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Music History Events: Births

October 8, 1950 Robert "Kool" Bell, the bass player in Kool & the Gang, is born in Youngstown, Ohio. He's the namesake of the group, which he formed in the mid-'60s with his brother, Ronald Bell.

October 7, 1950 David Taylor (bass guitarist for Edison Lighthouse) is born.

October 3, 1950 Saxophonist Ronnie Laws (of Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in Houston, Texas.

October 2, 1950 Rocker Mike Rutherford (of Genesis) is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

September 17, 1950 Fee Waybill (lead singer/songwriter for The Tubes) is born John Waldo Waybill in Omaha, Nebraska.

September 16, 1950 Country singer David Bellamy (of The Bellamy Brothers) is born in Darby, Florida.

September 14, 1950 Rock guitarist Paul Kossoff (of Free) is born in Hampstead, London, England.

September 10, 1950 Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry is born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He leaves the band at their drug-soaked nadir in 1979 but returns in 1984. The band returns to glory with their 1987 album Permanent Vacation.

September 9, 1950 John McFee (guitarist, violinist for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Santa Cruz, California.

September 1, 1950 Peter Hewson of Chicory Tip is born in Gillingham, Kent, England.

August 30, 1950 Micky Moody (guitarist for Whitesnake) is born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

August 25, 1950 Willy DeVille (of rock band Mink Deville) is born William Paul Borsey Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut. Known for "Storybook Love," a collaboration with Mark Knopfler that served as the theme to the 1987 movie The Princess Bride.

August 18, 1950 Dennis Elliott (drummer for Foreigner) is born in Peckham, London, England.

August 12, 1950 August "Kid Creole" Darnell (of Kid Creole & the Coconuts) is born in The Bronx, New York.

August 11, 1950 Eric Braunn (guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Rick Davis in Pekin, Illinois.

August 8, 1950 Vocalist/guitarist Andy Fairweather Low (of Amen Corner) is born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, United Kingdom. Also sang backing vocal's for The Who's Who Are You.

July 27, 1950 Paper Lace rhythm guitarist Michael "Mick" Vaughan is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

July 26, 1950 Singer/keyboardist Duncan Mackay (of 10cc) is born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

July 25, 1950 Bassist/vocalist Mark Clarke (briefly a member of Uriah Heep) is born in Liverpool, England.

July 23, 1950 Blair Thornton (guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

July 18, 1950 Glenn Hughes (leather guy in The Village People) is born in New York City.

July 17, 1950 Phoebe Snow is born in New York City.

July 12, 1950 Eric Carr (drummer for KISS) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

July 11, 1950 Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters is born in Oakland, California.

July 5, 1950 Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City. He forms Huey Lewis & the News in San Francisco.

July 5, 1950 Michael Monarch (original lead guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Los Angeles, California.

June 21, 1950 Joey Kramer (drummer for Aerosmith) is born in The Bronx, New York City.

June 19, 1950 Ann Wilson, who forms Heart with her sister Nancy, is born in San Diego, California.

June 16, 1950 Soul singer James Smith (of The Stylistics) is born in New York City.

June 11, 1950 Singer/guitarist Graham Russell is born Cyril Graham Russell in Nottingham, England. He moves to Australia in 1968 and forms Air Supply with Russell Hitchcock. Graham is the primary songwriter in the group, penning their hits "All Out Of Love" and "The One That You Love."