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Music History Events: Births

February 4, 1951 Phil Ehart (drummer for Kansas) is born in Coffeyville, Kansas.

February 1, 1951 Rich Williams (guitarist for Kansas) is born in Topeka, Kansas.

February 1, 1951 Fran Christina (drummer for The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Texas.

January 31, 1951 Harry Wayne Casey, founder of KC and the Sunshine Band, is born in Opa-locka, Florida. He leads the way into the disco era, first by writing and producing the 1974 George McCrae hit "Rock Your Baby," and then with a string of KC hits, including "Get Down Tonight" and "I'm Your Boogie Man."

January 31, 1951 Phil Manzanera (lead guitarist of Roxy Music) is born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams in London, England.

January 30, 1951 Phil Collins is born in Chiswick, London, England. Before embarking on a solo career in 1980, he is the drummer and lead singer for Genesis.

January 30, 1951 Marv Ross (guitarist for Quarterflash) is born in Oregon.

January 27, 1951 Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

January 27, 1951 Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band keyboardist) is born in Washington, D.C.

January 26, 1951 David Briggs, who replaces Ric Formosa as lead guitarist for Little River Band, is born in Melbourne, Australia.

January 26, 1951 Big Star bass player Andy Hummel is born to former Miss America (1947) Barbara Walker Hummel in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He is raised in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 19, 1951 Martha Davis (lead singer of The Motels) is born in California.

January 12, 1951 Big Star guitarist Chris Bell is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 9, 1951 Crystal Gayle ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue") is born in Paintsville, Kentucky. She's the younger sister of country singer Loretta Lynn.

January 6, 1951 Blues singer Kim Wilson (of Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Detroit, Michigan, but will be raised in Goleta, California.

December 28, 1950 Alex Chilton of The Box Tops and Big Star is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

December 27, 1950 Terry Bozzio (drummer for Missing Persons, Captain Beefheart) is born in San Francisco, California.

December 17, 1950 Carlton "Carlie" Barrett (drummer for The Wailers) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.

December 9, 1950 Joan Armatrading is born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts. Her family moves to England when she is 7, and raises her in Birmingham.

December 8, 1950 Dan Hartman is born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The "I Can Dream About You" singer also pens hits for other artists, including "Free Ride" for Edgar Winter Group and "Living In America" for James Brown.

December 2, 1950 Country singer John Wesley Ryles is born in Bastrop, Louisiana. He makes his debut with the 1968 hit single "Kay."

November 22, 1950 Little Steven Van Zandt (guitarist/mandolinist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

November 22, 1950 Tina Weymouth (bass guitarist for Talking Heads) is born Martina Michele Weymouth in Coronado, California.

November 21, 1950 Singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a family that includes brother James Taylor. He will be raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

November 21, 1950 Guitarist Gary Pihl (of Boston) is born in Chicago, Illinois, but would later move to San Mateo, California.

November 20, 1950 Gary Green (guitarist for Gentle Giant) is born in Stroud Green, North London, England.

November 18, 1950 Graham Parker (lead singer of Graham Parker & the Rumour) is born in London, England.

November 18, 1950 Rudy Sarzo (bass guitarist for Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) is born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba, but will be raised in Florida.

November 12, 1950 Country, gospel singer Barbara Fairchild, known for the 1973 country hit "The Teddy Bear Song," is born in Knobel, Arkansas.

November 11, 1950 Jim Peterik is born in Berwyn, Illinois. He fronts The Ides of March and later joins Survivor, co-writing their hit "Eye of the Tiger."