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Music History Events: Births

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.

January 5, 1950 Chris Stein (guitarist for Blondie) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

January 1, 1950 Morgan Fisher (keyboardist for Mott The Hoople) is born Stephen Morgan Fisher in Mayfair, London, England.

December 23, 1949 Adrian Belew is born Robert Steven Belew in Covington, Kentucky. The guitarist plays with Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, King Crimson, Paul Simon, Nine Inch Nails, Primus, and William Shatner.

December 17, 1949 Paul Rodgers, lead singer and lyricist of Free and Bad Company, is born in Middlesbrough, England.

December 16, 1949 Billy Gibbons (guitarist, lead vocalist of ZZ Top) is born in Houston, Texas.

December 14, 1949 Cliff Williams (bassist for AC/DC) is born in Romford, Essex, England.

December 13, 1949 Tom Verlaine (frontman for Television) is born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey.

December 13, 1949 Randy Owen (lead singer for Alabama) is born in Fort Payne, Alabama.

December 8, 1949 Ray Shulman (of Gentle Giant) is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

December 7, 1949 Tom Waits is born in Pomona, California.

December 3, 1949 Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship singer) is born in Cairo, Georgia.