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March 8, 1949 Dave Lambert (guitarist of The Strawbs) is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.
February 21, 1949 Jerry Harrison (keyboardist, guitarist for Talking Heads) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
February 20, 1949 Rick Nelson joins the cast of his parents' radio show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which will make the leap to television in 1952.
February 16, 1949 Lyn Paul of The New Seekers is born Lynda Susan Belcher in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England.
February 6, 1949 Mike Batt is born in Southampton, England. He writes Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" for the 1978 animated film Watership Down.
February 3, 1949 Arthur Kane (bass guitarist for New York Dolls) is born in The Bronx, New York City.
February 2, 1949 Ross Valory, bass player with Journey and the Steve Miller Band, is born in San Francisco.
February 1, 1949 RCA introduces the 45 RPM record. It's 7 inches wide and plays at a faster speed than the traditional 33-1/3 for 12-inch albums. The format takes off, and 45s become known as "singles."
January 24, 1949 John Belushi is born in Chicago. He is one of the original cast members on Saturday Night Live and forms The Blues Brothers with fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd.
January 22, 1949 Steve Perry is born in Hanford, California. He becomes Journey's lead singer in 1977, debuting on Infinity, their fourth album. His songwriting chops and instantly identifiable vocals help Journey become one of the top bands of the '80s. He and the band part ways in 1998 when Perry develops a hip condition that keeps him from touring.
January 22, 1949 Nigel Pegrum (drummer for The Small Faces, Uriah Heep) is born in North Wales.
January 19, 1949 Robert Palmer is born in Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He lands his breakthrough singing on the Alan Brown Set's 1969 single "Gypsy Girl."
January 17, 1949 Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones guitarist) is born in Welwyn Garden City, but raised in nearby Hatfield, England.
January 11, 1949 Dennis Greene, singer with The Kingsmen and Sha Na Na, is born in New York City.
December 31, 1948 Donna Summer, the "Queen of Disco," is born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts. She earns her new surname when a record label misprints her married name, Sommer, as Summer.
December 30, 1948 Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play The Taming Of The Shrew, opens on Broadway at the New Century Theatre.
December 28, 1948 Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste (drummer for The Meters) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
December 25, 1948 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is born in Houston, Texas. She would have her first #1 country hit with "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" in 1978.
December 25, 1948 Merry Clayton (named for Christmas) is born in New Orleans. A backup singer by trade, she is most famous for her incendiary vocal alongside Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." She would later appear on the Coldplay song "Up & Up."
December 20, 1948 Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) is born in London, England. He starts his music career as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios, where he engineers Paul McCartney's Wild Life and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
December 17, 1948 Jim Bonfanti (drummer for The Raspberries) is born in Windber, Pennsylvania.
December 13, 1948 "Skunk" Baxter, best known for playing guitar with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, is born Jeffrey Allen Baxter in Washington, D.C.
December 13, 1948 David "Davy" O'List (of Roxy Music, The Nice) is born in Chiswick, West London, England.
December 6, 1948 The CBS television show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts debuts. Plenty of up-and-coming talents appear on the variety program, including Patsy Cline and Tony Bennett.
December 6, 1948 Lyricist Linda Creed is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her compositions include "Betcha by Golly, Wow!" and "The Greatest Love of All."
December 4, 1948 Southside Johnny, of the Jersey Shore rock band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, is born in Neptune, New Jersey.
December 3, 1948 Ozzy Osbourne is born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, England. He forms the genre-defining heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1968 but goes solo in 1979 when he's booted from the band. Remarkably, his solo career is even more successful, with a run of hits that includes "Crazy Train" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home."
November 26, 1948 Gayle McCormick (lead singer for Smith) is born in St. Louis, Missouri. Smith was known for the 1969 hit cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You."
November 22, 1948 Dennis Larden (of Every Mother's Son) is born in New York City, New York. Known for the 1967 hit "Come On Down To My Boat."
November 6, 1948 Glenn Frey is born in Detroit, Michigan. After moving to Los Angeles, he forms the Eagles with Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.
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