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Music History Events: Births

September 27, 1952 Bassist Robbie Shakespeare (of Sly and Robbie) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

September 18, 1952 Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones bassist/songwriter) is born Douglas Glenn Colvin in Fort Lee, Virginia; he's raised in Berlin, Germany.

September 13, 1952 Rocker Don Was is born Donald Fagenson in Detroit, Michigan.

September 12, 1952 Neil Peart is born near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1974, he joins Rush, becoming both their drummer and lyricist.

September 12, 1952 Folk rocker Gerry Beckley (of America) is born in Fort Worth, Texas.

September 9, 1952 Dave Stewart, who forms Eurythmics with Annie Lennox in 1980, is born in Sunderland, England. A relentless collaborator, he co-writes songs for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ("Don't Come Around Here No More"), Celine Dion ("Taking Chances"), Mick Jagger ("Old Habits Die Hard") and many others.

September 4, 1952 Martin Chambers (drummer for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, England.

September 3, 1952 Leroy Smith (keyboardist for Sweet Sensation) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

August 26, 1952 Rock guitarist Billy Rush (of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) is born.

August 25, 1952 Geoff Downes (keyboard player/songwriter for Asia and Yes) is born Stockport, Cheshire, England.

August 21, 1952 Rock bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (of Deep Purple) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. He has a brief stint as Black Sabbath's frontman in the mid-'80s.

August 20, 1952 Folk rocker John Hiatt is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

August 20, 1952 Country singer/guitarist Rudy Gatlin (of The Gatlin Brothers) is born in Olney, Texas.

August 20, 1952 Doug Fieger (lead singer for The Knack) is born in Oak Park, Michigan.

August 4, 1952 Maire Ni Bhraonian aka Moya Brennan (of the Celtic band Clannad) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

July 23, 1952 Jazz singer Janis Siegel (of The Manhattan Transfer) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

July 19, 1952 Allen Collins (guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born Larkin Allen Collins Jr. in Jacksonville, Florida.

July 17, 1952 Pop-turned-country singer Nicolette Larson is born in Helena, Montana.

July 17, 1952 Chet McCracken (drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Seattle, Washington.

July 16, 1952 Stewart Copeland is born in Alexandria, Virginia. He spends his youth in Lebanon and then England. After moving back to the States to attend college, he returns to the UK to play drums for Curved Air and then The Police.

July 15, 1952 Jeff Carlisi (guitarist for .38 Special) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

July 15, 1952 Johnny Thunders (of New York Dolls) is born John Anthony Genzale Jr. in Queens, New York.

July 15, 1952 David Pack (frontman for Ambrosia) is born in Huntington Park, California.

July 14, 1952 Chris Cross (bass guitarist for Ultravox) is born in Tottenham, London, England.

July 12, 1952 Liz Mitchell (lead singer of Boney M.) is born in Clarendon, Jamaica.

July 12, 1952 Philip Taylor Kramer (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.

July 4, 1952 John Waite (lead vocalist, bass guitarist of The Babys and lead vocalist of Bad English) is born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

July 3, 1952 Bass guitarist/vocalist Andy Fraser (of Free) is born in Paddington, London, England.

July 2, 1952 Johnny Colla, who plays guitar and saxophone for Huey Lewis & the News and also assists with songwriting, is born in Sacramento, California.

July 1, 1952 Dan Aykroyd is born in Ottawa. What's he doing on a music history calendar? He formed The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and also appeared on "We Are The World."