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Music History Events: Births

June 21, 1957 Mark Brzezicki (drummer for Big Country) is born in Slough, Berkshire, England.

June 13, 1957 Rolf Brendel (drummer for Nena) is born in Hagen, Germany.

May 27, 1957 Eddie Harsch, keyboard player for The Black Crowes from 1992-2006, is born Edward Hawrysch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He dies in 2006 at 59.

May 27, 1957 Siouxsie Sioux (lead singer for Siouxsie and the Banshees) is born Susan Janet Ballion in London, England.

May 18, 1957 Electronic musician Michael Cretu (of Enigma) is born in Bucharest, Romania.

May 10, 1957 Sid Vicious (bassist for The Sex Pistols) is born John Simon Ritchie in Lewisham, London, England.

April 29, 1957 Great White guitarist Mark Kendall is born in Loma Linda, California. A primary songwriter in the band, he keeps it going in the 2010s and 2020s when it competes with Jack Russell's Great White, the offshoot led by the group's longtime frontman.

April 24, 1957 Boris Williams (drummer for The Cure) is born in Versailles, France.

April 13, 1957 R&B keyboardist Wayne Lewis (of Atlantic Starr) is born in White Plains, New York.

April 12, 1957 Country singer Vince Gill is born in Norman, Oklahoma.

April 11, 1957 Jim Lauderdale is born in Trautman, North Carolina. The Americana icon earns a reputation as a songwriter's songwriter in Nashville, where he writes popular songs for George Strait ("The King Of Broken Hearts"), Patty Loveless ("Halfway Down"), Vince Gill ("Sparkle"), and The Chicks ("Hole In My Head"), in addition to recording his own material. His longtime partnership with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter results in over 100 songs, including "Memory," a ballad completed mere months before Hunter's death.

April 10, 1957 Bass guitarist Steve Gustafson (of 10,000 Maniacs) is born in Seville, Spain.

March 22, 1957 R&B singer Stephanie Mills is born in New York City. Her first hit is "Home," from the Broadway musical The Wiz. Mills plays Dorothy in the show's original run from 1975-1977.

March 21, 1957 Sean Dickson (lead singer for The Soup Dragons) is born in Scotland.

March 12, 1957 Marlon Jackson of The Jackson 5, is born in Gary, Indiana. His twin brother, Brandon, dies less than 24 hours later.

March 11, 1957 Cheryl Lynn ("Got To Be Real") is born Lynda Cheryl Smith in Los Angeles, California.

February 28, 1957 Cindy Wilson is born in Athens, Georgia, where along with her brother Ricky and three other friends, she forms The B-52s. On "Love Shack," she belts out one of the most famous (and misheard) lyrics of all-time: "tin roof, rusted!"

February 28, 1957 Phil Gould (drummer for Level 42) is born in Hong Kong, but raised on England's Isle of Wight.

February 28, 1957 Ian Stanley (original keyboardist for Tears For Fears) is born in High Wycombe, England.

February 25, 1957 Dennis Diken (drummer for The Smithereens) is born in Belleville, New Jersey.

February 13, 1957 Tony Butler (bassist for Big Country) is born in Shepherd's Bush, London, England.

February 6, 1957 Simon Phillips (drummer for Toto) is born in London, England.

January 19, 1957 Mickey Virtue (keyboardist for UB40) is born in Birmingham, England.

January 4, 1957 Patty Loveless is born Patty Lee Ramey in Pikeville, Kentucky. Her professional surname takes inspiration from her former married name, Lovelace.

December 30, 1956 Country singer Suzy Bogguss is born in Aledo, Illinois. She starts her career in 1985 by performing at a Tennessee amusement park called Silver Dollar City, soon-to-be renamed Dollywood.

December 23, 1956 Dave Murray (guitarist for Iron Maiden) is born in Edmonton, London, England.

December 8, 1956 Warren Cuccurullo is born in Brooklyn, New York. He joins Duran Duran in 1985 to replace guitarist Andy Taylor. He learned of the vacancy while working on Taylor's solo album - before the rest of the band had been informed.

December 6, 1956 Guitarist Randy Rhoads is born in Santa Monica, California. An early member of Quiet Riot, he makes his biggest impact as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, supplying the electrifying riffs on songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley." He dies at 25 in an airplane accident.

December 6, 1956 Peter Buck (lead guitarist for R.E.M.) is born in Berkeley, California. While attending the University of Georgia, he works at Wuxtry Records and meets future bandmate Michael Stipe.

December 1, 1956 Julee Cruise is born in Creston, Iowa. The singer-songwriter writes the iconic theme ("Falling") to the cult TV series Twin Peaks.