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June 13, 1951 Howard Leese (guitarist for Heart) is born in Hollywood, California.
June 6, 1951 Dwight Twilley, known for the hits "I'm On Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984), is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
May 19, 1951 Jeffrey Ross Hyman is born in Queens, New York. He forms the Ramones and takes the stage name Joey Ramone. At first, he's the drummer, but he becomes the lead singer when Dee Dee struggles to sing and play bass at the same time.
May 8, 1951 Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey is born in Denver, Colorado. Outside of EW&F, he has a hit with Phil Collins in 1986 with "Easy Lover."
May 2, 1951 Jo Callis (keyboardist, guitarist for The Human League) is born John William Callis in Rotherham, England.
April 27, 1951 Ace Frehley of Kiss is born Paul Frehley in the Bronx, New York. The lead guitarist in the group from 1973-1982 and again from 1996-2002, his persona is the Spaceman.
April 21, 1951 Les Paul and Mary Ford's "How High The Moon" hits #1.
April 20, 1951 R&B singer Luther Vandross is born in New York City.
April 8, 1951 Rock bassist Mel Schacher (of Grand Funk Railroad, ? & the Mysterians) is born in Owosso, Michigan.
April 7, 1951 Janis Ian is born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City (but will be raised in New Jersey). She writes her first song at age 12 and completes her first hit, "Society's Child," at 14.
April 5, 1951 Everett Morton (drummer for The English Beat) is born in the West Indies.
March 20, 1951 Blues rocker Jimmie Vaughan (of Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Dallas, Texas. His younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, is born in 1954.
March 11, 1951 Katie Kissoon (of the pop duo Mac & Katie Kissoon) is born Katherine Farthing in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
March 9, 1951 Frank Rodriguez, the keyboard player who comes up with the famous riff on "96 Tears" for ? and the Mysterians, is born in Bay City, Michigan.
March 5, 1951 Rock guitar distortion is invented when Willie Kizart plays "Rocket 88" using an amp that was damaged when it fell out of the van transporting him and the other members of Ike Turner's band to their recording session in Memphis.
February 21, 1951 Vince Welnick (keyboardist for The Tubes, Grateful Dead) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.
February 20, 1951 Randy California of the band Spirit is born in Los Angeles. Born Randy Craig Wolfe, he writes and performs the guitar instrumental "Taurus," which becomes the subject of a lawsuit claiming Led Zeppelin incorporated it into the intro of "Stairway To Heaven."
February 20, 1951 Kathie Baillie, lead singer and guitarist of the country band Baillie & the Boys, is born in Morristown, New Jersey.
February 19, 1951 Alan Merrill is born in New York City. Moving to England, he forms The Arrows, who do the original version of "I Love Rock And Roll."
February 15, 1951 Melissa Manchester is born in the Bronx, New York.
February 9, 1951 Dennis "DT" Thomas (alto saxophonist Kool & the Gang) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
January 31, 1951 Harry Wayne Casey, founder of KC and the Sunshine Band, is born in Opa-locka, Florida. He leads the way into the disco era, first by writing and producing the 1974 George McCrae hit "Rock Your Baby," and then with a string of KC hits, including "Get Down Tonight" and "I'm Your Boogie Man."
January 30, 1951 Phil Collins is born in Chiswick, London, England. Before embarking on a solo career in 1980, he is the drummer and lead singer for Genesis.
January 27, 1951 Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band keyboardist) is born in Washington, D.C.
January 9, 1951 Crystal Gayle ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue") is born in Paintsville, Kentucky. She's the younger sister of country singer Loretta Lynn.
December 28, 1950 Alex Chilton of The Box Tops and Big Star is born in Memphis, Tennessee.
December 17, 1950 Carlton "Carlie" Barrett (drummer for The Wailers) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
December 9, 1950 Joan Armatrading is born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts. Her family moves to England when she is 7, and raises her in Birmingham.
December 8, 1950 Dan Hartman is born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The "I Can Dream About You" singer also pens hits for other artists, including "Free Ride" for Edgar Winter Group and "Living In America" for James Brown.
December 2, 1950 Country singer John Wesley Ryles is born in Bastrop, Louisiana. He makes his debut with the 1968 hit single "Kay."
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