Music History Events: Births
April 27, 1951 Ace Frehley of Kiss is born Paul Frehley in the Bronx, New York. The lead guitarist in the group from 1973-1982 and again from 1996-2002, his persona is the Spaceman.
April 22, 1951 Pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics) is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
April 21, 1951 Nickey Barclay (keyboardist for Fanny) is born.
April 20, 1951 R&B singer Luther Vandross is born in New York City.
April 13, 1951 Drummer Max Weinberg (of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Newark, New Jersey.
April 13, 1951 R&B singer Peabo Bryson is born Robert Peapo Bryson in South Carolina.
April 8, 1951 Rock bassist Mel Schacher (of Grand Funk Railroad, ? & the Mysterians) is born in Owosso, Michigan.
April 7, 1951 Janis Ian is born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City (but will be raised in New Jersey). She writes her first song at age 12 and completes her first hit, "Society's Child," at 14.
April 7, 1951 Bruce Gary (drummer for The Knack) is born in Burbank, California.
April 5, 1951 Everett Morton (drummer for The English Beat) is born in the West Indies.
April 4, 1951 Country musician Steve Gatlin (of The Gatlin Brothers) is born in Olney, Texas.
March 24, 1951 Dougie Thomson (bassist for Supertramp) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
March 23, 1951 Contemporary Christian musician Phil Keaggy is born in Youngstown, Ohio.
March 21, 1951 Conrad Lozano (bass player for Los Lobos) is born in Los Angeles, California.
March 21, 1951 Soul singer Russell Thompkins, Jr. (of The Stylistics) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
March 20, 1951 Blues rocker Jimmie Vaughan (of Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Dallas, Texas. His younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, is born in 1954.
March 19, 1951 Derek Longmuir (drummer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
March 17, 1951 Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy, Supertramp) is born in Glendale, California.
March 14, 1951 Spanish entertainer Charo is born with a much longer moniker: María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza.
March 11, 1951 Katie Kissoon (of the pop duo Mac & Katie Kissoon) is born Katherine Farthing in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
March 9, 1951 Frank Rodriguez, the keyboard player who comes up with the famous riff on "96 Tears" for ? and the Mysterians, is born in Bay City, Michigan.
March 4, 1951 Chris Rea is born in Middlesbrough, England.
March 4, 1951 Rocker Pete Haycock (lead guitarist, vocalist for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.
February 21, 1951 Vince Welnick (keyboardist for The Tubes, Grateful Dead) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.
February 20, 1951 Randy California of the band Spirit is born in Los Angeles. Born Randy Craig Wolfe, he writes and performs the guitar instrumental "Taurus," which becomes the subject of a lawsuit claiming Led Zeppelin incorporated it into the intro of "Stairway To Heaven."
February 20, 1951 Kathie Baillie, lead singer and guitarist of the country band Baillie & the Boys, is born in Morristown, New Jersey.
February 15, 1951 Melissa Manchester is born in the Bronx, New York.
February 14, 1951 Simple Minds drummer Kenny Hyslop is born in Helensburgh, Scotland.
February 13, 1951 Singer/actor David Naughton is born in West Hartford, Connecticut.
February 9, 1951 Dennis "DT" Thomas (alto saxophonist Kool & the Gang) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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