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May 4, 1944 '60s pop singer Peggy Santiglia (of The Angels, Dusk) is born in Belleville, New Jersey.
April 16, 1944 On shore leave from the Merchant Marines, Woody Guthrie arrives at Folkway Records' studios in New York City, where he starts recording with the label's founder, Moses Asch, in what becomes known as the "Asch recordings." Among the songs recorded during these sessions is "This Land Is Your Land," which becomes an iconic populist protest anthem, covered by countless artists including Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.More
January 16, 1944 Country pop singer Jim Stafford is born in Winter Haven, Florida. His first charting hit is "Swamp Witch" in 1973.
November 12, 1943 Pop singer Brian Hyland is born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.
October 25, 1943 Pop singer and Mouseketeer Dick Dodd (of The Standells) is born Joseph Richard Dodd Jr. in Hermosa Beach, California.
July 6, 1943 Soul singer Jan Bradley, who becomes popular by covering Curtis Mayfield tunes before writing her own songs, is born Addie Bradley in Byhalia, Mississippi.
June 29, 1943 Pop singer Little Eva is born Eva Narcissus Boyd in Belhaven, North Carolina.
April 30, 1943 Pop singer Bobby Vee is born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota.
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
May 20, 1942 Pop singer Jill Jackson (of Paul & Paula) is born in McCartney, Texas.
May 9, 1942 '60s pop singer-songwriter Tommy Roe is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
April 1, 1942 Pop guitarist Alan Blakley (The Tremeloes) is born in Bromley, Kent, England.
February 9, 1942 Carole King is born Carol Joan Klein in Manhattan, New York City. She meets husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin while attending Queens College.More
October 28, 1941 Doo-wop and pop singer Curtis Lee is born in Yuma, Arizona.
August 21, 1941 Pop singer Jackie DeShannon is born Sharon Lee Myers in Hazel, Kentucky.
August 12, 1941 Pop singer Craig Douglas is born Terence Perkins in Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Known for his popular cover of Sam Cooke's "Only Sixteen."
July 26, 1941 Pop/Jazz singer Darlene Love is born in Hawthorne, California.
February 6, 1941 Pop singer Dave Berry is born David Holgate Grundy in Woodhouse, Sheffield, England.
January 18, 1941 Country/pop singer Bobby Goldsboro is born in Marianna, Florida.
January 13, 1941 Glenn Miller makes the vocal group The Modernaires a part of his band. The quartet soon adds a female member, Paula Kelly, and appears on some of Miller's most popular songs, including "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "That Old Black Magic."
October 14, 1940 Pop singer Cliff Richard is born Harold Rodger Webb in Imperial India.
October 3, 1940 Pop rocker Alan O'Day is born in Hollywood, California.
September 19, 1940 Singer/songwriter Paul Williams is born in Omaha, Nebraska. A TV fixture in the '70s and '80s, he also writes many popular songs, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song," the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun," and David Bowie's "Fill Your Heart."
April 26, 1940 Synthpop pioneer Giorgio Moroder is born in Italy. As Donna Summer's producer, he crafts a disco sound on hits like "I Feel Love" and "Bad Girls" that elevates her to queen of the genre. In the '80s he writes and produces the soundtrack hits "Flashdance... What a Feeling" and "Danger Zone."
February 29, 1940 Pop singer Gretchen Christopher (of The Fleetwoods) is born in Olympia, Washington.
January 23, 1940 Pop singer Joe Dowell is born in Bloomington, Indiana, but grows up in Bloomington, Illinois.
August 18, 1939 Pop singer Johnny Preston is born in Port Arthur, Texas.
April 23, 1939 '60s pop singer Ray Peterson is born in Denton, Texas.
April 15, 1939 Pop singer-songwriter Marty Wilde is born Reginald Leonard Smith in Blackheath, South London, England.
April 5, 1939 Pop singer-songwriter Crispian St. Peters is born Robin Peter Smith in Swanley, Kent, England.
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