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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.
September 12, 1944 R&B singer Barry White is born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas. He is raised in South Central Los Angeles.More
April 3, 1944 Tony Orlando is born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. He becomes a teen singing sensation with the 1961 hit "Bless You," but by 1970 is working in music publishing. That year, he is asked to record vocals for a song called "Candida," as the original singer didn't work out. When it becomes a hit, Orlando resumes his singing career as Tony Orlando & Dawn.
March 31, 1944 Rod Allen (original lead vocalist for The Fortunes) is born Rodney Bainbridge in Leicester, England.
March 26, 1944 Diana Ross is born in Detroit, Michigan. She finds fame as lead singer of The Supremes.
January 10, 1944 Frank Sinatra Jr. is born Francis Wayne Emmanuel Sinatra to legendary crooner Frank Sinatra and first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The name Emmanuel is an homage to Frank Sr.'s friend Manie Sacks, then head of Columbia Records.
December 31, 1943 Pete Quaife (original bass guitarist for The Kinks) is born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife in Tavistock, Devon, England.
December 8, 1943 Graham Knight (original bass player for Marmalade) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
November 19, 1943 Fred Lipsius (original saxophonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in The Bronx, New York.
September 19, 1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot is born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland. The name Cass comes from her father, who calls her "the mad Cassandra." She becomes Mama Cass when she joins The Mamas & The Papas in 1965. After landing a string of hits with the group, she launches a solo career in 1968 and becomes a regular on TV talk and variety shows as both a guest and host. She has her own nightclub act when she dies from a heart attack in 1974 at 32.
July 18, 1943 Robin McDonald (rhythm guitarist, bassist for Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) is born in Nairn, Scotland.
June 17, 1943 Barry Manilow is born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York. Despite never wanting to be an entertainer, he becomes one of the best-selling artists in the world as a famous soft-rock balladeer.More
May 25, 1943 Country singer Jessi Colter is born Miriam Johnson in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for her collaborations with husband Waylon Jennings.
May 21, 1943 Hilton Valentine (original guitarist for The Animals) is born in North Shields, Northumberland, England.
March 29, 1943 Chad Allan (original lead singer of The Guess Who) is born Allan Peter Stanley Kowbel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
March 29, 1943 The composer Vangelis (Evangelos Papathanassiou) is born in Greece. In 1982, his theme to the movie Chariots of Fire goes to #1 in America. He is also known for his collaborations with Jon Anderson of Yes - they record as Jon & Vangelis.
February 28, 1943 Soul singer-songwriter Barbara Acklin is born in Oakland, California, but is raised in Chicago, Illinois, where she plays the nightclub circuit as a teenager. She co-writes the Jackie Wilson hit "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" and lands a recording contract with Brunswick Records.
February 14, 1943 Saxophone player Maceo Parker is born in Kinston, North Carolina. He becomes an integral part of James Brown's band, and also plays with Prince.
February 3, 1943 Eric Haydock, original bass guitarist for The Hollies, is born in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
January 28, 1943 Brian Keenan (drummer for Manfred Mann, The Chambers Brothers) is born in New York.
January 7, 1943 Country singer Leona Williams is born Leona Belle Helton in Vienna, Missouri. She writes the Merle Haggard hits "Someday When Things Are Good" and "You Take Me For Granted."
November 26, 1942 Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. The World War II-era romance revives an old love song - "As Time Goes By" - and inspires the Al Stewart hit "Year of the Cat."More
September 24, 1942 Gerry Marsden, frontman and namesake of Gerry and the Pacemakers, is born in Liverpool, England.
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