Music History Events: Births
June 27, 1959 Country singer Lorrie Morgan is born Loretta Lynn Morgan in Nashville, Tennessee. Her dad is country singer George Morgan.
June 26, 1959 Stef Burns, who in 2001 replaces Chris Hayes as guitarist for Huey Lewis & the News, is born in Oakland, California.
June 26, 1959 Berlin lead singer Terri Nunn is born in Los Angeles. She's a teen actress before joining the band, and turns down a role on the series Dallas so she can pursue music. [Some sources list her birthdate as June 26, 1961.]
June 24, 1959 Andy McCluskey (vocalist, bass guitarist for OMD) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.
June 22, 1959 Alan Anton (bassist for Cowboy Junkies) is born in Montreal, Canada.
June 21, 1959 Country singer Kathy Mattea, known for chart-toppers like 1988's "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses," is born in South Charleston, West Virginia.
June 12, 1959 John Linnell of They Might Be Giants is born in New York City.
June 1, 1959 Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode is born in London.
May 22, 1959 Morrissey is born Steven Patrick Morrissey in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England. From 1982-1987 he fronts The Smiths, earning a reputation for gloom with songs like "How Soon Is Now?" and "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now." His solo career continues that theme and is even more successful as he extends his fanbase to America.
May 20, 1959 Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills) is born in Canton, Ohio, the youngest member and only daughter of the Cowsill family.
May 17, 1959 Paul Di'Anno, Iron Maiden's lead singer on their first two albums, is born in London, England. He's beloved by fans but clashes with group leader Steve Harris, leading to his departure in 1981, when he's replaced by Bruce Dickinson.
May 12, 1959 Ray Gillen (of Black Sabbath, Badlands) is born in New York City, but raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
May 5, 1959 Ian McCulloch (frontman for Echo & The Bunnymen) is born in Liverpool, England.
May 4, 1959 Country singer Randy Travis is born Randy Bruce Traywick in Marshville, North Carolina. It takes while for him to get a record deal, but when he does, he's off to the races, with 15 #1 Country hits from 1986-1994.
May 3, 1959 David Ball is born in Blackpool, England. Best known as half of the duo Soft Cell, he helps shape the sound of British electronic music, sticking with analog synthesizers as digital machines become the norm.
April 27, 1959 Sheena Easton is born in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of six children. She wins the Best New Artist Grammy in 1981 and has a string of hits that decade, including "Morning Train (Nine To Five)" and the Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only."
April 21, 1959 Robert Smith of The Cure is born in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.
April 21, 1959 Alt rocker Michael Timmins (guitarist for Cowboy Junkies) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
April 10, 1959 R&B singer-songwriter Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
March 31, 1959 Robert Holmes (guitarist for 'Til Tuesday) is born in England.
March 27, 1959 Keyboard player Andrew Farriss, who forms INXS along with his brothers, Tim and Jon, is born in Perth, Western Australia. He and lead singer Michael Hutchence team up to write most of the group's songs.
March 23, 1959 Kevin Godfrey is born in Surrey, England. Taking the name "Epic Soundtracks," he forms the group Swell Maps and plays drums in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls.
March 17, 1959 Mike Lindup (keyboardist, singer for Level 42) is born in London, England.
March 16, 1959 Flavor Flav is born William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. He becomes a rapper with Public Enemy and also a reality TV star.
February 27, 1959 Johnny Van Zant is born in Jacksonville, Flordia. He performs and records with the Johnny Van Zant Band and as a solo artist, but is best known for succeeding his deceased brother Ronnie Van Zant as frontman for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987.
February 27, 1959 Jerry Lee Lewis and his third wife (and first cousin once removed) Myra have a son, Steve Allen Lewis, who is named after the TV host. The boy dies in a swimming pool accident three years later.
February 25, 1959 Mike Peters (lead singer for The Alarm) is born in Prestatyn, Wales.
February 15, 1959 Ali Campbell (lead singer of UB40) is born in Birmingham, England, to Scottish folk singer Ian Campbell.
February 10, 1959 Country singer Lionel Cartwright is born in Gallipolis, Ohio, but is raised in Glen Dale, West Virginia.
February 7, 1959 Brian Travers (saxophonist for UB40) is born in Birmingham, England.
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