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Music History Events: Births

October 4, 1944 R&B singer Marlena Davis (of The Orlons) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

October 1, 1944 Barbara Parritt of The Toys is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

September 29, 1944 Composer Mike Post is born Leland Michael Postil in Berkeley, California. Composed many TV theme songs, including Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues.

September 29, 1944 Tommy Tate (vocalist/drummer for The Imperial Show Band) is born in Homestead, Florida.

September 29, 1944 Folk singer Anne Briggs is born in Toton, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England.

September 27, 1944 Randy Bachman (of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

September 21, 1944 Native American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis is born in Norman, Oklahoma.

September 16, 1944 R&B singer Betty Kelly (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Attalla, Alabama.

September 14, 1944 Singer/actress Joey Heatherton is born Davenie Johanna Heatherton in Rockville Centre, New York. Known for the 1972 hits "Gone" and "I'm Sorry."

September 13, 1944 Peter Cetera (bassist/vocalist for Chicago) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

September 12, 1944 R&B singer Barry White is born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas. He is raised in South Central Los Angeles.More

September 4, 1944 Gene Parsons (multi-instrumentalist for The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born in Morongo Valley in California's Mojave Desert.

September 1, 1944 Soul singer Archie Bell is born in Henderson, Texas.

August 27, 1944 Rocker Tim Bogert (bassist/vocalist for Vanilla Fudge) is born John Voorhis Bogert III in Richfield, New Jersey.

August 24, 1944 Folk rocker Jim Brady (of The Sandpipers) is born in Los Angeles, California.

August 20, 1944 Blues drummer "Uncle John" Turner (of Johnny Winter's backing band) is born in Beaumont, Texas.

August 20, 1944 Jon Povey (keyboardist for The Pretty Things) is born in London, England.

August 17, 1944 Folk rocker John Seiter (of Spanky and Our Gang) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

August 16, 1944 Kevin Ayers (frontman for Soft Machine) is born in Herne Bay, Kent, England.

August 9, 1944 Vivian "Viv" Prince (drummer for The Pretty Things) is born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

August 8, 1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.

August 2, 1944 Jim Capaldi (drummer for Traffic) is born Nicola James Capaldi in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

July 27, 1944 "Ode To Billie Joe" singer Bobbie Gentry is born Roberta Lee Streeter in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

July 25, 1944 Tom Dawes, lead vocalist of The Cyrkle, is born in Albany, New York.

July 24, 1944 Guitarist Jim Armstrong, of Them, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

July 23, 1944 Dino Danelli (drummer for The Young Rascals) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

July 22, 1944 Supertramp vocalist/keyboard player Rick Davies is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. He's the singer and main writer of their songs "Bloody Well Right" and "Goodbye Stranger."

July 20, 1944 T.G. Sheppard is born William Neal Browder in Humboldt, Tennessee.

July 19, 1944 Commander Cody (of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen) is born George Frayne IV in Boise, Idaho.

July 16, 1944 Thomas Boggs (drummer for The Box Tops) is born in Wynne, Arkansas, but is raised mostly in Memphis, Tennessee.