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April 2, 1952 Dave Bronze (bass guitarist for Procol Harum) is born in Billericay, Essex, England.
March 28, 1952 Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday marries mafia strongman Louis McKay.
March 21, 1952 Cleveland stakes a claim on rock history when the Moondog Coronation Ball is held at the Cleveland Arena. Organized by the WJW DJ Alan Freed ("Moondog" on the air), it is widely considered the first rock concert. It may also be one of the shortest, as it is shut down after one song.More
February 18, 1952 Pop/country singer Juice Newton is born Judy Kay Newton in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
February 12, 1952 Michael McDonald is born outside of St. Louis. As a solo artist, his hits include "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" and "Sweet Freedom," but his voice is also heard on songs he records as a member of The Doobie Brothers and a frequent collaborator with Steely Dan, as well as hundreds of other recordings as a backup singer.
January 30, 1952 Steve Bartek (lead guitarist for Oingo Boingo) is born in Garfield Heights, Ohio.
December 31, 1951 Fermin Goytisolo (percussionist for KC and the Sunshine Band) is born in Cuba.
December 26, 1951 Paul Quinn (guitarist for Saxon) is born in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
December 17, 1951 Wanda Hutchinson (of The Emotions) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
December 10, 1951 Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is born Juan Raul Davis Rodriguez in Sabinal, Texas. Among other hits, reached #5 on the country charts with a cover of the Eagles' "Desperado."
December 4, 1951 Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He becomes a founding member and guitarist of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rossington-Collins Band. Rossington is inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame in 2006 as a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
December 1, 1951 Jaco Pastorius (bassist for Weather Report) is born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
November 29, 1951 Rock guitarist Barry Goudreau (of Boston) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 7, 1951 Frank Sinatra marries his second wife, actress Ava Gardner. The marriage, her third, lasts six years and is credited for moving Sinatra into his "mature" phase as a singer, with Nelson Riddle stating: "It was Ava who did that, who taught him how to sing a torch song. That's how he learned. She was the greatest love of his life and he lost her."
November 1, 1951 Ronald Bell, the musical director for Kool & the Gang who plays a variety of instruments in the group, is born in Youngstown, Ohio. He forms the band with his older brother, Robert "Kool" Bell.
October 27, 1951 Kenneth "K.K." Downing (guitarist for Judas Priest) is born in West Bromwich, England.
October 26, 1951 Bass player Bootsy Collins is born William Earl Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio. He rises to prominence as a member of James Brown's backing band from 1969-1971, then joins Parliament-Funkadelic, where he writes songs with George Clinton and comes up with otherworldly bass grooves that forge the sound of funk.
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
October 2, 1951 Sting is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England. He earns his nickname when a fellow musician says he looks like a bee in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. He is working as a schoolteacher when his band The Police hit the big time.More
September 22, 1951 David Coverdale is born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. After fronting Deep Purple from 1973-1976, he forms his own band, Whitesnake, in 1978.
September 20, 1951 Frank Capra's musical comedy Here Comes the Groom, starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, debuts in theaters. It features the comedic number "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening," which goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
September 19, 1951 Record producer/musician Daniel Lanois is born in Hull, Quebec. Produced albums for an array of artists, including Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young, and Emmylou Harris, and for bands like U2 (notably The Joshua Tree).
September 10, 1951 Pete Tolson (guitarist for The Pretty Things) is born in Bishops Stortford, Herts, England. David Bowie covered the group's "Don't Bring Me Down" for his 1973 album, Pin Ups.
August 28, 1951 Dave Hlubek (lead guitarist for Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 23, 1951 Mark Hudson of The Hudson Brothers is born in Portland, Oregon. He also co-writes several Aerosmith songs, including the 1993 hit "Livin' On The Edge."
August 15, 1951 Jazz/Soul singer Bobby Caldwell is born in Manhattan, New York.
August 14, 1951 Guitarist Bob "Slim" Dunlap (of The Replacements) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
August 3, 1951 Johnny Graham (multi-instrumentalist of Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in Louisville, Kentucky.
August 1, 1951 Guitarist Tommy Bolin (of Deep Purple and the James Gang) is born in Sioux City, Iowa.
July 3, 1951 Mike Corby (keyboardist/lead guitarist of The Babys, which he founded) is born in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
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