Pick a Day

Music History Events: Births

February 3, 1959 Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst of The Cure is born in Horley, Surrey, England. A founding member, he starts out on drums, then moves to keyboards before he is sacked by Robert Smith in 1989.

January 30, 1959 Jody Watley is born in Chicago, Illinois.

January 23, 1959 Earl Falconer (bass player for UB40) is born in Meriden, Warwickshire, England.

January 16, 1959 Sade is born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria. She moves to England with her mother when she's 4, and after studying fashion design in London, she forms the band Sade in 1982. Their first album, Diamond Life, is released in 1984 and includes the hit "Smooth Operator."

January 14, 1959 Geoff Tate (lead singer for Queensryche) is born in Stuttgart, West Germany.

January 14, 1959 Chas Smash (of Madness) is born Cathal Joseph Smyth in London, England.

January 12, 1959 Per Gessle of Roxette is born in Sweden.

January 6, 1959 Kathy Sledge (of Sister Sledge) rounds out the R&B group when she's born the youngest of the five sisters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

January 6, 1959 Neil Simpson (bass player for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England. At age four, he receives a toy guitar featuring a picture of The Beatles.

December 23, 1958 Folk rocker Victoria Williams, known for "Crazy Mary" and "Century Plant," is born in Shreveport, Louisiana.

December 19, 1958 Pop singer Limahl (lead singer of Kajagoogoo) is born Christopher Hamill in Pemberton, Wigan, England.

December 17, 1958 Mike Mills (bassist, keyboardist for R.E.M.) is born in Orange County, California. He meets future bandmate Bill Berry when he moves to Macon, Georgia, at age 10.

December 14, 1958 Peter "Spider" Stacy (vocalist, tin whistler The Pogues) is born in Eastbourne, London, England.

December 14, 1958 Mike Scott (lead singer for The Waterboys) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

December 11, 1958 Mötley Crüe bass player Nikki Sixx is born Frank Feranna Jr. in San Jose, California. He's the main songwriter in the band; all of their hits (excluding their cover of "Smokin' In The Boy's Room") he writes either on his own or with other members of the group.

December 9, 1958 Nick Seymour (bass guitarist for Crowded House) is born in Benalla, Victoria, Australia.

December 7, 1958 Tim Butler (bassist for The Psychedelic Furs) is born in Teddington, Middlesex, England.

November 30, 1958 Pop singer Stacey Q, known for the 1986 hit "Two of Hearts," is born Stacey Lynn Swain in Fullerton, California. She picks up her stage name as a member of the synthpop band Q, who borrowed its name from the James Bond tech scientist.

November 29, 1958 Michael Dempsey, original bassist for The Cure, is born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, but is raised in England.

November 18, 1958 Michael Ramos (keyboardist, accordionist for the BoDeans) is born.

November 16, 1958 Harry Rushakoff (original drummer for Concrete Blonde) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

October 28, 1958 William Reid (guitarist for The Jesus and Mary Chain) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

October 20, 1958 Mark King (lead singer, bassist for Level 42) is born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.

October 17, 1958 Country singer Alan Jackson is born in Newnan, Georgia. He holds down blue-collar jobs while writing songs and playing in bands at night and on weekends. In 1989, he becomes the first country artist signed to Arista Records.

October 14, 1958 New wave/synthpop singer Thomas Dolby is born Thomas Morgan Robertson in London, England.

October 10, 1958 Country singer Tanya Tucker is born in Seminole, Texas. Known for '70s hits like "What's Your Mama's Name" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down."

October 4, 1958 Barbara K. MacDonald (of Timbuk3) is born in Wausau, Wisconsin.

September 27, 1958 Pop singer/actor Shaun Cassidy is born in Los Angeles, California. Although he doesn't join The Partridge Family cast with mom Shirley Jones and half-brother David Cassidy, he stars on The Hardy Boys Mysteries and lands a trio of Top 10 hits in 1977 - including the chart-topper "Da Doo Ron Ron."

September 19, 1958 Lita Ford is born in London. She joins the all-female rock group The Runaways as a teenager and has a hit with "Kiss Me Deadly" in 1988.

September 10, 1958 Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama and Shakespears Sister is born in Dublin, Ireland.