Music History Events: Births
November 5, 1946 Gram Parsons (of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born Ingram Cecil Connor III in his mom's hometown of Winter Haven, Florida, but will reside in Waycross, Georgia.
November 1, 1946 Rick Grec, bass player for Blind Faith and Traffic, is born in Bordeaux, France.
October 30, 1946 Drummer Chris Slade (of Uriah Heep, AC/DC, Manfred Mann) is born Christopher Rees in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.
October 29, 1946 Guitarist Peter Green is born Peter Allen Greenbaum in London. He forms Fleetwood Mac in 1967 and leads the group until 1970, when he leaves, having been transformed by LSD.
October 26, 1946 Keith Hopwood (rhythm guitarist for Herman's Hermits) is born in Manchester, England.
October 25, 1946 John Hall (drummer for The Equals) is born in Islington, London, England.
October 24, 1946 Jerry Edmonton (drummer for Steppenwolf) is born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
October 22, 1946 Eddie Brigati (singer/tambourine player for The Young Rascals) is born in Garfield, New Jersey.
October 21, 1946 Trumpeter Lee Loughnane (of Chicago) is born in Elmwood Park, Illinois.
October 19, 1946 Keith Reid (Procol Harum songwriter) is born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
October 18, 1946 Joe Egan (co-founder of Stealers Wheel) is born in Paisley, Scotland.
October 17, 1946 The Doobie Brothers drummer Mike Hossack is born in Paterson, New Jersey.
October 15, 1946 Richard Carpenter (of The Carpenters) is born in New Haven, Connecticut, but would later relocate to Downey, California.
October 14, 1946 Justin Hayward (guitarist for The Moody Blues) is born Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
October 14, 1946 Dan McCafferty (lead singer for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
October 11, 1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.
October 11, 1946 Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) is born Daryl Franklin Hohl in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
October 10, 1946 Singer-songwriter John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, near Chicago.More
October 10, 1946 Ben Vereen, actor, dancer and singer, is born Benjamin Augustus Middleton in Miami, Florida. He would win a Tony award for his 1973 performance in the musical Pippin.
October 6, 1946 Millie Small is born in Jamaica. After moving to England, she becomes part of the British Invasion and has a hit with "My Boy Lollipop."
September 28, 1946 Helen Shapiro is born in Bethnal Green, London.
September 24, 1946 Jerry Donahue (of Fairport Convention) is born in Manhattan, New York City.
September 20, 1946 Sylvia Peterson (of The Chiffons) is born in the Bronx, New York.
September 18, 1946 Alan "Bam" King (lead guitarist for Ace) is born in Kentish Town, London, England.
September 15, 1946 Ola Brunkert (session drummer for ABBA) is born in Orebro, Sweden.
September 14, 1946 Pete Agnew (bassist for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
September 10, 1946 Don Powell (drummer for Slade) is born in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He would become interested in drums as a Boy Scout.
September 9, 1946 Soul singer Inez Foxx is born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
September 9, 1946 Doug Ingle (vocalist/organist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
September 9, 1946 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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