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Music History Events: Births

March 9, 1948 R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne (lead singer of LTD) is born in Providence, Rhode Island.

March 9, 1948 Jimmie Fadden (guitarist, drummer for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Long Beach, California.

March 8, 1948 Little Peggy March is born Margaret Annemarie Battavio in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

March 8, 1948 Mel Galley (of Whitesnake) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

March 5, 1948 "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant, founder of the UK pop group The Equals, is born in Plaisance, British Guiana.

March 4, 1948 Shakin' Stevens is born Michael Barratt in Cardiff, Wales.

March 4, 1948 Yes bass player Chris Squire is born in London.

March 2, 1948 Irish rocker Rory Gallagher is born William Rory Gallagher in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.

February 23, 1948 Sweet bass player Steve Priest is born in Middlesex, England.

February 21, 1948 Paul Newton (bassist for Uriah Heep) is born in Andover, Hampshire, England.

February 19, 1948 Mark Andes, a bass player who does stints in Spirit, Firefall, Canned Heat and Heart, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

February 19, 1948 Guitarist Tony Iommi is born in Birmingham, England. He works in a factory before forming the heavy metal heavyweights Black Sabbath in 1968.

February 18, 1948 Keith Knudsen (drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Le Mars, Iowa.

February 8, 1948 Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley) is born in McCamey, Texas. He is the younger brother of Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts).

February 8, 1948 Ron Tyson (of The Temptations) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

February 7, 1948 Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboardist for Three Dog Night) is born in Los Angeles, California. His mother is silent movie actress Mary O'Brian.

February 4, 1948 Vincent Furnier, who will become better known as Alice Cooper, is born in Detroit.

February 2, 1948 Al McKay (of Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 1, 1948 Rick James is born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. in Buffalo, New York. After stints in a few different bands and a few different jails, he signs with Motown Records in 1977 and develops a funk sound that powers hits like "Super Freak" and "Give It To Me Baby."

January 27, 1948 Kim Gardner (of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) is born in Dulwich, London, England.

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, co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of Steely Dan, is born in Passaic, New Jersey. Along with main collaborator Walter Becker, Fagen helps create sophisticated rock music that features tasteful jazz and R&B influences, and sharp, witty, literate lyrics.

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