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October 26, 1953 Keith Strickland of The B-52s is born in Athens, Georgia. He starts as the band's drummer but moves to guitar after Ricky Wilson dies of AIDS in 1985.
August 1, 1953 Blues guitarist/singer Robert Cray is born in Columbus, Georgia.
July 29, 1953 Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Deal, New Jersey.
July 14, 1953 Maurice Starr, creator of the boy bands New Edition and New Kids On The Block, is born Larry Johnson in Florida. Starr also produces both groups and writes many of their songs.
June 8, 1953 Jeff "Worzel" Rich (drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band) is born in Hackney, London, England.
April 16, 1953 Peter Garrett, frontman of the Aussie rock band Midnight Oil, is born in Wahroonga, Sydney. He pursues a law career before joining the band.
March 21, 1953 Robert Johnson (drummer for KC & The Sunshine Band) is born.
March 19, 1953 Guitarist Ricky Wilson is born in Athens, Georgia, where he and his sister Cindy form The B-52s. Ricky's off-kilter tunings and unusual jangle help for the musical identity of the band, but his life is cut short in 1985 when he becomes one of the first victims of AIDS.
February 26, 1953 Michael Bolton is born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Connecticut. Before reaching soft-rock stardom, he fronts a hard-rock band called Blackjack.More
February 25, 1953 John Doe of the punk band X is born John Duchac in Decatur, Illinois.
February 18, 1953 Little River Band drummer Derek Pellicci is born in London.
January 19, 1953 Desi Arnaz Jr. is born to Hollywood powercouple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, stars of the wildly popular sitcom I Love Lucy. The birth is a pop culture milestone as the couple's fictional counterparts, Lucy and Ricky, welcome "Little Ricky" at the same time (a smart, but controversial, decision to write Ball's pregnancy into the show). Shortly after, Desi Jr. appears on the very first cover of TV Guide. He goes on to form a band with Dean Martin's son Dean Paul and schoolmate Billy Hinsche (Dino, Desi & Billy).
December 27, 1952 Guitarist David Knopfler is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Along with his older brother Mark, he forms Dire Straits in 1977, but leaves the band after their second album in 1980 to launch a solo career.
November 21, 1952 Judy Garland gives birth to her second child, baby girl Lorna Luft. The father is Garland's third husband, Sid Luft.
October 7, 1952 The Philadelphia dance show Bandstand, hosted by Bob Horn and later by Dick Clark as American Bandstand, debuts on WFIL-TV.
August 4, 1952 Maire Ni Bhraonian aka Moya Brennan (of the Celtic band Clannad) is born in Dublin, Ireland.
June 25, 1952 Tim Finn (of Crowded House) is born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He forms the Finn Brothers with Crowded House bandmate and brother Neil Finn.
May 17, 1952 Roy Adams (drummer for The Climax Blues Band) is born in Birmingham, England.
March 21, 1952 Cleveland stakes a claim on rock history when the Moondog Coronation Ball is held at the Cleveland Arena. Organized by the WJW DJ Alan Freed ("Moondog" on the air), it is widely considered the first rock concert. It may also be one of the shortest, as it is shut down after one song.More
December 31, 1951 Fermin Goytisolo (percussionist for KC and the Sunshine Band) is born in Cuba.
December 4, 1951 Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He becomes a founding member and guitarist of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rossington-Collins Band. Rossington is inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame in 2006 as a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
November 1, 1951 Ronald Bell, the musical director for Kool & the Gang who plays a variety of instruments in the group, is born in Youngstown, Ohio. He forms the band with his older brother, Robert "Kool" Bell.
October 26, 1951 Bass player Bootsy Collins is born William Earl Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio. He rises to prominence as a member of James Brown's backing band from 1969-1971, then joins Parliament-Funkadelic, where he writes songs with George Clinton and comes up with otherworldly bass grooves that forge the sound of funk.
October 2, 1951 Sting is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England. He earns his nickname when a fellow musician says he looks like a bee in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. He is working as a schoolteacher when his band The Police hit the big time.More
September 22, 1951 David Coverdale is born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. After fronting Deep Purple from 1973-1976, he forms his own band, Whitesnake, in 1978.
September 19, 1951 Record producer/musician Daniel Lanois is born in Hull, Quebec. Produced albums for an array of artists, including Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young, and Emmylou Harris, and for bands like U2 (notably The Joshua Tree).
July 1, 1951 Fred Schneider of The B-52s is born in Newark, New Jersey. His spoken-wordish vocals ("Love shack baby!") combine with full-throated singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson to give the band a very distinctive sound.
June 29, 1951 Billy Hinsche of Dino, Desi & Billy is born in Manila, Philippines. After moving to Beverly Hills, he meets future bandmates Desi Arnaz Jr. and Dean Paul Martin.
June 21, 1951 Multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren is born in Chicago. In 1984 he joins Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, where he mostly plays guitar.
May 6, 1951 Guitarist Davey Johnstone, a longtime member of Elton John's band, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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