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Music History Events: Births

December 10, 1948 Jessica Cleaves (lead singer for Friends of Distinction) is born in Los Angeles, California.

December 4, 1948 Southside Johnny, of the Jersey Shore rock band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, is born in Neptune, New Jersey.

December 3, 1948 Ozzy Osbourne is born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, England. He forms the genre-defining heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1968 but goes solo in 1979 when he's booted from the band. Remarkably, his solo career is even more successful, with a run of hits that includes "Crazy Train" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home."

November 28, 1948 Little River Band guitarist Beeb Birtles is born Gerard Bertelkamp in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

November 27, 1948 Dave Winthrop (sax player and flautist for Supertramp) is born.

November 26, 1948 Gayle McCormick (lead singer for Smith) is born in St. Louis, Missouri. Smith was known for the 1969 hit cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You."

November 22, 1948 Dennis Larden (of Every Mother's Son) is born in New York City, New York. Known for the 1967 hit "Come On Down To My Boat."

November 21, 1948 Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan (percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist for War) is born in San Diego, California.

November 21, 1948 John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboardist for Free) is born in Houston, Texas.

November 17, 1948 Iain Sutherland (of Sutherland Brothers And Quiver) is born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

November 16, 1948 "Thunder and Lightning" (1972) singer Chi Coltrane is born in Racine, Wisconsin.

November 9, 1948 Blue Öyster Cult bass player Albert Bouchard is born in Watertown, New York.

November 9, 1948 Alan Gratzer (drummer for REO Speedwagon) is born in Syracuse, New York.

November 6, 1948 Glenn Frey is born in Detroit, Michigan. After moving to Los Angeles, he forms the Eagles with Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.

November 5, 1948 Don McDougall (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Canada.

November 5, 1948 Peter Hammill (lead vocalist for Van Der Graaf Generator) is born in Ealing, London, England.

November 3, 1948 Lulu is born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The singer finds international fame with the title songs to the films To Sir With Love and The Man With the Golden Gun.

October 28, 1948 Telma Hopkins (of Tony Orlando & Dawn) is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Also a popular actress, her best-known role is Rachel Crawford on the '90s sitcom Family Matters.

October 28, 1948 Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Manilan, Arkansas.

October 24, 1948 Dale "Buffin" Griffin (drummer for Mott The Hoople) is born Terence Dale Griffin in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

October 24, 1948 Twin pop singers Paul and Barry Ryan are born with the surname Sapherson in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

October 19, 1948 Patrick Simmons (of The Doobie Brothers) is born in Aberdeen, Washington.

October 15, 1948 Pop/rock singer Chris de Burgh is born Christopher John Davison in Venado Tuerto, Argentina.

October 14, 1948 R&B singer Marcia Barrett (of Boney M.) is born in St Catherine, Jamaica.

October 13, 1948 John Ford Coley, folk rock/country singer and instrumentalist, is born in Dallas, Texas.

October 12, 1948 Rick Parfitt (vocalist/guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.

October 10, 1948 Cyril Neville (percussionist/vocalist for The Neville Brothers) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

October 9, 1948 Jackson Browne is born Clyde Jackson Browne in Heidelberg, Germany, where his American serviceman father is stationed. After doing time in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and as a staff songwriter, he releases his first album in 1972, the same year the Eagles land their first hit with "Take It Easy," co-written by Browne.

October 8, 1948 John Cummings is born in Long Island, New York. A founding member of the Ramones, he becomes "Johnny Ramone."

October 5, 1948 Lucius "Tawl" Ross (rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic) is born in Wagram, North Carolina.