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December 11, 1946 Tony Brown (of J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet) is born in Greensboro, North Carolina. Known for his session work on the piano with Emmylou Harris and his production work for Vince Gill, Reba McEntire and George Strait.
December 9, 1946 Dennis Dunaway (bassist for the Alice Cooper Band) is born in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
December 5, 1946 Canadian pop rocker Andy Kim is born Andrew Youakim in Montreal, Quebec.
November 18, 1946 "Wonderful Summer" singer Robin Ward is born Jacqueline McDonnell in Hawaii but will be raised in Nebraska. Using the name Jackie Ward, she works as a session singer for commercials, TV shows, movies, and recording studios. She sings on the theme to The Partridge Family, dubs over Natalie Wood's vocals in The Great Race, and provides backup to Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand.
October 21, 1946 Trumpeter Lee Loughnane (of Chicago) is born in Elmwood Park, Illinois.
October 10, 1946 Singer-songwriter John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, near Chicago.More
September 24, 1946 Jerry Donahue (of Fairport Convention) is born in Manhattan, New York City.
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
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.
June 25, 1946 Rock multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald (of Foreigner, King Crimson) is born in Osterley, Middlesex, England.
June 3, 1946 Michael Clarke (original drummer for The Byrds) is born Michael James Dick is born in Spokane, Washington.
May 24, 1946 Steve Upton (original drummer for Wishbone Ash) is born in Wrexham, Wales, but will be raised in Exeter, Devon, England.
May 1, 1946 Nick Fortuna (bass guitarist for The Buckinghams) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
January 11, 1946 Naomi Judd is born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky. She and daughter Wynonna form the country duo The Judds and release their first album, Why Not Me, in 1984.
January 10, 1946 Aynsley Dunbar (drummer for Journey, Whitesnake, and Jefferson Airplane) is born in Liverpool, England.
December 13, 1945 Robert Martinez (original drummer for ? & the Mysterians) is born. Like the rest of his bandmates, he was born in Texas, but raised in Michigan.
November 3, 1945 Nick Simper, the original bass player in Deep Purple, is born in Middlesex, England.
October 28, 1945 Wayne Fontana (lead singer for The Mindbenders) is born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis in Manchester, Lancashire, England. His stage name comes from Elvis Presley's drummer, D.J. Fontana.
September 11, 1945 Dennis Tufano (original lead singer for The Buckinghams) is born Dennis Stanley Joseph Tufano in Chicago, Illinois.
June 28, 1945 David Knights (original bass guitarist for Procol Harum) is born in Islington, North London, England.
May 28, 1945 John Fogerty is born, but not on the bayou; the Creedence Clearwater Revival leader claims Berkeley, California as his birthplace.More
April 30, 1945 Singer-songwriter Mimi Farina is born Margarita Mimi Baez in Palo Alto, California, to a family that includes older sister Joan Baez. She marries fellow activist and folk singer Richard Farina at age 18.
February 6, 1945 Bob Marley is born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica. His mother is a native of Jamaica and his father an officer in the British military.More
December 22, 1944 Barry Jenkins (drummer for Nashville Teens, The Animals) is born Colin Ernest Jenkins in Leicester, England.
December 18, 1944 Frank Sinatra lands his first big acting role when he plays himself in the RKO movie Higher and Higher. He sings five songs, including the Oscar-nominated "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night."
December 6, 1944 Jonathan King, a pop singer and producer who discovers Genesis, is born in London, England.
November 26, 1944 R&B singer Jean Terrell is born Velma Jean Terrell in Belzoni, Mississippi. In 1970, she will replace Diana Ross as lead singer of The Supremes.
October 9, 1944 Nona Hendryx is born in Trenton, New Jersey. After her group Labelle splits up, she embarks on an eclectic musical journey, singing with the experimental-funk group Material and new-wave innovators Talking Heads, as well as establishing a solo career.
October 4, 1944 R&B singer Marlena Davis (of The Orlons) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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