Music History Events: Births
May 31, 1962 Pop singer Corey Hart is born in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
May 22, 1962 Jesse Valenzuela (original vocalist, then guitarist for Gin Blossoms) is born.
May 19, 1962 Iain Harvie (guitarist for Del Amitri) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 14, 1962 C.C. DeVille (of Poison) is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in Brooklyn, New York.
May 14, 1962 Ian Astbury (lead vocalist for The Cult) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.
May 12, 1962 Bad Religion founder Brett Gurewitz is born in Los Angeles, California.
May 9, 1962 David Gahan (lead singer for Depeche Mode) is born in Epping, Essex, England.
May 5, 1962 Kevin Mooney (bass player for Adam & The Ants) is born in Greenwich, London, England.
April 16, 1962 Punk rocker Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat, Fugazi) is born in Washington, DC.
April 13, 1962 Hillel Slovak (original guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Haifa, Israel, to parents who are Holocaust survivors.
April 12, 1962 Alt rocker Art Alexakis (frontman of Everclear) is born in Los Angeles, California.
April 8, 1962 Guitarist Izzy Stradlin, a founding member of Guns N' Roses, is born Jeffrey Dean Isbell in Lafayette, Indiana.
April 4, 1962 Craig Adams (bass guitarist for The Cult) is born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England.
March 18, 1962 Irene Cara is born Irene Cara Escalera in The Bronx, New York.
March 15, 1962 Terence Trent D'Arby is born in Manhattan, New York. He lands a bit hit with "Wishing Well" in 1987, and in 2001 he changes his name to Sananda Maitreya.
March 7, 1962 Taylor Dayne is born Leslie Wunderman. She took her stage name when she released her hit single "Tell It To My Heart."
March 5, 1962 Craig Reid & Charlie Reid (of The Proclaimers) are born in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
February 24, 1962 Alternative folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked is born Karen Michelle Johnston in Dallas, Texas. She borrows her stage name from the term "shell shocked."
February 23, 1962 Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton is born San Francisco.
February 7, 1962 David Bryan (keyboardist for Bon Jovi) is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
February 4, 1962 Country singer Clint Black is born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
January 29, 1962 Marcus Vere (of Living In A Box) is born in the UK.
January 16, 1962 Paul Webb (bassist for Talk Talk) is born in Essex, England.
January 16, 1962 Maxine Jones (of En Vogue) is born in Paterson, New Jersey.
January 13, 1962 Country singer Trace Adkins is born in Sarepta, Louisiana. His many hits include "You're Gonna Miss This" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."
January 4, 1962 Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins is born in Grangemouth, Scotland.
December 28, 1961 Jazz singer-songwriter Christine Collister is born on the Isle of Man in the UK.
December 17, 1961 Sarah Dallin (of Bananarama) is born in Bristol, England.
December 6, 1961 David Lovering (drummer for the Pixies) is born in Burlington, Massachusetts.
December 6, 1961 Keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who is on tour with Smashing Pumpkins when he dies of a drug overdose in 1996, is born in Los Angeles. He is the brother of Wendy Melvoin of Wendy & Lisa.
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