Music History Events: Births
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.
November 8, 1961 Leif Garrett is born Leif Per Nervik in Hollywood, California.
November 5, 1961 Counting Crows guitarist David Bryson is born in California.
October 31, 1961 U2 drummer Larry Mullen is born in Artane, Dublin, Ireland.
October 29, 1961 Randy Jackson (of The Jackson 5) is born Steven Randall Jackson in Gary, Indiana. As the ninth child, he's both the youngest Jackson brother and youngest child in the family until baby sister Janet is born in 1966.
October 25, 1961 Chad Smith (drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born Chadwick Gaylord Smith in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
October 18, 1961 Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter, composer and teacher, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Blood on the Fields, a three-and-a-half hour jazz oratorio telling the story of a couple finding freedom from slavery.
October 10, 1961 Martin Kemp (bassist for Spandau Ballet) is born in Islington, London, England. Also known for his role as Steve Owen on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
October 9, 1961 Kurt Neumann (singer, songwriter and guitarist for The BoDeans) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
October 4, 1961 Latin pop singer Jon Secada is born Juan Francisco Secada Ramirez in Havana, Cuba, but would be raised in Hialeah, Florida.
September 26, 1961 Cindy Herron (of En Vogue) is born in San Francisco, California.
September 13, 1961 Dave Mustaine is born in La Mesa, California. The first lead guitarist in Metallica, he's fired from the band because of drug use in 1983 before their debut album is released, but he has writing credits on four of the tracks. Soon after, he forms Megadeth, becoming their frontman and main songwriter.
August 24, 1961 Mark Bedford (bass guitarist for Madness) is born in Islington, London, England.
August 23, 1961 Dean DeLeo (guitarist for Stone Temple Pilots) is born in Newark, New Jersey.
August 22, 1961 Bangles drummer Debbi Peterson is born in Los Angeles.
August 22, 1961 Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
August 12, 1961 Roy Hay (guitarist/keyboardist for Culture Club) is born in Southend, Essex, England.
August 10, 1961 INXS drummer Jon Farriss is born in Perth, Western Australia. His brothers Tim and Andrew are also in the band.
August 8, 1961 David Evans is born in East London. He later becomes The Edge as a member of U2.
August 8, 1961 Rikki Rocket (drummer for Poison) is born Richard Allan Ream in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
August 5, 1961 Themetta Suggs gives birth to Chuck Berry's second child, Chuck Berry Jr.
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