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August 19, 1948 Country/pop singer Susan Jacks (of The Poppy Family) is born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
August 11, 1948 Bill Hurd (pianist/organist for the Rubettes) is born in East Ham, East London, England.
July 24, 1948 Drummer Kim Berly, of The Stampeders, is born Kimball Meyer in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
July 19, 1948 Keith Godchaux (keyboardist for Grateful Dead throughout the '70s) is born in Seattle, Washington, but will grow up in Concord, California.
July 18, 1948 Phil Harris (guitarist, vocalist for Ace) is born in Muswell Hill, London, England.
July 18, 1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk (drummer for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.
July 17, 1948 Ron Asheton (guitarist, bassist for The Stooges) is born in Washington, D.C.
July 15, 1948 Thomas Delmer Pyle is born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1974, under the name Artimus Pyle, he joins the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His musical career with Skynyrd earns him induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
July 7, 1948 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Florida.
July 4, 1948 Jeremy Spencer (guitarist, pianist for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.
June 22, 1948 Todd Rundgren is born outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the '70s, he becomes a top solo artist and one of the most celebrated producers in music, with Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell his biggest commercial success.
June 20, 1948 Alan Longmuir (bass guitarist for The Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
June 12, 1948 Barry Bailey (lead guitarist for Atlanta Rhythm Section) is born.
June 11, 1948 Rock drummer Skip Alan (of The Pretty Things, Them) is born in England.
June 1, 1948 The Chicago-based blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson is murdered during a robbery at age 34. A different musician based in the South who has been imiating him continues to use the name and becomes the best known Sonny Boy Williamson after writing songs like "One Way Out" and "Help Me" that are widely recorded.
May 27, 1948 Pete Sears (bassist, keyboardist, guitarist for Jefferson Starship) is born in Bromley, Kent, England.
May 26, 1948 Stevie Nicks is born Stephanie Lynn Nicks in Phoenix, Arizona, but is raised in California. After releasing an album with her boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham in 1973, the duo join Fleetwood Mac, helping the group transform from a renowned blues band to one of the most popular (and intriguing) groups in the world.
May 25, 1948 Klaus Meine (lead singer of Scorpions) is born in Hanover, Germany.
May 15, 1948 Ambient composer Brian Eno is born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.More
May 15, 1948 Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy" goes to #1 in America. The song was composed by a free-spirited songwriter named Eden Ahbez, who lived in a Los Angeles park.
April 10, 1948 Bass guitarist Fred Smith (of Blondie, Television) is born in New York.
April 7, 1948 Carol Douglas, known for the pioneering disco track "Doctor's Orders," is born in Brooklyn, New York, to a musical family. Her mom is jazz performer Minnie Newsome, the supposed inspiration for Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher," and her cousin is soul singer Sam Cooke.
April 7, 1948 Dallas Taylor, a drummer known for his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, is born in Denver, Colorado.
April 4, 1948 Berry Oakley (bass guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Raymond Berry Oakley III in Chicago, Illinois.
April 1, 1948 Reggae musician Jimmy Cliff ("The Harder They Come," "Hakuna Matata") is born James Chambers in Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica.
March 27, 1948 The film musical April Showers is released, starring Jack Carson and Ann Sothern; it includes the 1921 song of the same name.
March 26, 1948 Steven Tyler is born Steven Tallarico in Yonkers, New York. Originally a drummer, he switches to frontman when he forms Aerosmith in 1970. Over the course of an adventurous 50+ year career with the band, he overcomes a crippling drug addiction and does time as a judge on American Idol.
March 22, 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber is born in Kensington, London, England.More
March 12, 1948 James Taylor, singer and songwriter famous for classic hits like "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
March 11, 1948 George Kooymans (vocalist, guitarist for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.
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