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Music History Events: Births

March 26, 1953 Billy Lyall (keyboardist for Bay City Rollers, Pilot) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

March 23, 1953 Chaka Khan (of Rufus) is born Yvette Marie Stevens in Chicago, Illinois.

March 21, 1953 Robert Johnson (drummer for KC & The Sunshine Band) is born.

March 8, 1953 Gayla Peevey is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She becomes famous at 10 years old when she records the novelty tune "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas."

March 4, 1953 Emilio Estefan is born in Cuba; he moves to Miami as a teenager. In 1977 Gloria Fajardo (also Cuban-born) joins his group Miami Sound Machine. A year later they get married, and after building a huge following in the South Florida Latin scene, they break through in 1985 with the hits "Conga" and "Words Get In The Way." Gloria Estfan goes solo in 1989 with Emilio her producer and manager.

March 3, 1953 Robyn Hitchcock is born in London, England. His father is novelist Raymond Hitchcock.

February 22, 1953 John B. Sparks (bass guitarist for Dr. Feelgood) is born in England.

February 18, 1953 Robbie Bachman (original drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

February 18, 1953 Little River Band drummer Derek Pellicci is born in London.

January 29, 1953 Louie Perez (drummer, lyricist for Los Lobos) is born in Los Angeles, California.

January 26, 1953 Lucinda Williams is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

January 24, 1953 Pop singer-songwriter Matthew Wilder is born Matthew Weiner in Manhattan, New York.

January 23, 1953 Robin Zander (lead singer of Cheap Trick) is born in Beloit, Wisconsin.

January 19, 1953 Desi Arnaz Jr. is born to Hollywood powercouple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, stars of the wildly popular sitcom I Love Lucy. The birth is a pop culture milestone as the couple's fictional counterparts, Lucy and Ricky, welcome "Little Ricky" at the same time (a smart, but controversial, decision to write Ball's pregnancy into the show). Shortly after, Desi Jr. appears on the very first cover of TV Guide. He goes on to form a band with Dean Martin's son Dean Paul and schoolmate Billy Hinsche (Dino, Desi & Billy).

January 18, 1953 Brett Hudson is born in Portland, Oregon, the youngest in The Hudson Brothers lineup.

January 6, 1953 Malcolm Mitchell Young (guitarist for AC/DC) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

December 27, 1952 Guitarist David Knopfler is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Along with his older brother Mark, he forms Dire Straits in 1977, but leaves the band after their second album in 1980 to launch a solo career.

December 10, 1952 Susan Dey (of The Partridge Family) is born in Pekin, Illinois. She has no previous acting experience when she lands her first TV role as Laurie Partridge in 1970.

December 3, 1952 Duane Roland (Molly Hatchet guitarist) is born in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

November 21, 1952 Judy Garland gives birth to her second child, baby girl Lorna Luft. The father is Garland's third husband, Sid Luft.

November 18, 1952 John Parr is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

November 17, 1952 Dean Paul Martin (of Dino, Desi and Billy) is born to Dean Martin and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger.

November 15, 1952 Michael Cooper (lead singer, guitarist for Con Funk Shun) is born in Vallejo, California. Known for '70s R&B hits like "Ffun," "Shake and Dance with Me," and "Chase Me," to name a few.

November 11, 1952 Paul Cowsill (of The Cowsills) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia.

November 2, 1952 Maxine Nightingale is born in Wembley, London, England.

October 31, 1952 Bernard Edwards (bassist, songwriter for Chic) is born in Greenville, North Carolina.

October 26, 1952 David Was (of Was (Not Was)) is born David Weiss in Detroit, Michigan.

October 21, 1952 Brent Mydland (fourth keyboardist for Grateful Dead) is born in Munich, Germany. He is raised in San Francisco, and Antioch, California.

October 8, 1952 Cliff Adams, the trombone player for Kool & The Gang (that's his solo on "Joanna"), is born in Trenton, New Jersey.

September 30, 1952 John Lombardo (guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs) is born in Jamestown, New York.