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Music History Events: Births

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) 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.

May 29, 1955 Mike Porcaro, who will replace David Hungate as bassist for Toto, is born in Windsor, Connecticut.

May 22, 1955 Jerry Dammers (keyboardist for The Specials) is born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, South India.

May 22, 1955 John Grimaldi (guitarist for Argent) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

May 21, 1955 Stan Lynch (original drummer for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

May 20, 1955 Steve George (keyboardist for Mr. Mister) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.

May 16, 1955 New wave singer-songwriter Hazel O'Connor is born in Coventry, England.

May 12, 1955 Kix Brooks (of Brooks & Dunn) is born Leon Eric Brooks in Shreveport, Louisiana.

May 11, 1955 Drummer Mark Herndon (of Alabama) is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

May 11, 1955 Electronic musician Jonathan "J.J." Jeczalik (of The Art of Noise) is born in Banbury, England.

May 7, 1955 Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle is born in Manchester, England. Starting with their groundbreaking indie EP Spiral Scratch, he's in every lineup of the pop-punk trailblazers, taking over on vocals after frontman Pete Shelley dies in 2018.

April 28, 1955 Eddie Jobson, violinist and synth player for Curved Air, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Jethro Tull and Yes, is born in Billingham, England.

April 25, 1955 David Sikes (bass player for Boston, Giuffria) is born near Cambridge, England, but will be raised in California.