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Music History Events: Births

October 1, 1948 Brownsville Station frontman Michael "Cub" Koda is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes the group's 1973 hit "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," which is later covered by Motley Crue.

September 29, 1948 Guitarist Mike Pinera (of Iron Butterfly) is born in Tampa, Florida.

September 29, 1948 Mark Farner (lead singer/guitarist for Grand Funk) is born in Flint, Michigan.

September 26, 1948 Olivia Newton-John is born in Cambridge, England. She is raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

September 26, 1948 Stuart Tosh (drummer for The Alan Parsons Project) is born in Aberdeen, Scotland.

September 20, 1948 The fraternal twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo are born in Chicago. Along with James Young, Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski, they form the band Styx, where they are the rhythm section, Chuck on bass and John on drums.

September 16, 1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.

September 16, 1948 Ron Blair, original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, is born in San Diego, California. Blair has two stints with the band - from 1976 to 1982, and from 2002 until Petty's death in 2017.

September 3, 1948 Donald Brewer (drummer and co-lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad) is born in Flint, Michigan.

August 31, 1948 Guitarist Rudolf Schenker (founder of Scorpions) is born in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.

August 28, 1948 Danny Seraphine (original drummer for Chicago) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

August 26, 1948 Motown songwriter Valerie Simpson (half of the Ashford & Simpson team) is born in The Bronx, New York.

August 24, 1948 Composer Jean-Michel Jarre is born in Lyon, France. Forerunner of electronic and ambient music.

August 22, 1948 Guitarist David Marks is born in New Castle, Washington. When he is 7, his family moves to Hawthorne, California across the street from the Wilson family, which forms The Beach Boys. Marks joins the band in 1961, but is replaced two years later by Al Jardine.

August 19, 1948 Elliot Lurie (lead guitarist, vocalist for Looking Glass) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

August 19, 1948 Country/pop singer Susan Jacks (of The Poppy Family) is born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

August 16, 1948 Barry Hay (frontman for Golden Earring) is born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

August 15, 1948 Tom Johnston (frontman for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Visalia, California.

August 11, 1948 Bill Hurd (pianist/organist for the Rubettes) is born in East Ham, East London, England.

August 10, 1948 R&B/Pop/Jazz singer Patti Austin is born in Harlem, New York.

July 25, 1948 Folk singer-songwriter Steve Goodman is born in Chicago, Illinois.

July 24, 1948 Drummer Kim Berly, of The Stampeders, is born Kimball Meyer in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.

July 23, 1948 John Hall (founder of Orleans) is born in Baltimore, Maryland, but grows up in Elmira, New York.

July 19, 1948 Keith Godchaux (keyboardist for Grateful Dead throughout the '70s) is born in Seattle, Washington, but will grow up in Concord, California.

July 18, 1948 Phil Harris (guitarist, vocalist for Ace) is born in Muswell Hill, London, England.

July 18, 1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk (drummer for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

July 17, 1948 Ron Asheton (guitarist, bassist for The Stooges) is born in Washington, D.C.

July 15, 1948 Thomas Delmer Pyle is born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1974, under the name Artimus Pyle, he joins the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His musical career with Skynyrd earns him induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

July 12, 1948 Walter Egan ("Magnet And Steel") is born in Queens, New York.

July 7, 1948 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Florida.