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Music History Events: Births

March 2, 1956 John Cowsill (of The Cowsills) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.

February 19, 1956 Dave Wakeling of General Public and The English Beat is born in Birmingham, England.

February 13, 1956 Peter Hook (bassist for New Order) is born Peter Woodhead in Broughton, Salford, England.

February 3, 1956 Lee Ranaldo (guitarist for Sonic Youth) is born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York.

January 31, 1956 John Lydon is born in London. As Johnny Rotten, he fronts The Sex Pistols, a band that helps define British punk. When they break up in 1978 he forms Public Image Ltd., known for their songs "Rise" and "This Is Not a Love Song."

January 25, 1956 Andy Cox (guitarist for Fine Young Cannibals) is born in Birmingham, England.

January 21, 1956 Rob Brill (drummer for Berlin) is born in California.

January 18, 1956 Tom Bailey (lead vocalist for Thompson Twins) is born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

January 17, 1956 Paul Young ("Everytime You Go Away") is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

January 11, 1956 Robert Earl Keen, an Americana singer-songwriter known for story songs like "The Road Goes on Forever" and "Gringo Honeymoon," is born in Houston, Texas.

January 10, 1956 Folk singer Shawn Colvin is born in South Dakota. Her song "Sunny Came Home" (about a woman who burns her house down) wins the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1998.

January 4, 1956 Bernard Sumner of New Order is born in Manchester, England.

December 15, 1955 Paul Simonon (bassist for The Clash) is born in Thornton Heath, Croydon, England.

December 6, 1955 Rick Buckler (drummer for The Jam) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.

November 24, 1955 Drummer Clement Burke (aka Elvis Ramone) (of the Ramones, Blondie) is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

November 21, 1955 Peter Koppes (guitarist for The Church) is born in Canberra, Australia.

November 15, 1955 Joe Leeway (of Thompson Twins) is born in Islington, London, England.

November 12, 1955 Les McKeown (lead singer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

October 29, 1955 Kevin DuBrow (lead singer of Quiet Riot) is born in Los Angeles, California.

October 29, 1955 Roger O'Donnell (keyboardist for The Cure) is born in London, England.

October 25, 1955 Matthias Jabs (guitarist for Scorpions) is born in Hannover, Germany.

October 19, 1955 Nino DeFranco (of The DeFranco Family) is born in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.

October 2, 1955 Philip Oakey (frontman for The Human League) is born in Oadby, Leicestershire, England.

September 26, 1955 Carlene Carter is born Rebecca Carlene Smith to June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith, in Nashville, Tennessee.

September 25, 1955 Zucchero is born Adelmo Fornaciari in Roncocesi, a small village near Reggio Emilia, Italy.

September 14, 1955 Keyboardist/saxophonist Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

September 3, 1955 Steve Jones (lead guitarist for The Sex Pistols) is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

August 31, 1955 Folk rocker Anthony Thistlethwaite (of The Waterboys) is born in Lutterworth, England.

August 24, 1955 R&B singer Jeffrey Daniel (of Shalamar) is born in Los Angeles, California.

August 17, 1955 Colin Moulding (bassist for XTC) is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.