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Music History Events: Births

October 13, 1947 Sammy Hagar is born in Salinas, California. After fronting the band Montrose and establishing himself as a solo artist with songs like "There's Only One Way To Rock" and "I Can't Drive 55," he replaces David Lee Roth as lead singer of Van Halen in 1985.

October 8, 1947 Tony Wilson (bassist for Hot Chocolate) is born in Trinidad.

October 5, 1947 Brian Johnson (lead singer for AC/DC) is born in Dunston, Gateshead, England.

October 4, 1947 Jim Fielder (bassist for Buffalo Springfield, Mothers of Invention, Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Denton, Texas.

October 1, 1947 Mud lead guitarist Rob Davis is born in Carshalton, Surrey, England.

October 1, 1947 Mariska Veres (lead singer for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

October 1, 1947 Martin Turner (bassist/lead vocalist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

September 30, 1947 Marc Bolan (frontman for T. Rex) is born Mark Feld in Stoke Newington, London, England.

September 28, 1947 Peter Hope-Evans (of Medicine Head) is born in Brecon, Powys, Wales. Known for the 1973 UK hit "One and One is One."

September 27, 1947 Meat Loaf is born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas. He's often asked how he got his name, so he makes up a few stories, sometimes claiming a football coach told him he had "meat loaf for brains," and other times saying he looked like a wad of meat as an infant.

September 26, 1947 Country singer Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but would be raised in Fair Oaks, California. Known for the 1970 hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."

September 23, 1947 Jerry Corbetta (lead vocalist of Sugarloaf) is born in Denver, Colorado.

September 23, 1947 Neal Smith (Alice Cooper drummer, co-writer of "I'm Eighteen") is born in Akron, Ohio.

September 23, 1947 Don Grolnick is born in Brooklyn, New York, and grows up in nearby Levittown. The pop pianist/composer goes on to work with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Steely Dan, and Carly Simon, among others.

September 21, 1947 Don Felder (Eagles lead guitarist) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

September 19, 1947 Rocker Lol Creme (of 10cc) is born Laurence Neil Creme in Prestwich, England.

September 14, 1947 Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (of Sha Na Na) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

September 9, 1947 Freddy Weller (guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born Wilton Frederick Weller in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-wrote Tommy Roe's 1970 hit, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight."

September 8, 1947 Ben Orr (lead singer/bassist for The Cars) is born Benjamin Orzechowski in Lakewood, Ohio.

September 3, 1947 Eric Bell (original guitarist for Thin Lizzy) is born in East Belfast, Northern Ireland.

August 24, 1947 Jim Fox (drummer for the James Gang) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

August 22, 1947 Singer Donna Jean Godchaux, the only female member of the Grateful Dead, is born in Florence, Alabama. Born Donna Jean Thatcher, she marries keyboard player Keith Godchaux, who also joins the Dead, in 1970.

August 21, 1947 Carl Giammarese (lead vocalist/guitarist for The Buckinghams) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

August 20, 1947 Trombonist James Pankow (of Chicago) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

August 19, 1947 George Newsome (original drummer for The Climax Blues Band) is born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

August 17, 1947 Rock/soul musician Gary Talley (of The Box Tops and Big Star) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

August 14, 1947 Maddy Prior (lead singer for Steeleye Span) is born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

August 9, 1947 R&B/Soul singer Barbara Mason is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

August 5, 1947 Guitarist/vocalist Rick Derringer (of the Edgar Winter Group and The McCoys) is born in Fort Recovery, Ohio.

August 5, 1947 Greg Leskiw (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.