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January 19, 1953 Desi Arnaz Jr. is born to Hollywood powercouple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, stars of the wildly popular sitcom I Love Lucy. The birth is a pop culture milestone as the couple's fictional counterparts, Lucy and Ricky, welcome "Little Ricky" at the same time (a smart, but controversial, decision to write Ball's pregnancy into the show). Shortly after, Desi Jr. appears on the very first cover of TV Guide. He goes on to form a band with Dean Martin's son Dean Paul and schoolmate Billy Hinsche (Dino, Desi & Billy).
December 31, 1952 When his original guitarist has a stroke just before a New Year's Eve gig, popular St. Louis boogie-woogie pianist Johnnie Johnson hires a 26-year-old hairdresser named Chuck Berry for his group The Sir John's Trio.
July 17, 1952 Pop-turned-country singer Nicolette Larson is born in Helena, Montana.
July 15, 1952 Popular singer Patti Page begins her summer replacement series on CBS, attempting to hold the audience in Perry Como's usual timeslot three times a week for 15 minutes.
July 3, 1952 Pop singer Laura Branigan ("Gloria," "Self Control") is born. She is raised in Armonk, New York.
February 18, 1952 Pop/country singer Juice Newton is born Judy Kay Newton in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
October 7, 1951 John Mellencamp is born in Seymour, Indiana. He has Spina bifida, but survives thanks to an experimental surgery performed at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.More
April 22, 1951 Pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics) is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
October 5, 1949 Country pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born Louis Charles Stevenson in Dallas, Texas.
August 26, 1949 Pop singer Bob Cowsill (of The Cowsills) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia, though the family band will be born out of Newport, Rhode Island.
May 17, 1949 Pop singer Keith is born James Barry Keefer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 9, 1949 Billy Joel is born in The Bronx, New York, raised in Hicksville on Long Island.More
April 25, 1949 Baroque pop keyboardist Michael Brown (of The Left Banke) is born Michael David Lookofsky in New York to jazz violinist Harry Lookofsky.
October 15, 1948 Pop/rock singer Chris de Burgh is born Christopher John Davison in Venado Tuerto, Argentina.
August 19, 1948 Country/pop singer Susan Jacks (of The Poppy Family) is born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
August 10, 1948 R&B/Pop/Jazz singer Patti Austin is born in Harlem, New York.
March 5, 1948 "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant, founder of the UK pop group The Equals, is born in Plaisance, British Guiana.
January 18, 1948 The Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour debuts on the Dumont network, a spinoff of Major Bowes' popular radio series. Teresa Brewer and Pat Boone, among others, are discovered via the program.
September 23, 1947 Don Grolnick is born in Brooklyn, New York, and grows up in nearby Levittown. The pop pianist/composer will work with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Steely Dan, and Carly Simon, among others.
May 29, 1947 Pop musician Joey Levine (of Ohio Express, Third Rail, and Reunion) is born in New York City.
April 24, 1947 Hubert Ann Kelly (of the pop-soul trio Hues Corporation) is born in Fairchild, Alabama.
April 21, 1947 Iggy Pop is born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in Muskegon, Michigan. As a solo artist and with his band The Stooges, he literally bleeds on stage, often rolling shirtless in broken glass. His most POP-ular songs are "The Passenger" and "Lust For Life," both released in 1977.
February 26, 1947 Pop singer Sandie Shaw is born Sandra Ann Goodrich in Dagenham, Essex, England.
December 5, 1946 Canadian pop rocker Andy Kim is born Andrew Youakim in Montreal, Quebec.
September 5, 1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).More
December 1, 1945 Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She moves to New York City in 1965 and becomes a very popular actress, singer and stage performer. Her most memorable songs are from movies she stars in: "The Rose" from the 1979 movie of the same name, and "The Wind Beneath My Wings" from Beaches in 1988.
September 5, 1945 Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Scaduto get married. The couple become one of the most successful songwriting teams in pop music, with over 700 songs published, including "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love."
February 22, 1945 Sixties pop singer Oliver is born William Oliver Swofford in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
December 6, 1944 Jonathan King, a pop singer and producer who discovers Genesis, is born in London, England.
August 8, 1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.
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