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November 22, 1950 Tina Weymouth (bass guitarist for Talking Heads) is born Martina Michele Weymouth in Coronado, California.
November 21, 1950 Singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a family that includes brother James Taylor. He will be raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
November 21, 1950 Guitarist Gary Pihl (of Boston) is born in Chicago, Illinois, but would later move to San Mateo, California.
November 20, 1950 Gary Green (guitarist for Gentle Giant) is born in Stroud Green, North London, England.
November 18, 1950 Rudy Sarzo (bass guitarist for Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) is born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba, but will be raised in Florida.
November 12, 1950 Country, gospel singer Barbara Fairchild, known for the 1973 country hit "The Teddy Bear Song," is born in Knobel, Arkansas.
November 11, 1950 Jim Peterik is born in Berwyn, Illinois. He fronts The Ides of March and later joins Survivor, co-writing their hit "Eye of the Tiger."
November 6, 1950 Chris Glen (bass guitarist for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) is born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
October 11, 1950 Andrew Woolfolk (saxophonist/flautist for Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in Texas.
October 7, 1950 David Taylor (bass guitarist for Edison Lighthouse) is born.
October 7, 1950 CBS debuts The Frank Sinatra Show, a variety program and the first TV show for the crooner. Though he has a five-year contract, the show only lasts two seasons.
September 16, 1950 Country singer David Bellamy (of The Bellamy Brothers) is born in Darby, Florida.
September 14, 1950 Rock guitarist Paul Kossoff (of Free) is born in Hampstead, London, England.
September 9, 1950 John McFee (guitarist, violinist for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Santa Cruz, California.
August 30, 1950 Micky Moody (guitarist for Whitesnake) is born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.
August 25, 1950 Willy DeVille (of rock band Mink Deville) is born William Paul Borsey Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut. Known for "Storybook Love," a collaboration with Mark Knopfler that served as the theme to the 1987 movie The Princess Bride.
August 12, 1950 August "Kid Creole" Darnell (of Kid Creole & the Coconuts) is born in The Bronx, New York.
August 11, 1950 Eric Braunn (guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Rick Davis in Pekin, Illinois.
August 8, 1950 Vocalist/guitarist Andy Fairweather Low (of Amen Corner) is born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, United Kingdom. Also sang backing vocal's for The Who's Who Are You.
August 2, 1950 Ted Turner (guitarist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Sheldon, Birmingham, England.
July 23, 1950 Blair Thornton (guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
July 18, 1950 Glenn Hughes (leather guy in The Village People) is born in New York City.
July 15, 1950 Nat "King" Cole's "Mona Lisa" hits #1 in America. Written for the film Captain Carey, U.S.A., it goes on to win the Oscar for Best Song.
July 11, 1950 Film producer/record executive B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva dies in Los Angeles at age 55. He also co-wrote the Al Jolson hit "April Showers," among many others.
July 5, 1950 Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City. He forms Huey Lewis & the News in San Francisco.
July 5, 1950 Michael Monarch (original lead guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Los Angeles, California.
June 16, 1950 Soul singer James Smith (of The Stylistics) is born in New York City.
June 11, 1950 Singer/guitarist Graham Russell is born Cyril Graham Russell in Nottingham, England. He moves to Australia in 1968 and forms Air Supply with Russell Hitchcock. Graham is the primary songwriter in the group, penning their hits "All Out Of Love" and "The One That You Love."
June 9, 1950 Trevor Bolder (bass guitarist for Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash) is born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
June 3, 1950 Soul singer Deniece Williams is born June Deniece Chandler in Gary, Indiana.
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