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May 13, 1950 Stevie Wonder is born Stevland Morris in Saginaw, Michigan.More
November 8, 1949 Bonnie Raitt is born in Burbank, California. She becomes a headline act in the '70s but ebbs in the '80s until a remarkable resurgence with her 1989 album Nick Of Time, which wins four Grammy Awards and goes to #1 in America.
December 3, 1948 Ozzy Osbourne is born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham, England. He forms the genre-defining heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1968 but goes solo in 1979 when he's booted from the band. Remarkably, his solo career is even more successful, with a run of hits that includes "Crazy Train" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home."
October 28, 1948 In St. Louis, Missouri, Chuck Berry marries Themetta "Toddy" Suggs. They remain married until Berry's death in 2017.
May 15, 1948 Ambient composer Brian Eno is born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.More
September 19, 1947 Rocker Lol Creme (of 10cc) is born Laurence Neil Creme in Prestwich, England.
May 15, 1947 Graeham Goble, guitarist and harmony vocalist of Little River Band, is born in Adelaide, Australia. He writes the band's biggest hit, "Reminiscing."
November 11, 1945 Vince Martell, guitarist for Vanilla Fudge (known for their cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On"), is born Vincent James Martellucci in New York City.
November 2, 1945 Len "Chip" Hawkes (bassist for The Tremeloes) is born in England.
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 11, 1944 Brenda Lee is born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, Georgia. Her small stature and big voice inspire the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite," which she lives up to by blowing up the charts with rockabilly bops ("Sweet Nothin's"), pop ballads ("I'm Sorry"), and Christmas tunes ("Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree") throughout the '60s.
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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.
November 4, 1944 Scherrie Payne (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
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
March 26, 1944 Diana Ross is born in Detroit, Michigan. She finds fame as lead singer of The Supremes.
March 6, 1944 Mary Wilson (of The Supremes) is born in Greenville, Mississippi. After moving to Detroit, she meets fellow future Supreme Florence Ballard at an elementary school talent show.
December 18, 1943 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is born in Dartford, Kent, England.More
June 30, 1943 Florence Ballard (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
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 7, 1943 Rick West (lead guitarist for The Tremeloes) is born Richard Westwood in Dagenham, Essex, England.
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
August 4, 1942 The movie Holiday Inn premieres in New York, introducing Bing Crosby's holiday classic "White Christmas."
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."
April 1, 1942 Pop guitarist Alan Blakley (The Tremeloes) is born in Bromley, Kent, England.
December 10, 1941 Chad Stuart of Chad & Jeremy is born David Stuart Chadwick in Windermere, Cumbria, England.
November 3, 1941 Brian Poole (lead singer of The Tremeloes) is born in the East End of London, England.
October 17, 1941 Alan Howard (bassist/vocalist for The Tremeloes) is born in Dagenham, Essex, England.
March 22, 1941 Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy is born in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England.
December 15, 1939 Cindy Birdsong is born in Mount Holly, New Jersey. One of the original members of Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles, she quits the group in the mid-'60s to join The Supremes as a replacement for Florence Ballard. The remaining Blue Belles rebrand themselves as Labelle.
August 15, 1939 After five directors, several script drafts, and endless casting changes, the movie musical The Wizard Of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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