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Music History Events: Births

April 25, 1950 Steve Ferrone (drummer for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Average White Band) is born in Brighton, England.

April 22, 1950 Peter Frampton is born in Beckenham, Kent, England. After forming Humble Pie, he finds success as a solo artist; his 1976 album Frampton Come Alive! is one of the most successful live albums of all time.

April 12, 1950 David Cassidy is born in New York City to actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. He becomes a teen idol and pop star thanks to his role as Keith Partridge on the musical sitcom The Partridge Family.

April 10, 1950 Guitarist Eddie Hazel (of Funkadelic) is born in Brooklyn, New York City.

April 5, 1950 Agnetha Faltskog (of ABBA) is born in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden.

April 4, 1950 Rock drummer Phillip "Pip" Pyle (of Gong, Hatfield and the North, and National Health) is born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.

March 27, 1950 Tony Banks (keyboardist for Genesis) is born in East Hoathly, East Sussex, England.

March 26, 1950 Teddy Pendergrass (lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is born in Kingstree, South Carolina.

March 21, 1950 Roger Hodgson of Supertramp is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He writes and sings many of their hits, including "The Logical Song" and "Dreamer," but in 1983 he leaves the group after a falling out with Rick Davies and never returns.

March 20, 1950 Drummer Carl Palmer is born in Birmingham, England. At age 20, he gets the gig with Greg Lake and Keith Emerson, who choose him over Mitch Mitchell for their band Emerson, Lake & Palmer.More

March 18, 1950 John Hartman (original drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Falls Church, Virginia.

March 14, 1950 Rick Dees is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

March 11, 1950 Jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin, known for his #1 a cappella hit "Don't Worry Be Happy," is born in Manhattan.

March 10, 1950 Ted McKenna (drummer for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) is born in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

March 3, 1950 Rock singer Re Styles (of The Tubes) is born Shirley Marie MacLeod.

March 1, 1950 Pioneering music journalist Dave Marsh is born in Detroit.

February 26, 1950 Jonathan Cain (keyboardist, rhythm guitarist Journey) is born Jonathan Leonard Friga in Chicago, Illinois.

February 19, 1950 Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash is born in London.

February 14, 1950 Heart guitarist Roger Fisher is born.

February 13, 1950 Peter Gabriel (original lead singer for Genesis) is born in Chobham, Surrey, England.

February 12, 1950 Steve Hackett (guitarist for Genesis) is born in Pimlico, London, England.

February 6, 1950 Natalie Cole is born in Los Angeles, California, to crooner Nat King Cole and former Duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Hawkins Cole.

February 1, 1950 Mike Campbell, lead guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, is born in Panama City, Florida. He's Petty's main songwriting collaborator, and he also works with Don Henley, co-writing and playing guitar on "The Boys of Summer" and "The Heart Of The Matter."

January 25, 1950 Michael Cotten (of The Tubes) is born in Kansas City, Missouri.

January 23, 1950 Bill Cunningham (original bass guitarist/keyboardist for The Box Tops) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

January 23, 1950 Danny Federici (organist, accordionist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Flemington, New Jersey.

January 21, 1950 Billy Ocean is born Leslie Sebastian Charles in Trinidad and Tobago. At age 10 he moves to London with his family. He first charts in 1976 with "Love Really Hurts Without You," but he really breaks through with "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" in 1984, kicking off a run of hits that includes "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" and "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going."

January 16, 1950 Damo Suzuki (lead singer of the German band Can) is born Kenji Suzuki in Japan.

January 13, 1950 Jinx Dawson, practitioner of the dark arts and frontwoman of the metal band Coven, is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.More

January 9, 1950 David Johansen, lead singer of New York Dolls, is born in Staten Island, New York.