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November 6, 1946 George Young (rhythm guitarist, songwriter for The Easybeats) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
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.
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 22, 1946 Eddie Brigati (singer/tambourine player for The Young Rascals) is born in Garfield, New Jersey.
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 11, 1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.
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 20, 1946 Sylvia Peterson (of The Chiffons) is born in the Bronx, New York.
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 Two months after making her TV debut on the BBC's Cabaret Cartoons, 13-year-old Petula Clark begins hosting her first television series, titled Petula Clark.
September 5, 1946 Rock drummer Buddy Miles (of The Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys) is born George Allen Miles Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. His grandmother calls him "Buddy" after jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
September 5, 1946 Folk rocker Loudon Wainwright III is born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Life magazine columnist/editor Loudon Wainwright Jr. and his yoga teacher wife, Martha.
September 5, 1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).More
September 2, 1946 Billy Preston is born in Houston, Texas. He is raised in Los Angeles, California. Aside from being a sought-after session musician for acts like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the affable performer with the gap-toothed grin becomes a star in his own right with a number of funky hits throughout the '70s.More
August 23, 1946 Rock singer Jim Sohns (of The Shadows Of Knight) is born in Chicago, Illinois. The band is known for their popular 1966 cover of Them's song "Gloria."
August 23, 1946 Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) is born in Wembley, London, England.
August 22, 1946 Gary "Mutha" Withem (keyboardist for Gary Puckett & the Union Gap) is born in San Diego, California.
August 10, 1946 Mick Clarke (bass player/vocalist for the Rubettes) is born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
August 3, 1946 John York (bass guitarist for The Byrds) is born in White Plains, New York.
July 29, 1946 Jazz great Charlie Parker falls asleep while smoking and sets his hotel bed on fire. He is arrested after wandering through the hotel lobby wearing nothing but socks. The incident leads to a stay at the Camarillo State Hospital (a mental institution), which inspires his song "Relaxin' at Camarillo."
July 19, 1946 Alan Gorrie (guitarist/vocalist/bassist for The Average White Band) is born in Perth, Scotland.
July 9, 1946 Bon Scott is born Ronald Belford Scott in Kirriemuir, Scotland. He is raised in Australia, where he meets Angus and Malcolm Young and eventually becomes lead singer of their band AC/DC.
July 9, 1946 John "Mitch" Mitchell (drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience) is born in Greenwich, London, England. Before becoming a musician, he'll start his entertainment career as an actor, appearing on the children's program Jennings and Derbyshire and starring in the 1960 film Bottom's Up.
July 8, 1946 Ava Gardner divorces bandleader Artie Shaw after one year of marriage. Her next husband is Frank Sinatra.
June 16, 1946 Iain Matthews (singer for Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort) is born Iain Matthew McDonald in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
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