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Music History Events: Births

March 15, 1947 Frank Lugo (bassist for ? & the Mysterians) is born.

March 11, 1947 Keyboardist "Blue" Weaver (Mott The Hoople, The Strawbs) is born Derek John Weaver in Cardiff, Wales.

March 11, 1947 Vanilla Fudge lead singer Mark Stein is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

March 10, 1947 Boston founder Tom Scholz is born in Toledo, Ohio.

March 8, 1947 Michael Allsup (guitarist for Three Dog Night) is born in Oakdale, California.

March 6, 1947 Kiki Dee is born Pauline Matthews in Little Horton, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

March 5, 1947 Child star Eddie Hodges, who introduces the song "Gary, Indiana" in the Broadway musical The Music Man and stars opposite Frank Sinatra in the 1959 film A Hole In The Head, is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

March 3, 1947 Jennifer Warnes is born in Seattle, Washington.

February 26, 1947 Pop singer Sandie Shaw is born Sandra Ann Goodrich in Dagenham, Essex, England.

February 25, 1947 Bassist David Stensen (of The Grass Roots) is born in San Bruno, California.

February 24, 1947 Rupert Holmes is born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England.

February 15, 1947 David Brown (bassist for Santana) is born in Daly City, California.

February 14, 1947 Tim Buckley is born in Washington, D.C., but spends much of his childhood in Amsterdam, New York, and Bell Gardens, California.

February 11, 1947 Derek Shulman (lead vocalist for Gentle Giant) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

February 9, 1947 Country rocker Joe Ely is born in Amarillo, Texas.

February 9, 1947 R&B singer Major Harris (of The Delfonics) is born in Richmond, Virginia. He lands his biggest solo hit in 1975 with "Love Won't Let Me Wait."

February 6, 1947 Allan Jones (saxophonist for Amen Corner) is born in Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales.

February 3, 1947 Dave Davies (lead guitarist for The Kinks) is born in Fortis Green, London, England.

February 3, 1947 Folk singer Melanie is born Melanie Safka in Queens, New York. She makes a big impact at Woodstock, where she plays on the muddy first day, inspiration for her song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)."

February 2, 1947 Peter Lucia (of Tommy James & the Shondells) is born in Morristown, New Jersey.

January 30, 1947 Steve Marriott (frontman of The Small Faces, Humble Pie) is born in Manor Park, London, England.

January 29, 1947 David Byron of Uriah Heep is born David Garrick in Epping, England.

January 20, 1947 George Grantham (drummer for Poco) is born in Cordell, Oklahoma.

January 19, 1947 Original Deep Purple lead singer Rod Evans is born in Buckinghamshire, England.

January 13, 1947 John Lees (founder of Barclay James Harvest) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

January 8, 1947 Terry Sylvester of The Hollies is born.

January 6, 1947 Sandy Denny is born Alexandra Denny in London. She becomes lead singer of Fairport Convention and the only guest vocalist to appear on a Led Zeppelin song ("The Battle Of Evermore").

December 30, 1946 Clive Bunker (drummer for Jethro Tull) is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

December 29, 1946 Marianne Faithfull is born in Hampstead, London, England. Co-wrote the Rolling Stones' "Sister Morphine" while in a relationship with frontman Mick Jagger.

December 28, 1946 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas. A talented keyboard and saxophone player, he has a #1 hit in 1973 with the instrumental "Frankenstein," titled because it was a monster to edit. He's the younger brother of the esteemed blues musician Johnny Winter.