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Music History Events: Births

May 16, 1947 Darrell Sweet (drummer for Nazareth) is born in Bournemouth, England.

May 16, 1947 '60s singer Barbara Lee (of The Chiffons) is born in The Bronx, New York.

May 15, 1947 Graeham Goble, guitarist and harmony vocalist of Little River Band, is born in Adelaide, Australia. He writes the band's biggest hit, "Reminiscing."

May 14, 1947 Al Ciner (guitarist for The American Breed) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

May 13, 1947 Pete "Overend" Watts (bass guitarist for Mott the Hoople) is born in Yardley, Birmingham, England.

May 11, 1947 Butch Trucks (drummer for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Claude Hudson Trucks in Jacksonville, Florida.

May 10, 1947 Rocker Jay Ferguson (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne) is born John Arden Ferguson in Burbank, California. As a composer, he will create the theme to NBC-TV's The Office.

April 29, 1947 Rock and roll singer Tommy James is born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio.

April 29, 1947 Rock drummer Joel Larson (of The Grass Roots) is born in San Francisco, California.

April 27, 1947 Badfinger frontman Pete Ham is born in Swansea, Wales.

April 27, 1947 Memphis soul singer-songwriter Ann Peebles is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

April 24, 1947 Hubert Ann Kelly (of the pop-soul trio Hues Corporation) is born in Fairchild, Alabama.

April 23, 1947 Rock bassist Glenn Cornick (of Jethro Tull) is born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.

April 21, 1947 Alan Warner (lead guitarist for The Foundations) is born in Paddington, West London, England.

April 21, 1947 Rock musician John Weider (guitarist for The Animals, bassist for Family) is born in Shepherd's Bush, London, England.

April 21, 1947 Iggy Pop is born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in Muskegon, Michigan. As a solo artist and with his band The Stooges, he literally bleeds on stage, often rolling shirtless in broken glass. His most POP-ular songs are "The Passenger" and "Lust For Life," both released in 1977.

April 19, 1947 Mark Volman (of The Turtles, Flo and Eddie, Mothers of Invention) is born in Los Angeles, California.

April 16, 1947 Rock singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty (of Stealers Wheel) is born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

April 16, 1947 Rock drummer Lee Kerslake (of Uriah Heep, Blizzard of Ozz) is born in Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

April 15, 1947 Mike Chapman is born in Queensland, Australia. After moving to England and teaming up with Nicky Chinn, he becomes a top songwriter and producer, responsible for the hits "Devil Gate Drive," "Ballroom Blitz" and "A Touch Too Much." After moving to America in 1975, his hits continue with "Kiss You All Over" and "Love Is A Battlefield."

April 12, 1947 Alexander Briley (The sailor from The Village People) is born in Harlem, New York City.

April 10, 1947 Reggae musician Bunny Livingston (of Bob Marley & The Wailers) is born Neville O'Riley Livingston in Kingston, Jamaica.

April 8, 1947 Yes guitarist Steve Howe is born in London.

April 8, 1947 Pioneering Christian rock performer Larry Norman is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

April 7, 1947 Pat Bennett (of The Chiffons) is born in The Bronx, New York.

April 6, 1947 Drummer Tony Connor (of Hot Chocolate) is born in Romford, England.

March 29, 1947 Bobby Kimball (frontman for Toto) is born in Orange, Texas.

March 24, 1947 Mike Kellie (drummer for Spooky Tooth) is born in Birmingham, England.

March 22, 1947 Patrick Olive (percussionist, bassist for Hot Chocolate) is born in Grenada.

March 15, 1947 Rock musician/producer Ry Cooder is born in Los Angeles, California.