Music History Events: Births
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."
June 25, 1952 Tim Finn (of Crowded House) is born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He forms the Finn Brothers with Crowded House bandmate and brother Neil Finn.
June 21, 1952 Marcy Levy is born in Detrot. She co-writes and sings on Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally," and using the name Marcella Detroit, forms the duo Shakespears Sister with Siobhan Fahey (ex-Bananarama). Levy's year of birth is often incorrectly listed as 1959.
June 16, 1952 Gino Vannelli is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
June 11, 1952 Donnie Van Zant (guitarist, vocalist for .38 Special, Van Zant) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 5, 1952 Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is born Michael Henry McBrain outside of London, England.
June 3, 1952 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.
June 2, 1952 Pete Farndon (bassist for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, England.
June 1, 1952 Punk rock guitarist John Ellis (of The Vibrators) is born in Kentish Town, London, England.
May 31, 1952 Karl Bartos (of Kraftwerk) is born in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
May 23, 1952 Rock guitarist Jim Mankey (of Concrete Blonde) is born in Washington.
May 19, 1952 '70s funk singer Barbara Joyce Lomas (of B.T. Express) is born in Bessemer, Alabama.
May 17, 1952 Roy Adams (drummer for The Climax Blues Band) is born in Birmingham, England.
May 14, 1952 Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.
May 10, 1952 Reggae drummer Sly Dunbar (of Sly & Robbie) is born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston, Jamaica.
April 28, 1952 Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth is born in Rochester, New York. She is raised in Los Angeles, California.
April 23, 1952 Narada Michael Walden, a producer who helped stage Aretha Franklin's comeback in the '80s, is born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
April 4, 1952 Blues guitarist Gary Moore (of Thin Lizzy) is born Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
April 4, 1952 Dave Hill (guitarist for Slade) is born in Holbeton, Devon, England.
April 2, 1952 Dave Bronze (bass guitarist for Procol Harum) is born in Billericay, Essex, England.
April 2, 1952 Leon Wilkeson (bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.
March 7, 1952 Ernie Isley (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 5, 1952 Alan Clark (keyboardist for Dire Straits) is born in Great Lumley, England.
February 23, 1952 Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford is born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
February 18, 1952 Pop/country singer Juice Newton is born Judy Kay Newton in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
February 16, 1952 James Ingram is born in Akron, Ohio.
February 13, 1952 Ed Gagliardi (original bass player for Foreigner) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
February 12, 1952 Michael McDonald is born outside of St. Louis. As a solo artist, his hits include "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" and "Sweet Freedom," but his voice is also heard on songs he records with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, as well as hundreds of other appearances as a backup singer.
February 4, 1952 Jerry Shirley (drummer for Humble Pie) is born in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England.
January 30, 1952 Steve Bartek (lead guitarist for Oingo Boingo) is born in Garfield Heights, Ohio.
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