Music History Events: Births
June 16, 1949 Peppy Castro (guitarist, vocalist for Blues Magoos) is born.
June 15, 1949 Russell Hitchcock, lead singer of Air Supply, is born in Melbourne, Australia. The group has a string of soft-rock hits in the early '80s that includes "The One That You Love" and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All."
June 14, 1949 Yes drummer Alan White is born in Ferryhill, County Durham, England.
June 14, 1949 Jim Lea (multi-instrumentalist of Slade) is born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.
June 13, 1949 Dennis Locorriere (lead vocalist and guitarist for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in Union City, New Jersey.
June 12, 1949 John Wetton, frontman for King Crimson and Asia, is born in Derbyshire, England.
June 11, 1949 ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is born in Frankston, Texas. When his bandmates Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill grow outlandish beards in the late '70s, Beard is the only member without a beard.
June 9, 1949 George Bunnell (bass and rhythm guitarist for The Strawberry Alarm Clock) is born.
May 29, 1949 Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi is born in Forest Hill, London, England.
May 28, 1949 Wendy O. Williams (lead singer of Plasmatics) is born in Webster, New York.
May 26, 1949 Hank Williams, Jr. is born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, to country legend Hank Williams and first wife, Audrey.
May 19, 1949 Dusty Hill (bassist, keyboardist, co-vocalist of ZZ Top) is born Joseph Michael Hill in Dallas, Texas.
May 18, 1949 Keyboard player Rick Wakeman is born in London. After making his name as a session musician, he joins Yes in 1971.
May 18, 1949 Bill Wallace (bassist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
May 17, 1949 Pop singer Keith is born James Barry Keefer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 17, 1949 Bill Bruford (drummer for Yes, King Crimson) is born in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
May 16, 1949 Guitarist William "Sputnik" Spooner (of Grateful Dead, The Tubes) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 9, 1949 Electric blues guitarist Bob Margolin is born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
May 4, 1949 Zal Cleminson (guitarist for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) is born Alistair Macdonald Cleminson in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 4, 1949 Country singer-songwriter Stella Parton is born in Sevierville, Tennesee, to a family that includes older sister Dolly Parton.
April 27, 1949 Soul singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is born in Lane, South Carolina.
April 25, 1949 Baroque pop keyboardist Michael Brown (of The Left Banke) is born Michael David Lookofsky in New York to jazz violinist Harry Lookofsky.
April 23, 1949 British rocker John Miles is born in Jarrow, County Durham, England.
April 3, 1949 Guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson (of Fairport Convention) is born in Notting Hill Gate, London, England.
April 2, 1949 David Robinson (drummer for The Cars) is born in Malden, Massachusetts.
March 29, 1949 Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker (of The Brecker Brothers) is born in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
March 26, 1949 Actress/singer Vicki Lawrence is born in Inglewood, California.
March 24, 1949 Nick Lowe is born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
March 21, 1949 Eddie Money is born Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn, New York.
March 13, 1949 Donald York (original vocalist for Sha Na Na) is born in Boise, Idaho.
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