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Music History Events: Births

October 6, 1949 Thomas McClary (lead guitarist for the Commodores) is born Eustis, Florida.

October 6, 1949 Bobby Farrell (of Boney M.) is born in San Nicolaas, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles.

October 5, 1949 Country pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas.

October 3, 1949 Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac is born in Palo Alto, California.

September 18, 1949 Kerry Livgren (songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist for Kansas) is born in Topeka, Kansas.

September 14, 1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist/songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Seneca, Missouri, but would be raised in Miami, Oklahoma.

September 10, 1949 Barriemore Barlow (drummer/percussionist for Jethro Tull) is born in Birmingham, England.

September 7, 1949 Disco queen Gloria Gaynor is born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey.

September 5, 1949 Rock guitarist Dave "Clem" Clempson (of Humble Pie) is born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.

September 1, 1949 Russ Field (guitarist for Showaddywaddy) is born James Lewis Russell Field in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.

August 28, 1949 Martin Lamble (drummer for Fairport Convention) is born in St John's Wood, London, England.

August 27, 1949 Country rock musician Jeff Cook (of Alabama) is born in Fort Payne, Alabama.

August 26, 1949 Pop singer Bob Cowsill (of The Cowsills) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia, though the family band will be born out of Newport, Rhode Island.

August 25, 1949 Gene Simmons (of Kiss) is born Chaim Weitz in Haifa, Israel, to Nazi concentration camp survivor Flora Klein and her carpenter husband, Feri.

August 23, 1949 Rick Springfield is born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in South Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia. Before becoming a pop star, he plays Dr. Noah Drake on the soap opera General Hospital.

August 22, 1949 Country musician Sam Neely is born in Cuero, Texas. Known for a string of minor hits in the '70s, including the cover "I Fought the Law."

August 20, 1949 Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott is born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.

August 17, 1949 Sib Hashian (drummer for Boston) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

August 16, 1949 Scott Asheton (drummer for The Stooges) is born in Washington, D.C.

August 13, 1949 Cliff Fish (bass guitarist for Paper Lace) is born in Ripley, Derbyshire, England.

August 11, 1949 Eric Carmen (of The Raspberries) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

August 8, 1949 Keith Carradine, known for his starring role in the 1975 film Nashville, where he performs his song "I'm Easy," is born in San Mateo, California. In 1984 he plays the director in Madonna's "Material Girl" music video.

August 8, 1949 Airrion Love (of The Stylistics) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

August 3, 1949 Morris "B.B." Dickerson (bass guitarist for War) is born in Torrance, California.

July 30, 1949 R&B singer Joyce Jones (of First Choice) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

July 30, 1949 Hugh Nicholson (guitarist for Marmalade from 1970-1973) is born in Rutherglen, Scotland.

July 28, 1949 Drummer Simon Kirke (of Free and Bad Company) is born in Lambeth, London, England.

July 28, 1949 Peter Doyle of The New Seekers is born in Melbourne, Australia.

July 28, 1949 Steve Took (of T. Rex) is born in Eltham, London, England.

July 27, 1949 Singer/actress Maureen McGovern is born in Youngstown, Ohio.