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July 28, 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his first national TV appearance, singing "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on The Steve Allen Show.
January 17, 1955 Country rocker Steve Earle is born in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
September 27, 1954 The first national Tonight Show with Steve Allen is telecast.
July 28, 1954 Guitarist Steve Morse is born in Hamilton, Ohio. After forming The Dixie Dregs, he joins Deep Purple in 1994.
July 14, 1953 Bebe Buell is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Though she later rejects the description, she becomes one of the most famous "groupies" of all time, hooking up with a host of stars including Todd Rundgren, to whom she is married from 1972 to 1979. Rundgren brings up her daughter Liv - later revealed to be the biological child of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.
November 22, 1950 Little Steven Van Zandt (guitarist/mandolinist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
December 23, 1949 Adrian Belew is born Robert Steven Belew in Covington, Kentucky. The guitarist plays with Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, King Crimson, Paul Simon, Nine Inch Nails, Primus, and William Shatner.
October 27, 1949 Byron Allred (keyboardist for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Logan, Utah.
October 5, 1949 Country pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas.
February 2, 1949 Ross Valory, bass player with Journey and the Steve Miller Band, is born in San Francisco.
March 26, 1948 Steven Tyler is born Steven Tallarico in Yonkers, New York. Originally a drummer, he switches to frontman when he forms Aerosmith in 1970. Over the course of an adventurous 50+ year career with the band, he overcomes a crippling drug addiction and does time as a judge on American Idol.
June 17, 1947 Keyboard player Gregg Rolie, a founding member of both Santana and Journey, is born in Seattle, Washington. He handles a lot of the vocals for Santana and is also Journey's lead singer for their first three albums until Steve Perry joins for their fourth.
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 5, 1943 Steve Miller is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is raised in Texas.
May 13, 1941 Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.
April 29, 1936 Pop singer April Stevens is born Carol LoTempio in Niagara Falls, New York. She and her brother, Nino Tempo, will perform as a duo and win a Grammy Award for the 1963 single "Deep Purple."
March 31, 1935 Trumpet player Herb Alpert is born in Los Angeles, California. After defining the "Tijuana sound" on his 1962 song "The Lonely Bull," he becomes one of the top-selling album artists of the '60s, behind only Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra. He's also a label boss, with A&M Records (his partnership with Jerry Moss) home to Cat Stevens, Styx, the Carpenters and many other top acts.
January 6, 1935 Nino Tempo is born Antonino LoTempio in Niagara Falls, New York. In 1963, he scores a #1 hit on the pop charts with "Deep Purple," a duet with his sister, April Stevens.
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