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Music History Events: Births

January 26, 1948 Laurence "Corky" Laing (drummer for Mountain) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

January 23, 1948 Anita Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in Oakland, California.

January 20, 1948 Mel Pritchard (drummer for Barclay James Harvest) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

January 19, 1948 Harvey Hinsley (guitarist for Hot Chocolate) is born in Northampton, England.

January 16, 1948 John Carpenter, horror film director and composer, is born in Carthage, New York. Known for Halloween, The Thing, and Christine.

January 15, 1948 Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist, guitarist, and driving force) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

January 14, 1948 T-Bone Burnett is born Joseph Henry Burnett III in St. Louis, Missouri. A guitarist, songwriter and producer, he wins an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind " from the 2009 movie Crazy Heart.

January 14, 1948 Tim Harris (original drummer for The Foundations) is born in England.

January 10, 1948 Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is born in Passaic, New Jersey.

January 9, 1948 Paul King of Mungo Jerry is born in Dagenham, Essex, England.

December 31, 1947 Burton Cummings (lead singer, keyboardist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

December 30, 1947 Rock musician Jeff Lynne (of Electric Light Orchestra, The Traveling Wilburys) is born in Shard End, Birmingham, England.

December 29, 1947 Drummer Cozy Powell is born in Gloucestershire, England. He does stints in Black Sabbath and Rainbow, and also plays on albums for Whitesnake, Robert Plant, Brian May and many others. (Powell sometimes listed his date of birth as December 29, 1948, but the death register gives it as December 29, 1947.)

December 28, 1947 Dick Diamonde (bass guitarist for The Easybeats) is born Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

December 20, 1947 Little Stevie Wright (lead singer for The Easybeats) is born in Leeds, England, but would be raised in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney).

December 12, 1947 Ralph Scala (keyboardist, vocalist for Blues Magoos) is born in The Bronx, New York.

December 8, 1947 Gregg Allman (of The Allman Brothers Band) is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

December 8, 1947 Geoff Daking (drummer for Blues Magoos) is born.

December 6, 1947 Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown frontman) is born in Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales.

December 6, 1947 Jazz bassist Miroslav Vitous (of Weather Report) is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

December 5, 1947 Jim Messina (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) is born in Maywood, California.

December 3, 1947 John Wilson (drummer for Them) is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

November 29, 1947 Ronnie Montrose (of Edgar Winter Group, Montrose) is born in San Francisco, California.

November 28, 1947 Gary Taylor (bassist, rhythm guitarist for The Herd) is born Graham John Taylor in Walton-on-Thames, London, England.

November 25, 1947 Val Fuentes (drummer for It's A Beautiful Day) is born in Chicago, Illinois. His son Carlos is also be born on November 25 in 1985.

November 22, 1947 Rod Price (lead guitarist for Foghat) is born Roderick Michael Price in Willesden, North London, England.

November 22, 1947 Sonny Geraci (lead singer for The Outsiders, Climax) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

November 20, 1947 Joe Walsh of the Eagles and the James Gang is born Joseph Fidler Walsh in Wichita, Kansas.

November 17, 1947 Rod Clements (bass guitarist, violinist for Lindisfarne) is born Roderick Parry Clements in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England.

November 17, 1947 Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (vocalist, keyboardist for The Nazz) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.