tumultuous childhood, she travels the world and forms the band Hole. In 1992, she marries Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
June 25, 1964 Cake lead singer John McCrea is born in California. His lyrics often take unexpected turns, like in "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" where the girl has "fingernails that shine like justice." Says McCrea, "I describe the way things feel or smell or look rather than telling people exactly what I think."
June 22, 1964 Mike Edwards (lead singer, keyboardist of Jesus Jones) is born in Wiltshire, England.
June 10, 1964 Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin is born in Joliet, Illinois. Drug problems get him booted from the group in 1996, but he's welcomed back in 1998.
June 7, 1964 John "Ecstacy" Fletcher (co-vocalist for Whodini) is born.
June 4, 1964 Chris Kavanagh (drummer for Sigue Sigu Sputnik, Big Audio Dynamite) is born in Woolwich, London, England.
June 3, 1964 Slayer guitarist Kerry King is born in Los Angeles, California.
May 31, 1964 Darryl McDaniels, the DMC of Run-DMC, is born in Harlem, New York City. He creates a new rap style by trading off lines with his fellow MC Joseph Simmons (Run). They also become fashion icons, with gold chains, fedoras and sneakers with no shoelaces.
May 30, 1964 Guitarist Tom Morello is born in Harlem, New York. He graduates from Harvard in 1986 with a degree in political science, and in 1991 forms Rage Against The Machine, becoming heavily involved in activism. When Rage disbands in 2000 he forms Audioslave with lead singer Chris Cornell.
May 30, 1964 Country singer Wynonna Judd is born Christina Claire Ciminella in Ashland, Kentucky. She rises to fame alongside her mom, Naomi Judd, in the duo The Judds.
May 8, 1964 Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is born in Essex, Rowntree, England.
May 6, 1964 Tony Scalzo (frontman for Fastball) is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
April 25, 1964 Synthpop singer Andy Bell (of Erasure) is born in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
April 18, 1964 Bez of Happy Mondays is born Mark Berry in Lancashire, England. A founding member and mainstay in the group, his role is dancing on stage and shaking maracas to create a vibe.
April 17, 1964 Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan is born James Herbert Keenan in Ravenna, Ohio.
April 16, 1964 David Pirner (frontman of Soul Asylum) is born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
April 14, 1964 UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore is born in New Castle, Delaware.
April 12, 1964 Folk singer-songwriter Amy Ray (of Indigo Girls) is born in Decatur, Georgia.
April 8, 1964 Rapper Biz Markie is born Marcel Theo Hall in New Jersey.
April 5, 1964 Rapper Christopher "Kid" Reid (Kid 'N Play) is born in The Bronx, New York City.
March 30, 1964 Tracy Chapman is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
March 27, 1964 Derrick McKenzie (drummer for Jamiroquai) is born in London, England.
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