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March 9, 1948 Jimmie Fadden (guitarist, drummer for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Long Beach, California.
March 5, 1948 "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant, founder of the UK pop group The Equals, is born in Plaisance, British Guiana.
February 21, 1948 Paul Newton (bassist for Uriah Heep) is born in Andover, Hampshire, England.
February 19, 1948 Guitarist Tony Iommi is born in Birmingham, England. He works in a factory before forming the heavy metal heavyweights Black Sabbath in 1968.
February 8, 1948 Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley) is born in McCamey, Texas. He is the younger brother of Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts).
February 5, 1948 Actor Christopher Guest, known as Alan Barrows of the fictional folk trio The Folksmen and Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, is born in New York City. The mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap tells us Tufnel was born in Squatney, London.
February 4, 1948 Vincent Furnier, who will become better known as Alice Cooper, is born in Detroit.
February 1, 1948 Rick James is born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. in Buffalo, New York. After stints in a few different bands and a few different jails, he signs with Motown Records in 1977 and develops a funk sound that powers hits like "Super Freak" and "Give It To Me Baby."
January 26, 1948 Laurence "Corky" Laing (drummer for Mountain) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
January 19, 1948 Harvey Hinsley (guitarist for Hot Chocolate) is born in Northampton, England.
January 18, 1948 The Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour debuts on the Dumont network, a spinoff of Major Bowes' popular radio series. Teresa Brewer and Pat Boone, among others, are discovered via the program.
January 14, 1948 T-Bone Burnett is born Joseph Henry Burnett III in St. Louis, Missouri. A guitarist, songwriter and producer, he wins an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind " from the 2009 movie Crazy Heart.
January 10, 1948 Donald Fagen, co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of Steely Dan, is born in Passaic, New Jersey. Along with main collaborator Walter Becker, Fagen helps create sophisticated rock music that features tasteful jazz and R&B influences, and sharp, witty, literate lyrics.
January 9, 1948 Paul King of Mungo Jerry is born in Dagenham, Essex, England.
December 31, 1947 Burton Cummings (lead singer, keyboardist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
December 30, 1947 Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne is born in Shard End, Birmingham, England. He becomes a top rock producer, helming acclaimed albums by Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and George Harrison. In 1988 he forms The Traveling Wilburys with those three guys and Bob Dylan.
December 29, 1947 Drummer Cozy Powell is born in Gloucestershire, England. He does stints in Black Sabbath and Rainbow, and also plays on albums for Whitesnake, Robert Plant, Brian May and many others. (Powell sometimes listed his date of birth as December 29, 1948, but the death register gives it as December 29, 1947.)
December 28, 1947 Dick Diamonde (bass guitarist for The Easybeats) is born Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
December 5, 1947 Jim Messina (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) is born in Maywood, California.
November 22, 1947 Rod Price (lead guitarist for Foghat) is born Roderick Michael Price in Willesden, North London, England.
November 13, 1947 Toy Caldwell, the lead guitarist and primary songwriter in The Marshall Tucker Band, is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Instead of using a pick, he strums with his thumb, giving him a distinctive tone that helps set the band apart from other Southern rockers.
November 12, 1947 Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma is born Donald Brian Roeser in Long Island, New York. He writes their hit "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."
November 10, 1947 Glen Buxton (guitarist for Alice Cooper Band) is born in Akron, Ohio.
November 8, 1947 Soul singer Minnie Riperton is born in Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois.
November 5, 1947 Peter Noone is born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England. He becomes lead singer of Herman's Hermits.
November 1, 1947 Songwriter Jim Steinman is born in Hewlett, New York. His bold, ornate love songs become huge hits for Meat Loaf ("I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"), Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse Of The Heart") and Celine Dion ("It's All Coming Back to Me Now").
October 30, 1947 Timothy B. Schmit (bass guitarist for Eagles, Poco) is born in Oakland, California.
October 21, 1947 Bass guitarist Tetsu Yamauchi (of The Faces and Free) is born in Fukuoka, Japan.
October 18, 1947 Celebrated songwriter Laura Nyro, whose compositions include "Wedding Bell Blues" and "And When I Die," is born in New York City. She dies of cancer in 1997 at age 49; in 2012 she is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
October 17, 1947 Michael McKean, who portrays frontman David St. Hubbins in the fictional band Spinal Tap, is born in New York City. He's also known as wacky neighbor Lenny Kosnowski on Laverne & Shirley and brilliant but troubled lawyer Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul.
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