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Music History Events: Births

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.

August 2, 1955 Butch Vig is born in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He produces Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind and forms the band Garbage in 1993.

July 21, 1955 Howie Epstein, bassist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers from 1982 to 2002, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

July 21, 1955 Swing entertainer Taco is born Taco Ockerse in Jakarta, Indonesia.

July 18, 1955 Terry Chambers (drummer for XTC) is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

June 26, 1955 Mick Jones (lead guitarist, vocalist of The Clash) is born in Wandsworth, London, England.

June 13, 1955 Jorge Santana (guitarist for Malo), younger brother of Carlos Santana, is born in Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico.

June 7, 1955 Joey Scarbury is born in Ontario, California. Known for the 1981 hit "Believe It or Not," the theme from the popular TV series The Greatest American Hero.

June 2, 1955 Michael Steele (bass guitarist for The Bangles) is born Susan Nancy Thomas in Pasadena, California. She is an early member of The Runaways, an all-girl punk rock group.

May 30, 1955 Topper Headon (drummer for The Clash) is born Nicholas Bowen Headon in Bromley, Kent, England. His nickname comes from the comic Topper because he looks like the character Mickey the Monkey.