Music History Events: Births
June 30, 1953 Hal Lindes (guitarist for Dire Straits from 1980-1985) is born in Monterey, California.
June 29, 1953 Men at Work frontman Colin Hay is born in Kilwinning, Scotland. He moves Down Under with his family when he's 14.
June 12, 1953 Rock and roll singer Rocky Burnette, son of rock and roll pioneer Johnny Burnette, is born Jonathan Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee.
June 8, 1953 Bonnie Tyler is born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, Neath, Wales. Her distinctive rasp heard on hits like "It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" develops after surgery to remove nodules on her vocal cords.
June 8, 1953 Jeff "Worzel" Rich (drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band) is born in Hackney, London, England.
June 7, 1953 South African musician Johnny Clegg (of Johnny Clegg & Juluka) is born in Bacup, Lancashire, England. He moves to South Africa at six years old.
June 4, 1953 Jimmy McCulloch (guitarist for Thunderclap Newman, lead guitarist, bassist for Wings) is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.
June 1, 1953 Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn is born Ronald Gene Dunn in Coleman, Texas.
May 29, 1953 Danny Elfman (lead singer-songwriter for Oingo Boingo) is born in Los Angeles, California. Also an award-winning film composer, he is known for his work on Batman (1989) and the TV series Desperate Housewives.
May 23, 1953 Rick Fenn (guitarist for 10cc) is born in England.
May 17, 1953 George "Lightnin' Licks" Johnson, guitarist in The Brothers Johnson, is born in Los Angeles.
May 16, 1953 Richard Page (lead singer of Mr. Mister) is born in Keokuk, Iowa.
May 15, 1953 Rock composer Mike Oldfield is born in Reading, Berkshire, England.
May 9, 1953 John "Rhino" Edwards (bass guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Chiswick, London, England.
May 8, 1953 Billy Burnette (guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) is born Dorsey William Burnette III in Memphis, Tennessee.
May 8, 1953 Drummer Alex Van Halen, who along with his younger brother Eddie forms Van Halen, is born in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
May 3, 1953 Bruce Hall (bassist for REO Speedwagon) is born in Champaign, Illinois.
April 30, 1953 Merrill Osmond (of The Osmonds) is born in Ogden, Utah.
April 19, 1953 Rock drummer Rod Morgenstein (of Winger) is born in New York.
April 6, 1953 Christopher Franke (of the electronic group Tangerine Dream) is born in Berlin, Germany.
March 31, 1953 Sean Hopper (keyboardist for Huey Lewis & the News) is born in San Francisco, California.
March 27, 1953 Rock guitarist Wally Stocker (of The Babys, Air Supply and Humble Pie) is born in London, England.
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.
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