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August 8, 1942 John "Jay" David (drummer for Dr. Hook) is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.
August 7, 1942 B.J. Thomas is born in Hugo, Oklahoma. He lands #1 hits in America with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."
August 1, 1942 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead is born in San Francisco, California.
August 1, 1942 Fighting against phonograph records, which they fear will replace live music, the American Federation of Musicians goes on strike, forbidding their members from playing on recorded music. The strike lasts over two years, by which time it becomes clear that people will both listen to records and go to concerts.
July 30, 1942 Frank Sinatra ends his association with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra, recording the last two of over 90 songs before moving on to great acclaim as a solo star at Columbia.
July 24, 1942 Bassist and singer Heinz Burt, of The Tornados, is born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
July 23, 1942 Soul singer Madeline Bell (of Blue Mink) is born in Newark, New Jersey. She lands her first big hit in 1968 with a cover of Dee Dee Warwick's "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me."
July 21, 1942 Kim Fowley is born in Los Angeles, California. The flamboyant writer and record producer puts together the all-female rock band The Runaways in 1975 and later goes on to write for Kiss and Alice Cooper.
July 17, 1942 Gale Garnett, known for the 1964 folk hit "We'll Sing In The Sunshine," is born in Auckland, New Zealand, but will relocate to Canada by age 11.
July 13, 1942 Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is born in Chicago, Illinois. With his trusty Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, he creates the signature jangle heard on hits like "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and "Eight Miles High."
June 27, 1942 Bruce Johnston (of The Beach Boys) is born Benjamin Baldwin in Peoria, Illinois. He is adopted by William and Irene Johnston and grows up in Los Angeles.
June 24, 1942 Arthur Brown is born Arthur Wilton in Yorkshire, England. Making a name for himself in the world of performance art, he has a huge hit with "Fire."More
June 20, 1942 Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is born in Inglewood, California. The main songwriter in the group, his early songs focus on surfing and fun, but in the mid-'60s he makes complex, groundbreaking music exemplified by "Good Vibrations," which he recorded using dozens of musicians over 17 sessions.
June 18, 1942 Paul McCartney is born James Paul McCartney in Allerton, Liverpool, England. McCartney's father and great-grandfather also were named James, although his dad was informally known as Jim. When Paul's father was younger, he'd led a local jazz band, and could play piano and the trumpet. Jim McCartney passed down his love for music to his son.
June 16, 1942 Edward Levert (lead vocalist of The O'Jays) is born in Birmingham, Alabama, but will be raised in Canton, Ohio.
June 5, 1942 Capitol Records' first recording session takes place when "The General Jumped at Dawn" by Paul Whiteman's New Yorker Hotel Orchestra is recorded at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles. The record flops, but Capitol soon becomes the most successful record company of the era.
June 5, 1942 The musical film Yankee Doodle Dandy is released. Starring James Cagney, the film features the song "The Yankee Doodle Boy," based upon "Yankee Doodle," a long-time standard American anthem.
June 4, 1942 Johnny Mercer's label, Capitol Records, becomes the first record company to give an album to a radio station when he gives one to a Los Angeles DJ. It's a brilliant move, as the station plays the record and promotes it. In coming years, labels will try all sorts of tricks to get their records played on radio.
June 3, 1942 Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago, Illinois. With his group The Impressions, he writes, produces and sings on '60s classics like "People Get Ready" and "Keep On Pushing." He makes his mark in the '70s as a solo artist with songs like "Superfly" and "Move On Up."
May 29, 1942 Sir Monti Rock III (frontman of Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes) is born Joseph Montanez, Jr. in The Bronx, New York City.
May 17, 1942 Blues musician Taj Mahal is born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks in Harlem, New York.
May 14, 1942 Film composer Frank Churchill - who wrote several classic Disney numbers including "Heigh-Ho" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 40.
May 12, 1942 Ian Dury (Kilburn and the High-Roads, Ian Dury & the Blockheads) is born in England.
May 5, 1942 Tammy Wynette is born Virginia Wynette Pugh on a cotton farm in Mississippi. Her signature song comes in 1968 with "Stand By Your Man," which she says she spent 15 minutes writing and a lifetime defending.
May 1, 1942 The US government halts production of jukeboxes so their factories can assist with the war effort. The Seeburg company produces electrical components for the armed forces; Wurlitzer makes communications systems for aircraft.
April 24, 1942 Barbra Streisand is born in Brooklyn, New York City.More
April 19, 1942 Rock guitarist Larry Ramos (of The Association) is born Hilario Ramos in Waimea, Hawaii.
April 6, 1942 Anita Pallenberg is born in Rome. A model, she has a short relationship with Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones and a long one with Keith Richards, with whom she has three children.
April 4, 1942 Kris Jensen, known for the 1962 hit "Torture," is born Peter Jensen in New Haven, Connecticut.
April 3, 1942 "Down In The Boondocks" singer Billy Joe Royal is born in Valdosta, Georgia.
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