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June 30, 1949 Andy Scott (lead guitarist for Sweet) is born in Wrexham, Wales.
June 24, 1949 John Illsley (bass guitarist for Dire Straits) is born in Leicester, England.
June 20, 1949 Lionel Richie is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. He becomes a member of the Commodores before finding fame as a solo artist.More
June 16, 1949 Peppy Castro (guitarist, vocalist for Blues Magoos) is born.
June 15, 1949 Russell Hitchcock, lead singer of Air Supply, is born in Melbourne, Australia. The group has a string of soft-rock hits in the early '80s that includes "The One That You Love" and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All."
June 14, 1949 Jim Lea (multi-instrumentalist of Slade) is born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.
June 13, 1949 Dennis Locorriere (lead vocalist and guitarist for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in Union City, New Jersey.
June 11, 1949 Hank Williams makes his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, where he plays his new single "Lovesick Blues" and earns an amazing six encores.
June 9, 1949 George Bunnell (bass and rhythm guitarist for The Strawberry Alarm Clock) is born.
May 26, 1949 Hank Williams, Jr. is born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, to country legend Hank Williams and first wife, Audrey.
May 19, 1949 Dusty Hill (bassist, keyboardist, co-vocalist of ZZ Top) is born Joseph Michael Hill in Dallas, Texas.
May 18, 1949 Keyboard player Rick Wakeman is born in London. After making his name as a session musician, he joins Yes in 1971.
May 16, 1949 Guitarist William "Sputnik" Spooner (of Grateful Dead, The Tubes) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 9, 1949 Billy Joel is born in The Bronx, New York, raised in Hicksville on Long Island.More
May 4, 1949 Zal Cleminson (guitarist for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) is born Alistair Macdonald Cleminson in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 4, 1949 Country singer-songwriter Stella Parton is born in Sevierville, Tennesee, to a family that includes older sister Dolly Parton.
April 27, 1949 Soul singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is born in Lane, South Carolina.
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.
April 20, 1949 Phil Spector's father commits suicide when Phil is just 9 years old. The title of the song "To Know Him Is To Love Him," which Phil Spector wrote for the Teddy Bears, comes from the inscription on his father's headstone.
April 3, 1949 Guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson (of Fairport Convention) is born in Notting Hill Gate, London, England.
February 21, 1949 Jerry Harrison (keyboardist, guitarist for Talking Heads) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
February 10, 1949 Nigel Olsson, a drummer known for his work with Elton John, is born in Wallasey, Cheshire, England.
February 6, 1949 Mike Batt is born in Southampton, England. He writes Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" for the 1978 animated film Watership Down.
February 3, 1949 Arthur Kane (bass guitarist for New York Dolls) is born in The Bronx, New York City.
January 30, 1949 William King (multi-instrumentalist for Commodores) is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
January 26, 1949 Derek Holt (guitarist for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stafford, England.
January 22, 1949 Steve Perry is born in Hanford, California. He becomes Journey's lead singer in 1977, debuting on Infinity, their fourth album. His songwriting chops and instantly identifiable vocals help Journey become one of the top bands of the '80s. He and the band part ways in 1998 when Perry develops a hip condition that keeps him from touring.
January 10, 1949 The vinyl record format war heats up as RCA introduces the 45-RPM, 7-inch record. It eventually replaces the 78-RPM record for "singles" - one song on each side. The format takes off in the early years of the rock era.
December 27, 1948 Larry Byrom (guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Huntsville, Alabama.
December 25, 1948 Merry Clayton (named for Christmas) is born in New Orleans. A backup singer by trade, she is most famous for her incendiary vocal alongside Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter." She would later appear on the Coldplay song "Up & Up."
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